Carson High’s Jinnie Ponczoch races toward the finish at Lampe Park on Friday during the Douglas High Class Races.
Photo by Carter Eckl.
Carson High cross country has a high bar set for itself this season as the Senator girls are coming off of a Class 5A state championship.
The season-opening race was divided by class, meaning there was a race for seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen.
Jinnie Ponczoch took second in the juniors race with a time of 16:15. Right behind her was Eleanor Romeo, who was sixth in 17:18. Sydney Ingram also finished inside of the top 20.
The sophomore race contained more of the Senators’ state title winners from a year ago.
Hannah Budd smoked the field, winning the event in 15:32.
Vea Miner and Madison Hager were fourth and fifth, respectively, finishing in 16:34 and 16:35.
Ella Dooley ran as the lone senior for the Senator girls, taking seventh in 18:09.
In the freshman competition, Anna Shane won the race for Carson in 18:02 while Lillian Barker was ninth and Elizabeth Barker was 13th.
On the boys side, it was a lot of similar names.
Sawyer Macy won the junior race by more than 20 seconds, crossing the finish line in 13:06.
Alex Miner took fourth in 13:52.
Sophomore Sean Thornton nearly won his race as well, finishing in third in 13:32.
Nate Freed and Mark Walther were both top 10 for Carson in the sophomore race as well. Ivan Romeo was fifth in the freshman heat in 15:18 while Dean Parr, William Hampton and Cael Ruthenbeck were 10th, 11th and 12th, respectively.
Eureka topples Sierra Lutheran football
Eureka High School and recently departed Carson High athletic director Blair Roman were back in town Saturday as the Vandals took on the Falcons of Sierra Lutheran.
After a 6-6 start, it was the Vandals that pulled away, scoring the next 36 points en route to a 42-12 win.
The result drops Sierra Lutheran to 1-1 on the season.
UP NEXT: The Falcons will host Wells (0-2) Saturday at 10 a.m.
(Sierra Lutheran senior Sean Kelleher (9) and freshman Scott Schroder (7) combine to make a tackle against Eureka on Saturday. The Vandals won, 42-12. Carter Eckl / Nevada Appeal)