Cottonwood Chronicle

Wemhoff finishes 10th at Potlatch
Matthew Wemhoff finished 10^th at the Potlatch Invite Cross Country meet held Saturday, Sept. 25 at Scenic 6 Park in Potlatch.
Wemhoff was Prairie’s top high school finisher in a time of 20:58.8. Following Wemhoff in the boys race were Kyle Schwartz, still nursing hamstring issues, in 35^th at 23:55 and Morgan Poxleitner, coming off an illness, in 46^th in 29:25.
Top finisher for the girls was Natalie Goeckner, who placed 14^th in 27:51.3. Katteri Duman was 19^th in 30:28.5 and Elizabeth Severns was 23^rd in 31:42.4.
Prairie’s highest finisher on the day was Evelyn Gehring who placed 6^th in the junior high girls race in 14:07.6. Olivia Uhlenkott was 19^th in 15:35.4 and Alaina Lustig was 20^th in 16:07.5.
Ben Secrest was a top 10 finisher in the junior high boys race as he finished 7^th in a time of 13:10.2. Jackson Enneking was 22^nd in 14:00.2. Chase VonBargen was 23^rd in 14:49.1. Max Rehder was 26^th in 15:30.8. Landon Riener was 29^th in 16:47.6. Nate Forsmann was 33^rd in 17:39.8 and Gabe Decaria was 37^th in 18:50.7.
The junior high boys were the only Prairie group with enough runners to compete as a team as they finished in 3^rd place out of 4 teams.
Coach Glenn Poxleitner said they are looking into moving the date for the Prairie Invite as it was discovered it is the same date as a home junior high football game. Poxleitner said he is looking at either Oct. 12 or Oct. 16.
Also the Nezperce Invite, which has been cancelled twice already, has been rescheduled for Oct. 5.

Matthew Wemhoff, left, and Natalie Goeckner, were Prairie's top finishers at the Potlatch Invite.

Kyle Schwartz and Morgan Poxleitner at Potlatch.

Katteri Duman and Elizabeth Severns at Potlatch.

Evelyn Gehring, 6th, and Ben Secrest, 7th, were Prairie's top finishers in the Jr. High races at Potlatch.

Olivia Uhlenkott and Alaina Lustig in the girls Jr. High race.

Jackson Enneking, Chase VonBargen and Max Rehder in the Jr. High boys race.

Landon Riener, Nate Forsmann and Gabe Dicaria in the Jr. High boys race. As a team the boys finished third in the Jr. High Race. You need 5 members to race as a team.