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MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U GAME OF THE WEEK (Cross Country): Ridge & Valley Championship Meet
Shullsburg/Belmont boys' XC team win first ever conference title
Shullsburg/Belmont XC team
The Shullsburg/Belmont boys cross country team of (from left) Ryan Teasdale, Talan Apodaca, Omar Alonso-Santos, Colton Fennell, Stefano Karavergos, Elliott Fennell and coach John Roney won the Ridge & Valley Conference title last Thursday night at Kickapoo High School.

MCDONALD'S SWNEWS4U.COM GAME OF THE WEEK (Oct. 13–20)
CROSS COUNTRY: Ridge & Valley Conference Championship Meet
By Jason Nihles, The Platteville Journal

Shullsburg/Belmont boys' win first ever conference title

VIOLA — Fresh off winning the River Ridge Invitational for the first time in school history, the Shullsburg/Belmont boys cross country team stepped it up a notch last week.

The Miners held off host Kickapoo/La Farge to win last Thursday’s Ridge & Valley Conference Meet by two points, 38–40, to secure the program’s first conference title in cross country.

Junior Stefano Karavergos (4th, 19:12.2), senior Colton Fennell (5th, 19:14.8), sophomore Talan Apodaca (9th, 19:37.5) and junior Omar Alonso-Santos (12th, 19:48.1) earned All-Ridge & Valley honors for the SB boys with top-15 finishes.

Cassidy Brania placed eighth in the girls’ race at 23:37.4 to lead the incomplete SB girls team and to earn All-Ridge & Valley honors.

Shullsburg/Belmont will now compete in Saturday’s 25-team WIAA Division 3 Boscobel Sectional. The top two teams and top five individuals not on a qualifying team advance to next week’s WIAA State Championships in Wisconsin Rapids.

Ridge & Valley Conference Meet

(from Thursday Oct. 15 @ Kickapoo High School, Viola)

(Girls, 5,000 meters)

Team standings: 1.River Ridge 38, 2.North Crawford 51, 3.Kickapoo/La Farge 59, 4.Wauzeka–Steuben 63, Shullsburg/Belmont inc., Seneca inc., De Soto inc., Weston inc.

Top individuals: 1.Ingrid Carstens (NC) 21:15.9, 2.Leah Patterson (RR) 21:24.8, 3.Lindsay Burmeister (RR) 22:26.3, 4.McKenzie Taylor (RR) 22:50.6, 5.Kendal Andolsek (K/LF) 23:09.4.

Shullsburg/Belmont (inc.): 8.Cassidy Brania 23:37.4, 28.Emma Ragotzkie 27:47.3, 31.Rosie Reuter 29:51.3, 33.Serenity VanNatta 31:52.5.

Boys, 5,000 meters)

Team standings: 1.Shullsburg/Belmont 38, 2.Kickapoo/La Farge 40, 3.North Crawford 47, Weston inc., Wauzeka–Steuben inc., De Soto inc., Seneca inc., River Ridge inc.,

Top individuals: 1.Sam Knoble (NC) 17:53.4, 2.Nolan Reed-Mullikin (W/S) 18:56.3, 3.Aidyn O’Kane (NC) 19:09.3, 4.Stefano Karavergos (S/B) 19:12.2, 5.Colton Fennell (S/B) 19:14.8.

Shullsburg/Belmont (38): 4.(3).Stefano Karavergos 19:12.2, 5.(4).Colton Fennell 19:14.8, 9.(8).Talan Apodaca 19:37.5, 12.(11).Omar Alonso-Santos 19:48.1, 17.(12).Elliot Fennell 20:21.1, 26.(17).Ryan Teasdale 22:41.6.