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Lady Cats finish runner-up at home invitational

Andy Brown / Louisburg Sports Zone
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Louisburg junior Emma Vohs recorded her fifth top 5 finish of the season Thursday as she took fourth at the Louisburg Invitational at Lewis-Young Park.


Louisburg junior Emma Vohs has found herself in the top five in all four meets she had competed in prior to Thursday’s meet.

Nothing changed in that regard after her race in the Louisburg Invitational. 

Vohs finished fourth overall and she helped the Lady Cats to a runner-up team finish at Lewis-Young Park. Louisburg finished with 49 points and was runner-up to first place Spring Hill, which finished with 26.

Vohs ran a time of 21 minutes and 45 seconds to lead the way for the Lady Cats and she was one of three Louisburg runners to medal on the day.

Junior Maddy Rhamy finished ninth overall in 23:08 and junior Lola Edwards was 10th in 23:10 as each took home hardware. Piper senior Grace Hanson won the meet in 18:36 and Spring Hill freshman Sophie Rivers was second in 21:04.

Louisburg senior Nova Ptacek was 17th overall Thursday at the Louisburg Invitational at Lewis-Young Park.

Senior Nova Ptacek just missed out on the medals for Louisburg as she took 17th in 24:11. Sophomore Madison Huggins was 22nd in 25:10.

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Another senior, Bree Gassman, took 24th in 25:50, while junior Erin Apple was 26th in 25:56.

On the boys side, the Wildcats were still without their top runner in Jerynce Brings Plenty and finished fifth as a team with 102 points.

Louisburg junior Noah Cotter led the Wildcat boys in 17th overall Thursday.

Junior Noah Cotter missed a medal by two spots as he took 17th overall in 19:10 and senior Leo Martin was 19th in 19:37. Senior Ethan Ptacek was third on the team in 25th in 20:12.

Senior Landan Henry (20:16) and sophomore Ben Proctor (20:32) finished 26th and 30th, respectively.

Senior Leo Martin was 19th overall Thursday at the Louisburg Invitational.

Spring Hill won the boys side as the Broncos finished with 25 points and Paola was second with 70. Spring Hill’s Logan Beckman was the individual champion in 16:50.

The postseason now begins for the Wildcats as they compete in the Frontier League Invitational this Thursday at Wyandotte County Park. Races are set to begin at 4:30 p.m.