Bison boys race to top four in SWC

The McCook High boys moved along to a solid fourth-place finish at Thursday's Southwest Conference cross country meet.

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COZAD, Neb. — McCook’s boys reached the top half of Thursday’s Southwest Conference cross country race with junior Josh Hegwood earning fourth place.

“Josh ran a very good race, maybe the best race of the season,” Bison coach Tom Sughroue declared.

Senior Brandon Tucker also reached the top 20 percent of this eight-team field as he placed 17th (19:44.3).

Seniors Matt Herron (30th), Bryce Dutton (34th) and freshman Evan Mai (36th) outran more than half the SWC runners who finished.

The Bison run districts at Ogallala Thursday.

Team race: 1. Broken Bow 44, 2. Minden 51, 3. Gothenburg 56, 4. McCook 108, 5. Ainsworth 127, 6. Ogallala 132, 7. Valentine 216, 8. Cozad 219.

Top 10 finishers: 1. W. Anderson, GOTH, 17:33.4; 2. T. Schleuter, AINS, 17:45.7; 3. P. Graves, GOTH, 18:11.8; 4. Josh Hegwood, MC, 18:18.4; 5. N. Osmond, Bow, 18:19.9; 6. D. Wardyn, Bow, 18:43.1; 7. K. Verbeck, MIND, 18:46.2; 8. C. Hurt, MIND, 18:53.9; 9. C. Land, MIND, 18:59.4; 10. T. Hurlbert, Bow, 19:10.4.

Other Bison placers: 17. Brandon Tucker, 19:44.3; 23. Grant Cappel, 20:26.5; 30. Matt Herron, 20:55; 34. Bryce Dutton, 21:10; 36. Evan Mai, 21:13.4; 44. Tucker Gillespie, 21:52; 45. Grant Wells, 21:59.9; 64. Taylor Jacobs, 23:41.7; 65. Joe Barenberg, 23:52.9; 69. Caleb Wilkinson, 24:06; 81. Alan Holliday, 27:20.8; 82. Deacon Kinne-Walki, 27:51.8; 83. Owen Smith, 28:42.7.