Sep. 17 -- CASSELTON, N.D. -- The Jamestown High School cross-country team had a good bus ride back to the Buffalo City on Tuesday.
"It was nice not to have to travel too far to get to a mid-sized race and it was even better to leave with the team win for both the boys and girls teams," JHS head cross-country coach Ken Gardner said.
The Blue Jay boys wound up first out of seven competing teams while the girls had the best finishes out of the four teams.
"Six of our girls finished in the top 20 and five boys finished in the top 21," Gardner said. "There were lots of really nice performances on a warm and humid day."
The Blue Jay girls were led by sophomore Layna Hoffer who crossed the line at fifth overall. Hoffer clocked a time of 22:48. Layla Becker (9), Millicent Maus (11), Ellie Krueger (12), Hadley Jackson (14) and Stella Belzer (15) rounded out the six who finished within the top-20.
Jaydyn Velek beat out Micah Stoudt for the Jays' No. 1 runner title finishing in seventh place with a time of 19:21. Stoudt was the Jays' second-fastest runner with a time of 19:55.
Gardner and the Jays will run their final meet of the week in Valley City on Saturday. Races are scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
1. Jamestown 48; 2. Ellendale 60; 3. May-Port-C-G 87; 4. Lisbon 88; 5. Edgeley/KM 113; 6. Hatton-Northwood 117; 7. Thompson 151.
1. Greta Goven, VC, 21:40; 5. Layna Hoffer 22:48; 9. Layla Becker 23:09; 11. Millicent Maus 23:36; 12. Ellie Krueger 23:36; 14. Hadley Jackson 23:52; 15. Stella Belzer 23:57; 25. Hattie Fitzgerald 25:06; 27. Abigail Kucera 25:24; 35. Jayla Hoffer 27:07.01; 36. Ella Thomas 27:07.81; 11. Clara Harms 27:13.
Boys
1. Aidan Thurber, ELL, 18:01; 7. Jaydyn Velek 19:21; 10. Micah Stoudt 19:55; 13. Kamden Herzig 20:14; 17. Dax Wick 20:43; 21. Brock Truax 21:10; 39. Tristan Champagne 22:47; 47. Heath Heupel 23:35; 51. Leif Hanson 24:16; 53. Bryson Corell 24:22; 54. August Harms 24:24.
Jaxton Dawsen had his comeback of the season on Tuesday.
After dropping 6-0 to Minot's Nolan Moore, Dawsen went on the offensive and took the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to become the only member of the Jamestown High School tennis team to pick up a singles win.
The Jays wound up losing 7-2 to the Magicians to put them at 1-3 in the WDA and 3-8 overall. Next up for the squad is a date with Bismarck High on Thursday. The dual is expected to begin at 4:15 p.m. at Jamestown's Bolinger Courts.
No. 1: LeFevre/Burkett, J def. Scheffer/Oliver Thompson7-6, 6-2