This is hardly breaking news, but a Greater St. Helens League runner won the 3A girls race Saturday at the Westside Classic cross country meet in Tacoma.
Prairie’s Michaela Bruns breezed to a 14-second win to win the bi-district race at American Lake Golf Course in Tacoma in 19 minutes, 16 seconds.
A 3A GSHL runner has won the 3A girls race every year since 2008. Bruns follows Prairie’s Nicole Goecke (2010, 2012-13), Camas’ Alexa Efraimson (2011) and Columbia River’s Allison Clark (2009) and Sarah Bobbe (2008) as winners of the 3A race.
Bruns led the Prairie girls to an easy win in the team standings. Jamie Ferris placed eighth in 20:06 for Prairie.
The Falcons won with 66 points, 25 points better than second-place Central Kitsap. Columbia River (126 points) was fourth to earn a state-meet berth.
In the boys race, Columbia River’s Austen Blankenship was edged out at the finish line by Christian Rotter of Auburn Mountainview. Rotter finished in 16:13.16, followed by Blankenship at 16:13.95.
River placed fifth as a team to earn a state berth. Prairie’s David Olvera earned a berth as an individual.
Cross country
2A district meet — Washougal’s Courtney Owens placed third and Ridgefield’s Bailey Birch was fourth as the Panthers and Spudders both earned team state berths at the district meet at Lewis River Golf Course in Woodland.
Owens finished in 19:53, just ahead of Birch (19:55). Tumwater dominated the team standings with 28 points, followed by Ridgefield (78) and Washougal (97). Woodland’s Natalie Biddix placed fifth (20:05) to earn a state berth along with teammate McKenna Flanagan. Also headed to state was Hockinson’s Hailee Neibauer, who placed 10th (20:33).
In the boys race, Derek Henderson and Kyle Peterson both had top-10 finishes to help Hockinson clinch a state berth by finishing second behind district champion Mark Morris. Henderson was sixth (16:55) and Peterson was 10th (16:58).
Ridgefield’s Silas Griffith was the top local finisher, taking third in 16:35. He will be joined at state by Woodland’s Matthew Young and Nathan Patterson and Washougal’s Bailey Duncan and Aiden Pullen.
1A district — Jenna Melanson placed fourth and Kiatie Whitten was fifth to lead La Center to a state berth with second-place finish at the district meet at Lewis River.
Melanson finished in 20:37 and Whitten timed at 20:39.
King’s Way Christian’s Emily Dick placed sixth (20:41) to earn a state berth, along with Seton Catholic’s Elena Carrion.
The La Center boys placed fourth to earn a state berth. Individual state meet qualifiers included Stevenson’s Jordan Virgil and Seton Catholic’s Brock Schoene.
Girls soccer
Union 6, Heritage 1 — Makayla Woods scored three goals, and Alexa Bowmer and Delaney Lindahl each had a goal and an assist to advance Union in the 4A district tournament.
Battle Ground 1, Mountain View 0 (PKs) — After a scoreless draw, Battle Ground made six penalties to Mountain View’s five win the 4A district playoff and earn a match against Union.
Ridgefield 4, Aberdeen 0 — Taryn Ries had two goals and an assist and Erin Siegel added two more goals as the Spudders opened the 2A district playoffs with a win.
Ridgefield will host Mark Morris on Tuesday for a berth to the 2A state tournament.
Hockinson 4, W.F. West 0 — Rylee Seekins had a goal and two assists and Trinity Paulsen had a goal and an assist as the Hockinson won a district playoff game.
Hockinson will play at Black Hills of Tumwater on Tuesday for a district berth.
Black Hills 3, Washougal 0 — The Panthers lost their district playoff opener. They will play at W.F. West in an elimination game on Tuesday.
Volleyball
Battle Ground 3, Camas 1 — The Tigers won the tiebreaker to claim the No. 1 seed in the 4A GSHL tournament and home court. Scores were 22-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19.
Brooke Van Sickle had 25 kills and 17 assists in the match for Battle Ground.
