09/23/2026
Sophie Skidmore, Sydney Adkison, and Kadance Adkins bring home medals, High School girls win team title at Spencer Invitational on Goff Mountain in Spencer!
The middle school girls kicked off the day in the sloppy conditions with Kadance Adkins leading the way for the Highlanders bringing home the 8th place medal without a shoe(which Coach Green had to find and follow her to the finish line with), in a time of 18:07.31, Jenna Lewis finished 15th with a time of 21:03.16, Keegan Clark came in 18th with a time of 21:30.95, and Brooklyn Blankenship finished 22nd with a time of 26:30.40!
The middle school boys were next and Wyatt Mills and Re*****on Hamrick had a good intra squad battle to the finish line with Wyatt finishing 11th less then 1 second ahead of Re*****on in 12th with times of 16:28.7 and 16:29.56, and Martin Miller finished 22nd with a time of 18:51.17.
The High School girls were next and the team battle came down to a tie between Webster County and Ripley and the tie breaker came down to Webster having the best finisher between the two teams! Sophie Skidmore was that tiebreaker finishing in the runner-up position on the day with a time of 23:34.86, Sydney Adkison was next coming in 4th with a late race pass that was crucial for the Highlanders to take the win, in a time of 25:32.95, next was Jersey Sanson in 15th with a time of 44:08.40 followed closely by Izzy Hinely in 16th with a time of 44:37.40!!
The High School boys wrapped up the day with Asher Lawson leading the way in 14th with a time of 23:50.82, next was Brylan Clayton in 16th while fighting back from an injury with a time of 24:50.49, then came in Jeremie Cogar in 18th with a time of 28:59.14 and Christian Neal came in 19th with a time of 30:40.71!