son Briggs was 35th at ….

son Briggs was 35th at 19:55.3.

Both of Medford’s JV teams placed second. Tomahawk outscored Medford 20-35 in the girls meet. Esme Anderson led Medford with a third-place time of 23:00.9 that trailed Tomahawk’s Abigail Micke (22:33.7) and Elizabeth Lee (22:50.1). Medford’s Kayla Daniels was sixth out 21 runners in 23:19.4, Lillie Gleichauf was eighth in 23:39.5, Riley Clark was 10th at 24:27.1, Lauren Stark was 12th at 25:13.7, Abbie Marzinske was 18th at 27:14.5 and Lexi Hraby was 19th at 27:19.

Lakeland outscored Medford 26-49 in the boys race, while Tomahawk (62) was third. Ayden Tyznik was third for the Raiders in 19:34.7 and Jordan Lavin was fifth at 19:40.3. Lakeland’s Jerome LaBarge (18:58.7) and Tomahawk’s Beau Stromberg (19:31.2) were the top two finishers.

Raider Hunter Briggs was 12th out of 26 runners in 21:08.5, Nevyn Gripentrog was 14th in 21:18.9, Logan Langdon was 15th in 21:21.1, Cullen Jones was 16th in 21:22.6, Silas Briggs was 18th in 22:10.7 and Cash Carbaugh was 23rd in 23:48.

Sectional is next

After a one-year stop in Black River Falls, WIAA sectional competition returns to Colby Saturday. The schedule is a bit different than previous years, however, as Colby will also host Division 3 competition in the morning. The Division 2 meet starts with the boys at 2:45 p.m. The girls will follow at 3:45 p.m.

The top two teams and the top five individuals from non-qualifying teams in each race will advance to the Oct. 28 state championships in Wisconsin Rapids.

The girls are gunning for a fifth straight championship in Division 2 sectionals, but the competition is certainly tougher this year with top-five ranked Shawano and Tomahawk being in the mix.

Hraby is gunning for his third straight individual state appearance in the boys meet, which will include ranked teams from Lakeland and Shawano.

“We’ll see what next Saturday brings,” Meyer said. “Give it another week of working and mental training and we’ll see what will come.”