Davenport HS boys tie Chewelah for first team victory this season

COLBERT– The Davenport, Chewelah and Northwest Christian (Colbert) high school boys ran neck and neck at a meet hosted by NWC at Mountainside Middle School March 20. The final tally showed a tie at the top, with the Gorillas and Cougars with 57 points and the Crusaders just behind with 58 points.

It was the final regular season meet in the NE2B league. The high school qualifying meet is Saturday, March 27 in Kettle Falls. The top seven qualifiers at that meet advance to the league title meet in Asotin April 3.

Freshman Jaeger Jacobsen (18:14.32) and junior Jake Coffman (18:14.77) continued to be Davenport’s top runners this season, finishing sixth and seventh in a race once again dominated by Kettle Falls senior Easton Pomrankey (16:58.89).

Meanwhile in the middle school boys 2,500 meter race, Reardan sixth-grader Maveric Sobotta ran the fastest time in his grade (10:31.84) and finished in fifth place. Davenport seventh-grader Josie Wynecoop finished in third place in the middle school girls 2,500 meter race (10:36.67).

Asotin sophomore Lily Denham won the high school girls 5,000 meter race with a time of 21:13.99. Reardan freshman Kassidy Koch was the top local finisher in ninth place (24:22.29).

Here are all top five and local finishers from Saturday’s meet.

High school boys (5,000 meters)

1. Easton Pomrankey (Kettle Falls), 16:58.89

2. Ben Graham (Northwest Christian), 17:50.61

3. Ian Engledow (Asotin), 18:08.04

4. Zeke Crockett (Chewelah), 18:08.04

5. Nathaniel Pranter (NWC), 18:13.39

6. Jaeger Jacobsen (Davenport), 18:14. 32

7. Jake Coffman (Davenport), 18:14.77

11. Brayden Duff (Davenport), 19:12.69

17. Brenick Soliday (Davenport), 19:36.21

21. Trevor Lenocker (Davenport), 20:07.50

29. Zack Bruce (Davenport), 20:30.25

40. Tommy Plumb (Davenport), 21:49.47

44. Grayson Danekas (Davenport), 23:33.95

50. Chase Zellmer (Davenport), 25:50.18

53. Gavin Myers (Reardan), 26:34.07

55. Richard Alsept (Reardan), 27:47.33

58. Finn Shumway (Davenport), 28:46.47

61. Daniel Watterson (Reardan), 31:57.25

High school girls (5,000 meters)

1. Lily Denham (Asotin), 21:13.99

2. Mya Edwards (Kettle Falls), 21:37.55

3. Angelina Widman (Liberty), 22:07.27

4. Georgia Steele (St. George’s), 22:23.52

5. Clara Witmer (St. George’s), 22:38.02

9. Kassidy Koch (Reardan), 24:22.29

20. Kerstin Lundgren (Reardan), 31.25.10

Middle school boys (2,500 meters)

1. Hrair Garabedian (St. George’s), 9:20.40

2. Joaquin Kiltz (St. George’s), 9:27.55

3. Finn Horsted (St. George’s), 9:53.53

4. Oliver Ling (St. George’s), 10:05.50

5. Maveric Sobotta (Reardan), 10:31.84

6. Colton Lonning (Reardan), 10:32.70

8. Landon Smith (Reardan), 11:19.29

11. Brody Jones (Reardan), 11:34.45

12. Braden Durbin (Reardan), 12:28.55

13. Owen Long (Reardan), 12:29.80

14. Marcus Durbin (Reardan), 12:31.25

17. Cooper Danekas (Davenport), 13:08.46

Middle school girls (2,500 meters)

1. Bella Buckner (St. George’s), 10:26.67

2. Regan Thomas (St. George’s), 10:27.62

3. Josie Wynecoop (Davenport), 10:36.67

4. Delaney Nachreiner (St. George’s), 11:17.77

5. Hadley Henrickson (St. George’s), 11:24.94

24. Emma Mc Entire (Reardan), 17:19.14

25. Hailey Van Houten (Reardan), 19:09.77

26. Tayen Zagorski (Reardan), 19:12.44

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