LocalSportsJournal.com
BENZIE – The Mason County Eastern Cardinals’ boys will be running in the Division 4 state cross country finals next week.
The Cardinals won the Division 4 regional crown on Saturday at Benzie Central. MCE finished with 55 points and tied with Maple City Glen Lake, but took the tiebreaker based on a higher finish from its sixth running.
Alex Tyndall led MCE with a first-place finish in 15:48.67. Lance Niedzielski finished seventh and Milo Shoup came in 11th.
Leland finished third and qualified for state. Local entrant Pentwater was eighth with 227 points.
TEAM SCORES
1, Mason County Eastern 55; 2, Maple City Glen Lake 55; 3, Leland 90; 4, Frankford 100; 5, Grand Traverse Academy 129; 6, Mesick 137; 7, Lake Leelanau St. Mary 141; 8, Pentwater 227; 9, Traverse City Christian 240; 10, Forest Area 259.
MASON COUNTY EASTERN: 1, Alex Tyndall, 15:48.67; 7, Lance Niedzielski, 16:48.92; 11, Milo Shoup 17:12.49; 14, Kaiden Lague, 17:20.68; 28, Ron Hasenbank, 18:08.41; 33, Cy Kosmowski, 18:22.79 (sixth runner who provided the victory based on tiebreaker).
PENTWATER: 31, Wyatt Roberts, 18:17.64; 48, Tyler Zimmer, 19:37.54; 54, Bode Powell, 20:59.73; 58, Ben Merten, 21:24.45; 72, Michael Smith, 23:56.50.
