The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team placed fourth at the Division III Southwest Regional in Troy on Saturday to earn a berth in the Division III state meet. This will be the program’s sixth trip to the state meet.
The Tigers had two top-10 finishers on Saturday, with Grace Adams 3rd (19:55) and Reghan Bieleski 7th (20:14). Also placing for WL-S were Lydia Moell in 44th (22:45), Payton Umphries 50th (22:58), Kiana Reames 67th (23:51), Lauren Fowler 71st (24:02) and Jenna Magnuson 72nd (24:05).
Triad’s Holly Cole was also in the field, finishing 22nd in a time of 21:25.
WL-S improves its record to 129-21 on the season.
The state meet will be held on Saturday at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The D-III girls race starts at 1 p.m.
Tigers boys finish season
The WL-S boys cross country team finished 10th at the Division III regional meet at Troy on Saturday.
Nick Williams led the Tigers with a 10th place finish in 16:56, advancing to the state meet as an individual.
“The conditions were the toughest we’ve experienced at regional in my 11 years of coaching,” WL-S Coach Mike Louden said. “Nick has had a truly special second half of the season and that continued (Saturday). He ran the race like a veteran and was completely resilient throughout the entire race. He’s a gamer and just seems to raise his level when it’s needed the most.”
Noah Smith (27th, 17:38), Cade Clerico (57th, 18:20), Charlie Williams (96th, 19:32), Bryan Woods (100th, 19:44), Isaac Smith (102nd, 19:54) and Caleb Siegenthaler (105th, 20:09) also ran.
“I want to thank my four seniors: Michael Conley, Zavier Esch, Bryan Woods and Charlie Williams for dedicating so much time and effort into this program over their high school careers,” Louden said. “It’s because of young men like them that allow our program to be one of the top programs year after year.”
WL-S girls soccer falls
West Liberty-Salem lost to Cincinnati Country Day, 2-0, in Division III district girls soccer on Saturday.
Paige Shafer had 12 saves in goal for the Tigers (15-3).
