Moore takes third at Wamego Invitational; Lady Cats finish fourth

By Andy Brown
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Updated: September 17, 2019

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The Louisburg girls cross country team was all smiles after its fourth-place finish Saturday in Wamego. Members of the team are (from left) Bree Gassman, Carlee Gassman, Trinity Moore, Reese Johnson, Kennady Wilkerson and Ruth Minster.

WAMEGO – The goal for members of the Louisburg cross country team is make the trip to Wamego for the state meet in early November.

Louisburg got a little taste of what state is going to be like Saturday when the Wildcats competed in the Wamego Invitational at the Wamego Country Club.

Senior Trinity Moore felt right at home as the 3-time state medalist mastered her way through the course and finished third overall out of 103 runners. The Lady Cats were also toward the top of the team standings as they finished fourth overall with 189 points.

Buhler won the girls title with 25 points, Baldwin was second with 81 and Eudora was third with 111 points.

“The girls ran a great race,” Louisburg coach John Reece said. “Fourth place as a team was good and it shows us that we need to close the gap between No. 3 and the rest of the team. It is always good to run at Wamego, which we missed out on last year. It is a good barometer for how state might shake out.”

Moore made her way through the field for that third place finish as she ran a time of 21 minutes and 2 seconds and was one of three Lady Cats to earn medals. Chapman junior Taylor Briggs, who is the two-time defending state champion, won in 19:12 and Buhler senior Daycee DeWindt was second at 20:57.

“Trinity ran a solid race,” Reece said. “She was feeling it as we had two good workouts this last week and it showed a little in her face at the end. She is cranking out the miles and workouts and will be ready for regionals and state.”

Sophomore Reese Johnson and senior Carlee Gassman ran strong races as well as both left Wamego with medals. Johnson took 18^th overall in 22:07 and Gassman was 21^st in 22:32.

Freshman Bree Gassman was fourth on the Louisburg team as she was 78^th in 26:11, while junior Kennady Wilkerson (26:17) and sophomore Ruth Minster (26:30) finished in 80^th and 82^nd, respectively.

The girls weren’t the only ones to garner medals.

Senior Anthony Davis earned his second consecutive medal as he took 29^th overall in 18:42 out of 127 runners in the 18-team meet.

“Anthony ran well and he sees, by his finish, that he has some work ahead of him and he will be ready come regionals to qualify for state and hopefully have six other runners with him,” coach Reece said.”

As a team, the Wildcats finished 11^th overall with 282 points. Wamego won the title with 89 points, Buhler was second with 96 and Towanda-Circle was third with 114.

Sophomore Ryan Rogers was second on the Wildcat team and ran a 19:25 to take 48^th overall. Junior Carson Houchen finished 56^th in 19:32 and junior Cade Holtzen was 69^th in 19:49.

Sophomore Sawyer Richardson came in 93^rd in 20:53 and senior Evan Murphy ran a 21:37 to take 104^th.