Several athletes from northeast Wisconsin will compete in the WIAA State Cross Country Meet at Ridges Golf Course this afternoon in Wisconsin Rapids
The Valders girls have qualified as a team for the third straight year in Division Three, with Brillion also sending their full team in D-3.
Freshman Andi Gallagher of Two Rivers competes in Division Two along with seniors Maggie Behler and Lillian Pociask of Kohler, senior Sibis Gonzalez of Plymouth, and senior Kelsie Dekker of Oostburg.
Senior Natalie Portmann of Manitowoc Lincoln is a four-time Division One qualifier. Junior Maggie Gerth represents Pulaski with Green Bay Preble, Neenah and Appleton North qualifying their full teams in D-1.
For The Boys, senior Elliot Onesti of Roncalli is joined by freshman Phil Melso of Manitowoc Lutheran in Division Three. Other individual qualifiers are junior Landon Kees of New Holstein and sophomore Fritz Staner of St. Mary Catholic.
In Division Two, freshman Dustin Helms represents Kiel. Freshman Cable De Troye from Cedar Grove-Belgium and senior Gavin Acnes of Plymouth are also running, along with full teams from Notre Dame Academy of Green Bay and Luxemburg Casco.
Kohler, Green Bay Preble and De Pere have teams in the Division One field in Wisconsin Rapids, with junior Owen Schaer of Sheboygan South and West De Pere seniors Evan Bright and Dominic Natzke also running at state. The state meet begins with the Division Three Boys race at noon.
State Berths on the Line in Girls Volleyball and Boys Soccer
The Manitowoc Lutheran girls’ volleyball team will look to punch their third consecutive trip to state this afternoon as they battle the Phoenix of Watertown Luther Prep in a Division Three Sectional Final at Chilton. The match is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Also in Division Three, St. Mary Catholic and Marathon meet in Clintonville at 1 p.m.
Sheboygan Christian looks to punch their ticket in Division Four as they play Shiocton in Omro at 7 p.m. Florence and Green Bay NEW Lutheran play at Wabeno/Laona for a spot in Division Five beginning at 7 p.m. It’s an all Appleton battle in Division Two as Fox Valley Lutheran and Xavier meet in Seymour while in Division One, Kimberly and Neenah play at The JFK in Manitowoc (no time announced) while Bayport and West De Pere battle in Ashwaubenon starting at 1 p.m.
Boys Soccer Sectional Finals feature in Division Four, Xavier of Appleton playing Providence Academy of Green Bay at Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay. In Division Two, Pulaski and Fox Valley Lutheran of Appleton meet in Kaukauna, and in Division One, De Pere Hudson plays D.C. Everest. All matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
Two girls’ conference swimming meets are also on the schedule. Manitowoc Lincoln competes in the FRCC meet at Bayport, while Roncalli/Two Rivers, Valders/Brillion/Chilton Kiel/Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah, and Kohler/Sheboygan Lutheran/Sheboygan Falls are at the EWC conference meet at Kohler High School. Both meets are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
