Schillinger, Heeg earn top-20 finishes for Tigers

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

IOLA — The Stratford girls finished 10th and the boys 11th at the Iola-Scandinavia T-Bird Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday at Iola Winter Sports Park.

Freedom ran away with both team titles. The Irish boys scored 59 points, 52 points ahead of second-place Wausau East. Stratford was 11th with 271 points. The Freedom girls had the top two finishers and all five of its top runners in the top 10 to score 23 points. Winneconne was second with 121 points. Stratford finished 10th with 234.

James Heeg topped the Stratford boys, finishing 20th in 18:34.75. Isaac Thompson had the Tigers’ only other top-50 finish as he took 40th in 19:17.50. Jordan Straub of Wausau East won the boys race in 17:07.50, 22 seconds ahead of Iola-Scandinavia’s Joe Makovec.

Macie Schillinger led the Stratford girls by finishing 15th in 21:53.29. Angelia Verdone was 48th in 23:58.00. Freedom’s Jaci Hinz won the girls race in 19:54.36, less than 3 seconds ahead of teammate Lauren Vosters.

Stratford is off until Sept. 12 when it hosts its annual Tiger Invitational.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

T-Bird Invitational

Aug. 29, at Iola Winter Sports Park

Boys

Team scores: 1. Freedom 59; 2. Wausau East 121; 3. Winneconne 125; 4. Amherst 148; 5. Bonduel 166; 6. Waupaca 176; 7. Stevens Point Pacelli 179; 8. Seymour 196; 9. Lomira 214; 10. Oconto 267; 11. Stratford 271; 12. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 319; 13. Menominee Indian 367; 14. Oneida Nation 381; 15. Neenah St. Mary Catholic 388; 16. Weyauwega-Fremont 391; Iola-Scandinavia and Clintonville incomplete.

Top 10 and Stratford finishers: 1. Jordan Straub (WE) 17:07.50; 2. Joe Makovec (IS) 17:29.76; 3. Jordan Lorenz (ON) 17:31.73; 4. Riley Volkman (SEY) 17:44.27; 5. Joe Lezotte (FRE) 17:56.08; 6. Cole McKenzie (AM) 18:02.54; 7. Colin Ewing (BON) 18:03.48; 8. Alex Klarner (FRE) 18:04.58; 9. Noah Briquelet (WE) 18:05.91; 10. Josh Woller (OC) 18:07.11; 20. James Heeg (ST) 18:34.75; 40. Isaac Thompson (ST) 19:17.50; 94. Tim Wenzel (ST) 21:15.43; 98. Antonia Verdone (ST) 21:21.76; 101. Brenden Fecker (ST) 21:25.72; 116. Sam Schoenfuss (ST) 22:11.03; 118. Andrew Chapel (ST) 22:12.12; 125. Derek Marten (ST) 22:26.13; 126. Cody Miller (ST) 22:26.86; 130. Branden Ackley (ST) 22:41.77; 168. Spencer Griepentrog (ST) 24:24.69; 171. Benno Wenzel (ST) 24:29.40; 173. Kaden Haupt (ST) 24:36.69; 209. Kolby Mueller (ST) 28:44.66; 211. Jake Skroch (ST) 29:36.68.

Girls

Team scores: 1. Freedom 23; 2. Winneconne 121; 3. Bonduel 132; 4. Wausau East 136; 5. Weyauwega-Fremont 170; 6. Stevens Point Pacelli 176; 7. Lomira 179; 8. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 207; 9. Amherst 215; 10. Stratford 234; 11. Seymour 240; 12. Clintonville 297; 13. Waupaca 341; 14. Wabeno/Laona 385; 15. Oconto 442; 16. Manawa 514; Iola-Scandinavia, Oneida Nation incomplete.

Top 10 and Stratford finishers: 1. Jaci Hinz (FRE) 19:54.36; 2. Lauren Vosters (FRE) 19:57.29; 3. Erika Kisting (IS) 20:05.11; 4. Jada Beacom (IS) 20:09.53; 5. Marin Reed (LOM) 20:23.14; 6. Mariah Haight (WE) 20:32.38; 7. Liz Murphy (FRE) 20:37.93; 8. Kara Troxel (BON) 20:49.68; 9. Rayna Stordahl (FRE) 21:05.99; 10. Gabby Johnson (FRE) 21:12.37; 15. Macie Schillinger (ST) 21:53.29; 48. Angelia Verdone (ST) 23:58.00; 56. Kaylee Hollatz (ST) 24:21.24; 76. Taya Nett (ST) 25:03.71; 88. Chelsey Gliniecki (ST) 25:38.84; 111. Madeline Pavloski (ST) 27:20.18; 142. Sydney Boeger (ST) 28:41.22; 163. Brenna Manecke (ST) 30:53.73; 165. Paige Kolbeck (ST) 31:01.83; 166. Megan Schmidt (ST) 31:03.08; 170. Grace Greenberg (ST) 31:21.44; 172. Kylah Wenzel (ST) 31:36.39; 173. Julia Schneider (ST) 31:40.80; 182. Saige Tichy (ST) 32:22.26; 190. Sydney Slominski (ST) 33:47.12; 199. Rose Huther (ST) 36:49.62.