The Sierra Lutheran boys' cross country team turned its fourth solid performance in as many meets last week, taking third overall in the Reed Invitational and first among the small schools.
The meet was primarily made up of 4A and 3A schools and Sierra Lutheran came in behind Northern 4A powerhouses Reno and Galena. In total, 19 schools and 400 runners competed on the 3.1-mile course.
Galena's Bryan Tibaduiza broke the course record by 11 seconds (16:10), but Sierra Lutheran junior Wade Meddles was able to stay with him, and even lead him at points before Tibaduiza pulled away at the two-mile mark.
Meddles finished second overall with a time of 16:47 in the 101-runner field.
The Falcon's Michael Kubel finished 12th with an 18:24, Levi Grabow took 23rd and Andrew Deterding took 25th.
Nathanael Williams was 32nd, Preston Lyons was 38th and Ryan Jackson was 71st.
The Falcon girls' team had Becky Grabow take 11th at 18:09 and Tori Jackson take 36th with a time of 19:59. Grabow was just five seconds away from a medal in the meet.
Sierra Lutheran's junior varsity team came in fourth overall with Nathan Conover leading the team coming in 18th on the 2.4-mile course with a time of 15:20.
He was followed by John McRae (15:21), Bob DePaoli (15:30), Nick DePaoli (15:41), Conner Love (16:25), Anthony Brewer (16:29) and Ben Martin (19:54).
Northern 1A power Carlin dominated the visiting Coleville football team over the weekend, crushing the Wolves 92-44.
"I never would have believed that you could score 44 points on 466 total yards of offense and get completely embarrassed," said Coleville coach Will Sandy. "Our defense that has been struggling was just awful. We couldn't tackle, we took plays off and we just didn't play with any intensity."
The Wolves defense gave up 508 yards rushing and 226 yards passing.
Coleville's offense played very well against a very tough Carlin team. Quarterback Jason Peters was under pressure all day but still managed to complete 20 of 42 passes for 359 yards with 4 touchdowns. Peters also scrambled for 64 yards on the ground adding two more touchdowns rushing.
Split end Emmi Sandoval led the Coleville receivers with 213 yards receiving on 9 receptions including two touchdown catches. Sandoval's longest reception went for 65 yards. Flanker Colton Ward added 96 yards receiving on 6 receptions and scored once on a 22-yard reception. Tight end Jay Clark also had a touchdown reception and ended the contest with 47 receiving yards.
Freshman quarterback Cody Clark gained his first career rushing yards going for 14 yards on 4 attempts. Freshman fullback Matt Randall added 4 yards on two carries.
Defensively the Wolves were led by Clark with nine solos and one assist.
Coleville will try to get back on the winning track on Saturday when it hosts a very physical Eureka team with the game starting a 1 p.m.
