The Richmond boys cross country team repeated as the Rushville sectional cross country champions Saturday, Oct. 17. The Red Devils took the top three spots. Cale Newton won the race in a time of 15:49.18, Dash Thacker was second and Brady Newton finished third.
The Red Devils scored 30 points to easily defeat 10 other teams. The top five teams and the top 15 runners not on an advancing team qualified to advance to the Franklin Community regional Saturday, Oct. 24.
Team standings: Richmond 30, Union County 92, East Central 108, New Castle 115, Batesville 121, Hagerstown 142, Centerville 146, Seton Catholic 226, Tri High 260, Connersville 271, Rushville 273.
Richmond scoring runners: Cale Newton first, Dash Thacker second, Brady Newton third, Walt Brazil 12th, Trevin Crosby 14th, Henry Christian 17th, Colton Carpenter 27th
Hagerstown scoring runners: Ben Smith eighth, Emmitt Lewis 28th, Hazard Houghton 32nd, Jack Rector 42nd, Robert Sullivan 47th, Zack Logston 48th, Cole Mitchell 58th
Centerville scoring runners: Clay Johnson 22nd, Rowan Evrard 23rd, Conner Scheer 35th, Jonah Cornett 37th, James Skaggs 45th, Sam Scheer 49th, Mason Flynn 54th
Seton Catholic scoring runners: Gavin Killion 16th, Taeon Tate 44th, Drake Abbott 52nd, Ethan Nisewonder 67th, Peter Daoud 74th, Joe Vournazos 83rd, Nate Grujoski 84th.
Running as individuals: Zach Wright (Northeastern) 30th, Davis Spurlock (Northeastern) 61st, Karson Ulerick (Lincoln) 64th, Carson Stevens (Northeastern) 68th.
Wayne County individuals advancing: Ben Smith (Hagerstown), Gavin Killion (Seton Catholic), Clay Johnson (Centerville), Rowan Evrard (Centerville), Emmitt Lewis (Hagerstown), Zach Wright (Northeastern), Hazard Houghton (Hagerstown), Conner Scheer (Centerville), Jonah Cornett (Centerville), Jack Rector (Hagerstown) and Taeon Tate (Seton Catholic)
A version of this article will appear in the October 21 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.
