Westville TFCC

09/09/2026

Here are a couple of photos from tonight's PCC meet. Great job tonight!

09/09/2026

Tobi went out at our 1st PCC meet with the goal of finishing in the top 10. Instead, he finished in 3rd place and broke the school record with a time of 18 min and 07.8 seconds. The old record was held by Javion Ballin who had a time of 18 min 17.7 seconds. Way to go, Tobi!

09/06/2026

Our 3rd Annual Fun Walk/Run is coming up this Saturday. Please share this post, invite your friends, and come out to walk or run a 3 or 5k. Your choice.

09/06/2026

08/29/2026

History on Highway 421: Westville Turns Milestones Into Memories

FRANCESVILLE, Ind. — The course at West Central High School wasn’t interested in handing out anything for free Saturday.

Under sunny skies, runners negotiated the rough, bumpy terrain of the 421 Run Invite, where rhythm could disappear with one awkward step and patience mattered nearly as much as speed.

Westville didn’t seem to mind.

The Blackhawks left Francesville with a championship, a runner-up finish, state-qualifying performances, personal bests and a collection of program firsts in one of the strongest across-the-board outings for Westville cross country.

And once again, the middle school girls led the charge.

Blackhawks go back-to-back
Westville’s middle school girls defended their 421 Run championship, scoring 19 points to beat Frontier’s 36 and becoming back-to-back 421 Run champions.

The Blackhawks put five runners inside the top 20, but seventh grader Makayla Doyle supplied the exclamation point.

Doyle won the 3,000-meter race in 12 minutes, 4 seconds, becoming the first Westville middle school girl to win an individual 421 Run title.

She wasn’t alone near the front.

Seventh grader Lily Jamieson finished second in 12:34, while seventh grader Tessa Musgrave ran a personal-best 13:23 to finish fourth. Eighth grader Genevieve Nettrouer gave Westville a fourth scorer inside the top seven, placing seventh in 13:38.

Doyle, Jamieson and Musgrave also reached the qualifying standard for the Indiana Middle School Cross Country State Championships, giving Westville three state-standard performances from the same race.

The Blackhawks’ scoring five went 1-2-3-5-8 in the team scoring, producing the 19-point total. Seventh grader Lily Barbahen finished 16th overall in 15:49, giving Westville its fifth runner among the first 20 finishers.

For a program that entered the meet as defending champion, Saturday wasn’t simply about protecting last year’s accomplishment.

They built another floor on top of it.

Westville boys reach new program height
The middle school boys added their own piece of history.

Westville finished second overall with 31 points, behind Frontier’s 25, marking the highest team finish in Westville middle school boys cross country history at the 421 Run.

Eighth grader Gavin Hutchison led the way with a breakthrough performance.

Hutchison finished fourth overall in 11:58, breaking 12 minutes for 3K with a personal best. The performance also qualified him for the Indiana Middle School Cross Country State Championships for the third consecutive year, making him the first Westville middle school boy to accomplish that feat.

The Blackhawks placed four runners inside the top 20. Seventh grader Zachary Brady was 12th in 14:49, eighth grader Henry Golden finished 14th in 15:16, and seventh grader Owen Ortt was 16th in 15:34.

Westville's scoring five went 2-5-6-7-11 in the official team scoring.

Frontier got the win.

Westville, however, walked away with another sign that its boys program is climbing.

Bradney breaks new ground for HS boys
The history-making continued when the high school races took over.

Freshman Tobias Bradney finished sixth overall in 18:57, becoming the first freshman in Westville boys cross country history to place in the top 10 at the 421 Run.

In a field of 50 runners, Bradney put himself immediately among the leaders and gave the Blackhawks another glimpse at what their young standout could become.

Junior Jayden Couture added an 18th-place finish in 21:41, putting two Westville boys among the first 20.

Senior Connor Keen was 36th in 23:53, freshman Everett Ewart finished 43rd in 25:23 and freshman Anthony Ahnefeld was 45th in 26:31.

Barbahen cracks top five, Martin reaches top 20
Westville's high school girls made some history of their own.

Sophomore Abagail Barbahen finished fifth overall in 23:34, becoming the first Westville sophomore to record a top-five finish at the 421 Run.

Senior Allyson Martin followed with another milestone, finishing 17th in 27:01 for her first career top-20 finish at the invite.

Junior Mica Gaskey completed Westville's girls lineup, finishing 28th with a personal best of 35:09.

For Martin, the top-20 result provided a senior-year marker. For Barbahen, it added another early-season accomplishment to a sophomore campaign that is beginning to gather momentum.

But Saturday’s larger story stretched beyond any single runner.

It was Doyle crossing first, Jamieson right behind her and Musgrave delivering a personal best. It was Hutchison breaking 12 minutes and making state-qualifying history for a third straight year. It was the middle school boys producing their best 421 Run finish in program history.

Then Bradney and Barbahen added historic high school performances, while Martin earned her first top-20 finish at the invite.

And through it all stood the Westville middle school girls, 421 Run champions for the second straight year.

A championship. A runner-up finish. State qualifiers. Personal bests. Program firsts.

Westville came to the 421 Run looking to compete.

The Blackhawks left their name in its history

08/28/2026

Congratulations to Athletes of the Meet for weeks 1 and 2.

08/28/2026

https://www.lpheralddispatch.com/sports/a-dose-of-humility-the-transition-to-high-school-cross-country-is-keeping-westville-freshman/article_e2d6f464-7458-5442-96d6-6ccd2ab81b59.html

WESTVILLE – For a long time, long, shaggy hair was Toby Bradney’s look.

08/28/2026

Westville's Present and Future Shine on Senior Night

WESTVILLE — Senior Night belonged to the Blackhawks, but Westville's younger runners made sure Wednesday's home meet also offered a glimpse of what may be coming next.

On a sunny, humid Aug. 26 afternoon at Bluhm Park, Westville hosted Michigan City and South Central in high school competition, while the Westville middle school runners competed against runners from Michigan City's Barker and Krueger programs.

Westville freshman Tobias Bradney provided the headline performance, winning the boys 5K in a personal-best 18 minutes, 36 seconds. Bradney crossed the line nearly three minutes ahead of runner-up Ryan Bunce of South Central (21:28.20).

The performance moved Bradney to No. 2 on Westville's all-time high school boys cross country list.

Junior Jayden Couture gave Westville another top-five finish, placing fifth in a season-best 22:51. Senior Connor Keen finished 10th in 25:27, while freshman Everett Ewart made his meet debut and recorded a personal-best 27:07.

Freshman Anthony Ahnefeld also turned in a personal best, finishing 14th in 28:42 in another promising performance from Westville's young group.

South Central won the boys team competition with 23 points, while Westville finished second with 36.

Westville also claimed the individual victory in the girls race.

Sophomore Abigail Barbahen pulled away from the field to win in a season-best 24:16, finishing two minutes ahead of Michigan City's Veronica Barnes (26:16.70).

Senior Allyson Martin placed seventh in 30:14. in the final home cross country meet of her Westville career. Junior Mica Gaskey made her meet debut and finished eighth with a personal-best 35:43.

For Keen and Martin, Wednesday represented more than another result on the schedule. It was their final opportunity to race on their home course in a Westville cross country uniform.

The middle school races provided Westville with another collection of highlights.

Eighth-grader Leland Hall made an impressive cross country debut, winning the boys race in a personal-best 13:29. His debut immediately placed him No. 4 on Westville's middle school boys all-time list.

Seventh-grader Zachary Brady followed in second with a personal-best 14:40, moving him to No. 6 on the Westville middle school boys all-time list. Hall and Brady's performances gave the Blackhawks a 1-2 finish and put two Westville runners onto the program's all-time list on the same afternoon.

Henry Golden finished fourth in 14:49, Colin Reaster was fifth in 15:03, and sixth-grader Bow Kohler finished seventh in 28:53.

Westville was even more dominant at the front of the middle school girls race, sweeping the first four positions.

Seventh-grader Lily Barbahen won in a personal-best 13:33, a performance that moved her to No. 5 on Westville's middle school girls all-time list.

Eighth-grader Genevieve Nettrouer was right behind her in second at 13:35, only two seconds back. Seventh-grader Tessa Musgrave ran a personal-best 13:55 to take third, while seventh-grader Winnie Schoff completed Westville's 1-2-3-4 finish with a personal-best 18:06.

It was a Senior Night that managed to look backward and forward at the same time.

Keen and Martin closed the home chapter of their Westville cross country careers, while Bradney continued his climb through the high school record book. The Barbahen sisters collected individual victories, Hall announced himself with a win and an all-time performance in his debut, and Brady and Lily Barbahen added their names to Westville's middle school record lists.

On a warm August afternoon, Westville's final home meet became both a farewell and a preview.

08/22/2026

After Storm Delay, Blackhawks Finally Get Their Chance to Race

HEBRON — Westville’s cross country season finally got out of the starting blocks Saturday morning at the Dave Walker Invitational at Hebron High School.

After the Blackhawks’ scheduled season opener at Wheeler was canceled in the aftermath of last week’s severe storms and widespread power outages across Northwest Indiana, Westville made its 2026 debut against a competitive field made up predominantly of larger schools.

Conditions were cool early in the morning before temperatures and humidity began to climb as racing continued.

Freshman Tobi Bradney led the Westville boys in his high school 5K debut, placing 32nd in 18 minutes, 59 seconds despite battling muscle cramps during the race. Bradney was the only freshman from a small-school program to finish among the top 32 in the 80-runner varsity field.

The performance also moved Bradney into third on Westville’s all-time boys cross country list in his first varsity race.

Junior Jayden Couture, one of Westville’s returning veterans, followed in 23:15, while senior Connor Keen finished in 25:17. Freshman Anthony Ahnefeld joined Bradney in making his varsity debut and crossed the line in 29:46.

On the girls side, sophomore Abigail Barbahen opened her season with a 26:22 performance. Senior Allyson Martin finished in 29:12 as the pair represented the Blackhawks in the varsity girls race.

For Westville, the meet provided a long-awaited starting point after an unusual opening to the season and an opportunity to compete against a deep field before returning home.

The Blackhawks will host Michigan City and South Central for Senior Night at Bluhm Park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 5 p.m.