LocalSportsJournal.com
BENZIE – The Hart Pirate girls qualified for the Division 3 cross country state finals after a runner-up finish on Friday in the regional meet.
The Pirates are joining the Hart boys, which also qualified for the finals earlier in the day at Benzie.
On the girls’ side, host Benzie Central won the girls meet with 70 points followed by Hart with 80 and McBain with 103.
Other area teams included Manistee, which finished sixth with 174 points, Mason County Central in ninth with 227 and Shelby in 10th with 249 points.
Lakeview sophomore Kamryn Salladay was the overall winner in 18:20.84. Hart’s best finisher was Natalie Rosema, a sophomore, with an eighth-place finish in 19:38.25.
TEAM SCORES
1, Benzie Central 70; 2, Hart 80; 3, McBain 103; 4, Remus Chippewa Hills 110; 5, Lake City 157; 6, Manistee 174; 7, Reed City 188; 8, LeRoy Pine River 208; 9, Mason County Central 227; 10, Shelby 249; 11, Lakeview 251; 12, Manton 279; 13, Kingsley 327.
HART: 8, Natalie Rosema, 19:38.25; 12, Alaina Schaner, 19:58.70; 16, Lexie Beth Nienhuis, 20:19.99; 20, Joselyn Flores, 20:28.63; 24, Harriet Kidder, 20:46.80.
MANISTEE: 18, Audrey Huizinga, 20:21.73; 29, Georgia Haag, 20:59.33; 31, Madalena Herbert, 21:07.58; 42, Kate Somsel, 21;59.68; 54, Alayna Edmondson, 22:39.22.
MASON COUNTY CENTRAL: 17, Maylan Sanders, 20:21.54; 37, Adison Thorne, 21:42.25; 56, Madelyn Sterley, 22:43.30; 57, Nevaeh Battice, 22;44.34; 67, Mallory Miller, 23:31.35.
SHELBY: 27, Noel Parker, 20:49.69; 34, Kathryn Beyer, 21:21.80; 47, Grace Hasenbank, 22:22.78; 70, April Luna, 23;51.41; 71, Sydney Reed, 23:53.39.
