Knights Claim Four Individual Titles at Conference Cross Country Championships
Central Lake-Ellsworth crowned four individual conference champions during a two-meet cross country stretch on Wednesday, October 14, and Thursday, October 15, at the Ski Valley Conference and Northern Lakes Conference Championships. The Knights also earned a boys team runner-up finish at Ski Valley.
Ryder Chellis, Mason Dawson, Lily Coen, and middle school runner Marlee Pletcher earned first-team All-Conference honors at the Ski Valley championship. Sawyer Strange received second-team recognition in the middle school competition. Jack Puroll, Bailey Strange and Kenzie Oeder added honorable mention All-Conference honors, giving the Knights recognition across the varsity and middle school fields.
The Knights returned the next day for the Northern Lakes Conference Championship, facing cold, rainy conditions on a challenging course. Chellis won the varsity boys' individual title, and Coen captured the varsity girls' championship. Strange finished first in the middle school boys' race, while Pletcher won the middle school girls' title, completing the Knights' four individual championships.
CLE first-team All-Conference honors went to Chellis, Puroll, Coen, Lilly Mosley and Scarlett Faivor. K.W. and Trinity Perry earned second-team recognition. Those finishes followed the previous day's Ski Valley competition, requiring the Knights to race on consecutive days during their conference championship week.
The CLE middle school All-Conference finishers included Strange in first place, Michael Hopp in fourth and K.W. in 10th in the boys competition. Pletcher's first-place finish led the girls. The week's performances also included personal records as the Knights moved toward the final two races of their season.
The postseason schedule begins with Middle School Regionals on Saturday, October 24, in Mancelona. The Knights then compete at High School Regionals on Saturday, October 31, also in Mancelona.
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