On a muddy morning at historic Rim Rock farms in Lawrence, Wamego boys cross country took home the blue division team title Saturday at the Rim Rock Classic, scoring 162 points to finish ahead of Winfield (171).

Senior Logyn Evans led the Red Raiders with an eighth-place finish in 17:08.79, followed by junior Greyson Stream in 31st (18:00.97), senior Benny Jones in 39th (18:14.95), senior Braxton Williams in 42nd (18:22.09) and sophomore Michael Clark in 64th (18:49.88) to round out the scoring five. Senior Malachi Weimer finished 120th in 19:40.62, while sophomore Estevan Donez was 146th in 19:57.17.

On the girls’ side, Wamego finished third in the blue division with 202 points. Shayne Pittenger-Reed led the way with a 12th-place finish in 20:42.96, followed by Colleen Murphy in 25th (21:40.58), Zulia Wells in 33rd (22:05.51), Kayla Balver in 64th (22:45.59) and Rachel Barber in 129th (24:08.66). Brenn Blume placed 182nd (25:28.22) and Marabelle Aldridge was 198th (26:05.86).

Rock Creek

In the same blue division, the Rock Creek girls placed fifth with 241 points. Clare Buessing led the Mustangs in 21st at 21:28.44, followed by Violet Matzke in 23rd (21:29.87), Livia Nippert in 36th (22:09.67), Lucia Nippert in 43rd (22:16.92) and Olive Hood in 199th (26:06.72). Peyton Wilson finished 239th (27:45.33) and Aceyln Rottinghaus was 256th (29:02.01).

The Mustang boys finished 15th with 477 points. Sophomore Coltrane Johnston led the Mustangs in 55th at 18:36.64, followed by freshman Grant Slough in 71st (18:54.32), senior Dylan Nelson in 117th (19:39.12), freshman JoSean Gibbs in 139th (19:52.34) and junior Levi Hill in 145th (19:56.57) to round out the scoring five. Sophomore Colton Davis placed 188th (20:24.89), while sophomore Gage Christensen finished 209th (20:45.35).

Riley County

Again in the blue division, the Riley County boys saw a productive day, finishing eighth with 352 points. Senior Jeter Adams led the Falcons with a fourth-place finish in 16:54.53, followed by junior Dash Hancock in 12th (17:29.57), freshman Jagger Adams in 83rd (19:05.10), senior Sam Frese in 143rd (19:55.23) and freshman Caden Kinsey in 144th (19:56.20) to round out the scoring five. Senior Tanner Rhoton finished 147th (19:57.80), while senior Cooper Merriam was 186th (20:24.00).

Riley County’s girls squad finished 17th with 417 points. Kinley Henle paced the Falcons in 24th at 21:32.69, while Claire Anderson finished 76th (23:09.65), Addisyn Gutsch was 119th (23:57.51), Kinsey Loecker placed 158th (24:49.23) and Jordyn Gutsch finished 200th (26:08.29). Hadley Higgins was 206th (26:13.77) and Preslee Colby finished 258th (29:05.85).

Council Grove

With just the boys’ squad making the trip to Lawrence, Council Grove finished 25th out of 55 teams in the blue division, scoring 669 points. Jadyn Picolet led the Braves by placing 37th overall out of 391 runners in 18:12.74.

Carter Bremer followed in 133rd (19:49.28), Hayden Horton was 143rd (19:58.28), Brody Nelson finished 191st (20:29.51) and Brayden Jarvis placed 220th (20:50.80) to complete the scoring five. Aaron Crotts finished 344th in 23:46.88. Nelson, Horton, Jarvis and Crotts all posted season-best times.

Blue Valley

The Rams sent one representative to Rim Rock on Saturday as senior Titus Cobb ran a time of 17:29.80, placing 46th in the meet’s gold division. Cobb’s top-50 mark came against primarily 6A and 5A schools in the gold division as he represented 1A Blue Valley.