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Wallace Boys Repeat as RPAC Champions - Arapahoe Girls Win First-Ever RPAC Title

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Wallace hosted the 2026 RPAC Cross Country meet at the Oregon Trail Golf Course in Sutherland on Thursday, October 8th. It was a warm day with great performances and plenty of bugs. If you were there, you know.


The Wallace boys are Back-to-Back RPAC Team Champions, and the Arapahoe Girls won their first-ever RPAC Team Championship. Speaking of back-to-back, Aysha Neal of Alma repeated as the girls individual champion. Let's dive into the day's full results.


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Girls Team Scores

  1. Arapahoe - 28

  2. Maywood-Hayes Center - 31

  3. Hi-Line - 37

  4. Paxton - 38

  5. Maxwell - 41

  6. Cambridge - 48

  7. Alma - 50

  8. Wallace - 69

  9. Dundy County Stratton - 64


Top 15 Medalists

  1. Aysha Neal, Alma - 20:28.6

  2. Lydia McGowen, Cambridge - 21:11.3

  3. Molly Spargo, DCS - 21:42.6

  4. Carly Softley, MHC - 21:51.0

  5. Hadley Gleason, Paxton - 22:23.5

  6. Kendra Porteck, Bertrand-Loomis - 22:34.7

  7. Agneshka Sankey, MHC - 22:45.2

  8. Natalie Breinig, Arapahoe - 22:47.0

  9. Alaina Leising, Arapahoe - 22:59.4

  10. Olivia Wall, Hi-Line - 23:01.0

  11. Illa Gosnell, Maxwell - 23:15.0

  12. Lachelle Benitez, Maxwell - 23:20.3

  13. Marjorie Koopman, Hi-Line - 23:20.6

  14. Elizabeth Magorian, Arapahoe - 23:21.0

  15. Natalie Jorgensen, Paxton - 23:23.5


Check out our interview with Aysha Neal after the race.


Alma

Reyce Melton finished 20th with a time of 24:45.4, and Hannah Buss finished 40th with a time of 34:13.2.


Bertrand-Loomis

Baylor Waltemath finished 16th with a time of 23:49.4.


Cambridge

Briar Gunderson finished 26th with a time of 26:38.9, Ruth Harris finished 29th with a time of 27:56.4, Irmina Cramer finished 32nd with a time of 28:36.3, and Katie Fegley finished 35th with a time of 28:49.4.


Dundy County Stratton

Char Lutz finished 33rd with a time of 28:38.8, and Lilah Baldeh finished 42nd with a time of 35:57.7.


Hi-Line

Hailey Edwards finished 19th with a time of 24:34.6, Kara Brockman finished 28th with a time of 26:48.3, and Paisley Nieman finished 30th with a time of 28:22.5.


Hitchcock County

Danica Carney finished 27th with a time of 26:47.4.


Maxwell

Aubrey Morris finished 24th with a time of 25:55.5, and Abigail Winchester finished 38th with a time of 32:18.9.



Maywood-Hayes Center

Ayleen Hernandez finished 25th with a time of 26:34.6, Ava Messersmith finished 34th with a time of 28:39.3, and Vali Rutherford finished 44th with a time of 40:36.0.


Paxton

Emma Lake finished 22nd with a time of 25:27.8.


Southern Valley

Hayley Serfontein finished 23rd with a time of 25:40.8, and Hazel Bantam finished 43rd with a time of 38:21.9.


Southwest

Ava Rucker finished 36th with a time of 31:12.0, and Kassidy Vaughn finished 37th with a time of 21:12.2.


Sutherland

Laura Goodwin finished 18th with a time of 24:00.9.


Wallace

Hailey Zwicker finished 17th with a time of 23:51.1, Riggin Ketteler finished 21st with a time of 25:27, and Rally Ketteler finished 31st with a time of 28:29.5.


Wauneta-Palisade

Sarah Barrera finished 39th with a time of 34:01.8, and Andrea Barrera finished 41st with a time of 34:38.6.


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Boys Team Results

  1. Wallace - 14

  2. Bertrand-Loomis - 23

  3. Alma - 33

  4. Arapahoe - 33

  5. Hitchcock County - 59

  6. Cambridge - 67

  7. Sutherland - 73

  8. Maxwell - 82

  9. Medicine Valley - 82

  10. Maywood-Hayes Center - 87


Top 15 Medalists

  1. Xander Cardoza, DCS - 17:21.4

  2. Max Hanson, Wallace - 17:47.5

  3. Cade Hays, Bertrand-Loomis - 17:49.9

  4. Traigan McDonald, Arapahoe - 18:20.7

  5. Vaughn Fennel, Alma - 18:25.6

  6. Tristan Manary - 18:49.7

  7. Braden Sandfort, Cambridge - 18:55.5

  8. Tavin Rousselle, Hitchcock County - 18:58.6

  9. Landon Drews, Paxton - 19:01.3

  10. Bradley Hanson, Wallace - 19:12.1

  11. Jonah Fisher, Bertrand-Loomis - 19:23.3

  12. Shya Gudaitis, Medicine Valley - 19:39.6

  13. Hunter Larson, Arapahoe - 10:05.3

  14. Holden Thorell, Bertrand-Loomis - 20:09.8

  15. Wyatt Robertson, Wallace - 20:20.3


Check out our interview with Xander Cardoza after the race.


Alma

Truman Fennel finished 16th with a time of 20:23.9, Barrett Zikmund finished 17th with a time of 20:42.2, Jayten Shriver finished 18th with a time of 20:54.7, and Bryson Shriver finished 25th with a time of 21:49.6.


Arapahoe

Layton Hamel finished 21st with a time of 21:10.0, Eli Carpenter finished 29th with a time of 22:14.5, and Thomas Magorian finished 33rd with a time of 22:37.2.


Bertrand-Loomis

Bishop Hansen finished 23rd with a time of 21:14.0, and Blake Schoene finished 24th with a time of 21:22.2.


Cambridge

Colton Gross finished 32nd with a time of 22:27.3, Reid Huxoll finished 35th with a time of 23:08.6, and Dalton Houser finished 46th with a time of 27:12.9.


Hi-Line

Beau Kerznar finished 38th with a time of 23:46.8, and Brock Parker finished 45th with a time of 26:39.8.


Hitchcock County

Marvin Jordan finished 19th with a time of 21:06.7, and Levi Eckhoff finished 40th with a time of 24:16.3.


Maxwell

Kycin Bayne finished 27th with a time of 22:04.8, Hunter Schaeffer finished 30th with a time of 22:16.7, Cooper Nelson finished 34th with a time of 23:02.2, and Rylan Eller finished 48th with a time of 30:32.3.



Maywood-Hayes Center

Rubiel Lopez finished 20th with a time of 21:09.0, Aaron Lawson finished 36th with a time of 23:09.3, Steven Werkmeister finished 42nd with a time of 25:21.3, and Clayton Mahanes finished 43rd with a time of 25:56.6.


Medicine Valley

Tyler Bantam finished 37th with a time of 23:13.1, and Jamey Ruppert finished 44th with a time of 25:59.0.


Paxton

Hogan Florom finished 41st with a time of 24:45.2.


Southern Valley

Morgan Ehrke finished 47th with a time of 47th with a time of 27:51.1, and Walter Roberts finished 49th with a time of 32:01.7.


Southwest

Caleb Heskett finished 26th with a time of 21:57.1.


Sutherland

Memphis Goodwin finished 22nd with a time of 21:13.0, Brycen Wever finished 28th with a time of 22:10.0, and Alexander Goad finished 31st with a time of 22:27.1.


Wauneta-Palisade

Evan Bryner finished 39th with a time of 23:51.2.


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Districts are next week, and these RPAC teams will compete for a chance to go to state. Check out the district assignments and qualification standards.

  • Class C needs four runners to make a team.

  • Class D needs three runners to make a team.

  • The Top 15 individuals in both Classes C and D will qualify for state.

  • The Top 3 teams in both Classes C and D will qualify for state.


C-5 District - October 14th at Crandall Creek - Ogallala

  • Bertrand-Loomis

  • Bridgeport

  • Broken Bow

  • Chadron

  • Chase County

  • Cozad

  • Gothenburg

  • Holdrege

  • Kearney Catholic

  • Mitchell

  • Ogallala

  • Sidney


D-5 District - October 15th at Cross Creek Golf Links - Cambridge

  • Alma

  • Amherst

  • Arapahoe

  • Axtell

  • Brady

  • Cambridge

  • Elm Creek

  • Franklin

  • Gibbon

  • Hi-Line

  • Kenesaw

  • Maxwell

  • Overton

  • Pleasanton

  • Ravenna

  • Red Cloud

  • Shelton

  • Silver Lake

  • Southern Valley

  • SEM

  • Wilcox-Hildreth

  • Wood River


D-6 District - October 15th at Pheasant Run Golf Course - Grant

  • Banner County

  • Crawford Sioux County

  • Creek Valley

  • Dundy County Stratton

  • Garden County

  • Gordon-Rushville

  • Hay Springs

  • Hemingford

  • Hershey

  • Hitchcock County

  • Kimball

  • Maywood-Hayes Center

  • Medicine Valley

  • Morrill

  • Mullen

  • North Platte St. Pat's

  • Paxton

  • Perkins County

  • South Platte

  • Sutherland

  • Valentine

  • Wallace

  • Wauenta-Palisade

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