FALL SPORTS
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THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2020
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St. Pat’s will host two meets this season, one at Iron Eagle Golf Course and the other at River’s Edge Golf Course (Pictured).
NP, St. Pat’s building cross country programs Area teams hoping their summer training pays off this fall at events
home invite at Iron Eagle golf course on Saturday. “We have a lot of good kids that are driving the bus,” Hasenauer said. “A lot of re- turners, we have 10 seniors this year.” The girl’s varsity team re- turns every runner from last season. Sophomore Zarah Blaesi led the way at state by finishing 26th with a time of 19:45.9. Hasenauer also men- tioned Nelia Revis as a rising sophomore who can make an impact, as well as some senior leadership in Bailey Evarts. The men’s team will look to beat last season’s 10th-place season at state. While they have lost three senior runners, the men’s team returns four of their top-seven back. Evan Caudy placed fifth at state
with a time of 16:19.87, Tom Moss finished 72nd, Jonah San Miguel came in at 73rd and Aaron Franz placed 81st. “For right now, our focus is going week-in and week-out,” Hasenauer said. “Not really focus a lot on the district and state side of things.” The St. Patrick’s men’s cross country team is similar to their North Platte counter- part in that only four runners are returning from last year’s team. St. Pat’s coach Tim O’Neill said Logan O’Malley, Dax Connick and Jarrett Miles could all compete for the top spot this season. Connick led all the returners by finish- ing 40th at state with a time of 18:41.63, which O’Malley came in 91st at 21:04.23.
“The boys top three are re- ally, really close right now,” he said. “It’ll be hard to deter- mine and I think it could swap every meet even for a while.” The Irish girl’s team fea- tures six returning runners, many of whom led the team at state last year. O’Neill said Genna Blakely, who finished 17th at 21:39.02, will most like- ly be the lead runner. Kate Stienike (10th, 20:46.37) and Hayley Miles (18th, 21:40.84) could both podium in multiple races this year. “(Blakley has) worked su- per hard in the gym this last November and she ran fair- ly diligently through the summer,” he said. “I think she’s in really good shape to hopefully win some meets this year.”
“If you can tell someone, ‘I ran 300 miles this summer,’ you’re going to have a lot of confidence going into the sea- son,” Bulldogs coach Jake Hasenauer said. “When we get into the season, we’re racing 5Ks every single week.” Confidence is going to be needed to help bridge the gap between the last time these runners ran a race. Hasenauer said it’s been about 300 days since the final cross country race of the season. It’s been a long time. That wait will finally be over when North Platte hosts a
By JAKE DREILINGER jake.dreilinger@nptelegraph.com To better prepare for the up- coming fall season, the North Platte cross country team ran five days a week over the sum- mer. Roughly 30 to 40 runners came out each day and by the end of the summer, the team ran a little over 7,000 miles combined. Sometimes, that’s all it takes to be ready. Running that much, though, serves two pur- poses for the team: It helps to build the aerobic base needed for long distance running and it also builds confidence.
CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULES
Sept. 24. ................................................. at Ogallala Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1....................................................Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8..........................................SWC Invite, Gothenburg Hershey Sept. 3. ................................................... at St. Pat’s Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. .................................................at McCook Invite Sept. 24. ................................................. at Ogallala Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8.........................................at SPVA, Perkins County Hitchcock County Aug. 27. ......................... at Dundy County-Stratton Invite Sept. 4. .............................................. at Cambridge Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. .................................................at McCook Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8.................................................at RPAC, Southwest Lexington Sept. 3. ............... at Overton Invite, Overton Golf Course Sept. 8. .............Lexington Invite, Lakeside Country Club Sept. 11.......... at Kearney, Meadowlark Hills Golf Course Sept. 17. ..........at Central City, Valley View Country Club Sept. 26...............at Kansas University, Rim Rock Farms Sept. 28................. at UNK Invite, Kearney Country Club Oct. 1..........................................................at Gothenburg Oct. 8....................... at Central Conference at Northwest Maxwell Sept. 3. ............................................. at North Platte Invite Sept. 5. ...................................................... at Cozad Invite Sept. 12. ...........................................at Broken Bow Invite Sept. 17. ...............................................at Arapahoe Invite Sept. 24. ...........................................at Gothenburg Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8............................................... at RPAC, Cambridge Ogallala Aug. 29. ............................................ at North Platte Invite Sept. 5. ...................................................... at Cozad Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. .................................................at McCook Invite Sept. 24. ..................................................... Ogallala Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1..........................................................at Gothenburg Oct. 8............................................... at SWC, Gothenburg Paxton Sept. 3. ............................. at St. Pat’s Invite, Rivers Edge Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. ...............................................at Arapahoe Invite Sept. 24. ................................................. at Ogallala Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8.................................................at RPAC, Southwest
North Platte Aug. 29. .................................................. at St. Pat’s Invite Sept. 5. .................. at Cozad Invite, Cozad Country Club Sept. 11.......... at Kearney, Meadowlark Hills Golf Course Sept. 17. ....at McCook Invite, Heritage Hills Golf Course Sept. 22................ at Centrua, Centura Hills Golf Course Sept. 28................. at UNK Invite, Kearney Country Club Oct. 1........ at Gothenburg Invite, Wildhorse Golf Course Oct. 8........................................................ at Sidney Invite Brady Sept. 3. ................................................... at St. Pat’s Invite Sept. 12. ...........................................at Broken Bow Invite Sept. 18. ....at Arapahoe Invite, Arapahoe Municipal Golf Course Sept. 24. .................................at Maywood-Hayes Center Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1........ at Gothenburg Invite, Wildhorse Golf Course Oct. 6......................................................at MNAC, Mullen Broken Bow Sept. 5. ...................................................... at Cozad Invite Sept. 12. ...............................................Broken Bow Invite Sept. 17. ................................................ at Ravenna Invite Sept. 24. ................................................. at Ogallala Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8..................................... at SWC Invite, Gothenburg Chase County Aug. 27. ................................... at Dundy County-Stratton Sept. 4. .............................................. at Cambridge Invite Sept. 10. ........................................... Chase County Invite Sept. 17. .................................................at McCook Invite Sept. 24. ................................................. at Ogallala Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 8.......................................... at Perkins County Invite Cozad Aug. 29. .... at North Platte Invite, Iron Eagle Golf Course Sept. 5. .......................................................... Cozad Invite Sept. 12. ...........................................at Broken Bow Invite Sept. 17. ................................................ at Ravenna Invite Sept. 24. ................................................. at Ogallala Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 8............................................... at SWC, Gothenburg Dundy County-Stratton Aug. 27. ............................. Dundy County-Stratton Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. .................................................at McCook Invite Sept. 24. .......................at Maywood-Hayes Center Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8.................................................at RPAC, Southwest Gothenburg Sept. 3. ................................................ at Lexington Invite Sept. 5. .................................................... at Minden Invite Sept. 12. ...........................................at Broken Bow Invite Sept. 17. ..................................... at Filmore Central Invite
Perkins County Sept. 3. ........................................... Perkins County Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. ...........................................................at McCook Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 8...........................................................at SPVA Invite Sandhills/Thedford Aug. 27. ................................................... at Burwell Invite Sept. 3. ................................................ at Ainsworth Invite Sept. 10. .................................at Arcadia/Loup City Invite Sept. 12. ...........................................at Broken Bow Invite Sept. 17. ................................................ at Ravenna Invite Sept. 25................................................................... at Ord Oct. 1....................................................at West Holt Invite Oct. 6......................................................at MNAC, Mullen South Loup Aug. 27. ................................................... at Burwell Invite Sept. 5. ...................................................... at Cozad Invite Sept. 12. ...........................................at Broken Bow Invite Sept. 17. ................................................ at Ravenna Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 6............................................ at MNAC Invite, Mullen South Platte Aug. 27. ......................... at Dundy County-Stratton Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 19. ..................................................at Alliance Invite Sept. 24. .......................at Maywood-Hayes Center Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 8........................................................ at Sidney Invite Southwest Aug. 27. ......................... at Dundy County-Stratton Invite Sept. 4. .............................................. at Cambridge Invite Sept. 8. ................................................ at Lexington Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 14. ...................................................... at Alma Invite Sept. 18. ........................................................ at Arapahoe Sept. 24. .......................at Maywood-Hayes Center Invite Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 8.................................................................... at RPAC Sutherland Aug. 29. ............................................ at North Platte Invite Sept. 3. ................................................... at St. Pat’s Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. .................................................at McCook Invite Sept. 24. ...........................................................at Ogallala Sept. 28........................................................ at UNK Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite Oct. 8.........................................at SPVA, Perkins County Wallace Aug. 27. ......................... at Dundy County-Stratton Invite Sept. 3. ................................................... at St. Pat’s Invite Sept. 10. ....................................... at Chase County Invite Sept. 17. ...............................................at Arapahoe Invite Sept. 24. .......................at Maywood-Hayes Center Invite Oct. 1................................................at Gothenburg Invite
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