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Tigers, Mavs and Huskies compete at Sunfair XC Invitational

CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 16 hours, 47 minutes AGO
by CALEB PEREZ
| October 7, 2026 3:00 AM

YAKIMA — It was a warm day in Yakima for the Sunfair Cross Country Invitational where the Ephrata Tigers, Moses Lake Mavericks and Othello Huskies competed under the clear skies. See how each of the teams did below.

Ephrata 

JV Boys – second, 87 points 

4 – Zane Sieg, 19:10.6 

5 – Conrad Nelson, 19:13.7 

15 – Ranson Springs, 19:54.0 

33 – Josiah Caldwell, 20:35.6 

37 – Blake Carvo, 20:40.1 

39 – Noah Goldy, 20:41.1 

40 – Alex Neponoceno, 20:43.1 

42 – David Malone, 20:43.9 

64 – Kayden Varnell, 21:27.8 

83 – Ryan Tempel, 21:54.3 

105 – Noah Maynard, 22:22.2 

116 – Peyton Bronowski, 22:34.3 

143 – Yuvi Singh, 23:26.9 

147 – Bentley Hector, 23:42.2 

167 – Ethan Bell, 24:41.9 

175 – Michael Ramirez, 25:12.2 

186 – Emmanuel Quiroz, 26:45.9 

Boys Varsity Silver Division – fifth, 123 points 

15- Louden Leenhouts, 18:05.9 

20 – Samuel Goldy, 18:29.5 

26 – Mitchell Johnson, 18:43.1 

29 – Eli Leenhouts, 18:44.6 

42 – Cale Fronsman, 19:14.7 

50 – Sam Devine, 19:33.9 

53 – Nathan Wolther, 19:40.0 

Boys Varsity Gold Division – eighth, 169 points 

10 – Caleb Fitts, 16:42.0 

33 – Niko Diaz, 17:24.3 

41 – Caleb Schooler, 17:44.2 

42 – Seve Molitor, 17:49.3 

51 – Mike Jimenez, 18:23.7 

56 – Ryan Delgado, 19:04.2 

68 – Grant Adams, 20:01.2 

JV Girls 

11 – Eden Morris, 25:33.6 

15 – Evangeline Springs, 25:46.3 

19 – Sunnie Neff, 26:16.1 

34 – Jillian Bair, 27:08.7 

Girls Varsity Gold Division, second, 70 points 

5 – Abigail Chamberlain, 19:45.6 

11 – Savannah Harper, 20:23.6 

14 – Rebecca Wiser, 20:35.9 

15 – Zoie Grubb, 20:38.2 

38 – Hannah Malone, 22:19.6 

58 – Paisley Graaff, 24:55.8 


Moses Lake 

Freshman Boys – fifth, 97 points 

7 – Carson Cook, 12:32.6 

12 – Silas Molitor, 13:09.9 

17 – Archer Turnbull, 13:24.0 

30 – Finnegan Austin, 13:57.9 

62 – Joseph Richmond, 17:23.0 

JV Boys, third, 98 points 

1 – Harrison Holt, 18:18.4 

9 – Ariah Torres, 19:31.1 

20 – Claudio Garza IV, 20:04.0 

34 – Isaiah Doehne, 20:36.0 

46 – Isaac McClendon, 20:49.4 

97 – Ethan Adamos, 22:14.4 

109 – Torin Trexler, 22:24.3 

128 – Westley Jacobsen, 23:00.3 

176 – Derrick Perkes, 25:13.8 

177 – Eric Sheng, 25:17.4 

200 – Joseph Maldonado, 31:07.4 

Boys Varsity Silver Division – fourth, 112 points 

18 – Gabriel Cabiao, 18:16.7 

21 – Owen Martel, 18:32.1 

22 – Bejamin Bishop, 18:38.1 

24 – Graham Larkin, 18:42.0 

36 – Vincent Hunt, 19:00.1 

46 – Grayson Barlow, 19:23.6 

Boys Varsity Gold Division – fourth, 102 points 

7 – Lane Christensen, 16:26.5 

18 – Colton Lucero, 17:02.0 

22 – Maxwell Jolley, 17:06.4 

26 – Liam Roseburg, 17:09.0 

31 – Jonathan Sandoval, 17:18.5 

44 – Noah Demchuk, 17:51.5 

48 – Gillis Ward-Guthrie, 17:59.1 

Freshman Girls – first, 15 points 

1 – Afton Payne, 15:10.1 

6 – Genesis Anderson, 15:58.8 

7 – Naomi Nofziger, 17:14.0 

13 – Emily Roueche, 19:04.8 

17 – Lynnea Vasquez-Deleon, 22:44.7 

JV Girls 

28 – Natalie Ottmar, 26:50.9 

40 – Emily Yates, 27:46.6 

65 – Hadlie Cox, 29:55.7 

82 – Kezhya Scheel, 32:27.3 

Girls Varsity Silver Division 

8 – Jocelyn Anderson, 22:00.8 

17 – Charlotte Chesley, 22:44.8 

19 – Danielle Barnett, 23:18.5 

21 – Alexa Landeros, 23:29.5 

28 – Adelyn Chamberlin, 24:20.5 

Girls Varsity Gold Division – first, 30 points 

4 – Rachel Nofziger, 19:42.0 

6 – Natalie Vehrs, 19:59.4 

8 – Amelia Olascon, 20:05.4 

10 – Emily Bong, 20:13.2 

12 – Kaytlyn Russell, 20:26.8 

16 – Aspen Hoenes, 20:38.5 

25 – Sarah Humpherys, 21:04.1 

 

Othello 

JV Boys, 16th, 438 points 

88 – Jacob Gonzalez-Pineda, 22:01.1 

115 – David Sanchez, 22:32.2 

138 – Pedro Justo-Bahena, 23:18.1 

158 – Lucio Maldonado, 24:15.3 

163 – Elijah Martinez, 24:34.0 

174 – Fernando Gonzalez, 25:07.2 

203 – Yandel Martinez, 31:18.6 

Boys Varsity Silver Division, 11th, 270 points 

35 – Ezra Garza, 18:58.0 

37 – Conner Gilbert, 19:03.0 

63 – Daniel Mendoza, 20:14.9 

69 – Jayden Gilbert, 20:30.4 

77 – Bradley Miranda Lopez, 20:48.9 

81 – Omar Santos, 20:58.0 

Boys Varsity Gold Division 

46 – Carlos De la Cruz, 17:57.3 

JV Girls 

60 – Naomi Sanchez, 29:33.5 

Girls Varsity Silver Division 

10 – Hermione Policarpio, 22:23.3 

 


    Boys from the Varsity Gold Division competition stand on the podium with Mavs’ Lane Christensen in seventh and Tigers’ Caleb Fitts in 10th.
 
 


    Abigail Chamberlain from the Tigers works to stay ahead of the crowd while Aspen Hoenes from the Mavs follows close behind.
 
 


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