Three runners had top-25 finishes as the Warrior high school cross country teams ran the Rice Lake Invitational on Tuesday on the campus of UW-Eau Claire — Barron County.
Carter Kucko led the Warriors in finishing 10th in the boys 5-kilometer race as he completed the course in 16 minutes, and 56.1.
"He's trying some different things as he goes along this season, and overall a really good race," coach David Dickey said. "Tenth place, you can't argue with that, and he's in a really good spot in our section."
In the girls race Abby Britton placed 11th with a time of 21:07.5. Adding a top-25 finish was Clara Drost, who was 22nd in 21:53.7. Britton and Drost led the Warrior girls to sixth place out of 24 teams, while the Rice Lake boys were 14th of 27 teams.
"We’re midway through the season so we’re definitely pushing through some stuff," Dickey said. "They’re all working hard, pushing through tired legs at times, and the heat doesn't help, but overall it was a good race. It was a good race for everyone."
Temperatures topped 80 degrees during the races but the Rice Lake girls had six of seven runners record their top times of the season. In addition to Britton running a season best, Morgan Stephens was 43rd with a season-best mark of 22:46.2 Others with their best times of the season were Mari Gilbert (24:25.2), Mindy Barta (24:35.2), Anna Lipke (25:08.2) and Elleanor Hietala (25:46.4).
"They all ran good races, for most of them they ran the best race of the year for themselves," Dickey said. "We have a couple of new girls on the varsity squad, trying a few different tactics as we go along here. They all ran well — there's room for improvement for everybody, but we're in a good point of the season where that's OK and we're still working towards that finish."
Austin Prince cut off time from his best run of the season as he was 35th in 18:31.3. Also setting a season-best time was Jacob Jondreau, who finished in 21:23. Peter Montgomery was the third fastest to the finish line with a mark of 20:18.3. Simon Naiberg completed the course in 22:26.5, Porter Corbin in 23:13.2 and Nathan Jondreau in 24:45.8.
"Jacob improved quite a bit this race, especially from Spooner, and Austin had his best race," Dickey said. "Those guys both ran well. I think overall the guys ran good races."
The Warriors return to action Friday at the Roy Griak Invitational at the University of Minnesota.
Rice Lake boys 1st, girls 2nd in middle school race
In a field of 21 middle school teams, the Warrior boys middle school team took first place with a team total of 83, nearly 20 points in front of Elk Mound in second.
Two runners were in the top 10 for Rice Lake, while all scoring runners were in the top 35. Levi Barta was the Warriors' top finisher as he was third in 11:07.1. Barta finished 18 seconds behind winner Ashton Rogge of Bloomer. Zachary Mommsen was ninth in 11:21.4.
In 21st was Sawyer Willger, while Jaymison Depoister was 23rd and Drew Burish 35th.
In the girls standings, the Warriors were second at 148. Chippewa Falls had a clear advantage with three top-five finishers to score 47. Leading the way for the Warriors was Prentiss Voelker, who was 26th in 13:36.3, while teammate Elsy Schmidt was two places back with a time of 13:37.3. Lyla Schmidt was 32nd, Elliot Meyer 34th and Lila Clark 38th.
Tennis
River Falls 4, Rice Lake 3
A conference match came down to the wire as the Wildcats just edged past the Warriors on Tuesday in River Falls.
Rice Lake (3-8, 0-5) won three of four singles matches but each of the doubles matches went to River Falls.
Playing at No. 1 singles for the Warriors, foreign exchange student Verca Skorpikova won 6-4, 6-4 over Maya Peterson for the Wildcats, and at No. 2 singles it was Karlee Seifert winning 6-3, 6-1 for Rice Lake over River Falls' Anya Caliva.
At No. 3 singles it was a three-set battle between Halle Husak and River Falls' Macie Oian. Oian won the first game 6-2, but then Husak got the upper hand with a 7-5 victory in set two. The Warrior junior then took the match 6-2 in the third game.
The winner of Tuesday's match came down to No. 3 doubles where Reagan Donahue and Nicole Schieffer for the Warriors played against River Falls' Alyssa Moelter and Adisyn Brown. Both games went to a tiebreaker but River Falls' duo won the match 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5).
Rice Lake is back on the courts at home Thursday against Hudson.
Soccer
Rice Lake 0, Chippewa Falls 0
The Warriors and Cardinals fought to a scoreless tie in Tuesday's Big Rivers match in Rice Lake.
Both teams had their opportunities to score but goalkeepers Sam Jevne for Rice Lake and Rory Hudson for the Chippewa Falls each made critical saves for their teams. Jevne had 12 saves for the Warriors.
Rice Lake's best scoring opportunity came in the 25th minute when Pierce Hastreiter had a penalty kick, but Hudson made a diving stop to keep the Warriors off the scoreboard.
The Warriors (3-0-5, 2-0-1) return to play Thursday at Eau Claire Memorial and are at home Saturday against Spooner/Shell Lake.
Volleyball
Rice Lake 3, Northwestern 0
The Warriors traveled to Maple on Tuesday and defeated the Tigers in straight sets.
Rice Lake completely controlled the opening game winning 25-8. Northwestern showed more fight in the second set but Rice Lake triumphed 25-19. The Warriors finished off the match by winning the third game 25-16.
Thursday the Warriors (11-7) host Menomonie.
Swim and dive
Eau Claire Memorial 125, Rice Lake 58
In a Big Rivers meet in Rice Lake on Tuesday it was the Old Abes getting the victory.
Rice Lake got a pair of wins from Elise Johnson. She won the 50 freestyle in 31.54 seconds, and in the 100 backstroke Johnson finished in a winning time of 1:18.45.
Delaina Bowen added a win for the Warriors in the 400 freestyle after a time of 5:19.5. In the 100 breaststroke, Adelyn Kopp touched the wall in 1:26.55, finishing 0.16 behind winner Emma Merkatoris of Eau Claire Memorial.
Kopp was third in the 400 freestyle, as was Bowen in the 200 freestyle and Sari Niemeck for the 200 individual medley. Amara King was the Warriors' top finisher in diving as she was third in scoring 138.15.
Rice Lake returns to the pool Saturday at the Chippewa Falls invite.
Golf
In Tuesday's conference meet at Tanglewood Greens in Menomonie, the Warriors finished in seventh place at 224 points, just eight strokes back of Eau Claire North in sixth.
Hailee Lindow had her best score of the season in shooting a 52, two shots back of Annika Ahlberg who led the Warriors with a 50, which placed her 16th. Trinity Mathews carded 59, with Emma Skar at 63 and Callie Bolduc at 69.
Hudson and Chippewa Falls tied atop the standings at 178. The individual leader was Chippewa Falls' Addy Seaholm, who's score of 41 was one better than her teammate Ella Petz and Hudson's Ava Swavely.
The season continues Wednesday at River Falls.
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