The Prairie du Chien Blackhawks and Wauzeka-Steuben Hornets cross country teams each traveled to Kronshage Park in Boscobel this past Saturday morning, Oct. 24 for the WIAA D3 Sectional Meet. The girls race was first and the Blackhawks placed sixth out of 13 teams with 206 points while the Hornets were 12th as a team with 273 points.

The top finisher for the Hawks was Kennady Fradette in 34th place in a time of 22:35. She was followed by senior Karly Kramer in 39th place (22:47) in the final cross country race of her high school career after rehabbing from a knee injury suffered in basketball early last season. Following Kramer was Kaci Gebhard in 43rd (22:55), Aspen Gelo in 69th (24:32), Briar Smith in 71st (24:37), Alena Niemec in 74th (24:46) and Mairany Morales in 90th (25:51).

The Hornets were paced by Stella Walz in 48th place in a time of 23:09. Placing behind Walz was teammates Taylin Martin in 55th (23:35), Breileigh Trautsch in 73rd (24:43), Chloe Manning in 82nd (25:30), Brynlee Benoy in 84th (25:41), Alayna Martin in 86th (25:44) and Avery Kilburg in 105th (28:05). It was the final race for Hornet seniors Benoy and Kilburg.

In the boys race, neither Prairie du Chien nor Wauzeka-Steuben had enough runners to place in the team standings. The highest finishing runner was PdC’s Lane Henderson in 21st place in a time of 18:17. He was followed by teammates Landon Smith in 34th place (18:50), Matthew Kramer in 86th place (20:34) and Ian Mezera in 113th place (22:55).

Wauzeka-Steuben was led by Cody Wagner in 42nd place in a time of 19:00 and Nolan Reed-Mullikin in 57th place in a time of 19:26. Henderson and Reed-Mullikin each concluded their high school careers with Saturday’s sectional race.