ELLENBORO, W.Va. — Tyler Consolidated’s Amos Kimble and Travis Moore finished one-two at Saturday’s Ritchie County Invitational, but the Silver Knight boys had to settle for a runner-up team finish to Williamstown, 44-46, while the Yellowjacket girls rolled to a 32-66 win ahead of second place Wirt County.

Wirt County’s Matthew Balis (17:28), Point Pleasant’s Wyatt Kirkpatrick (17:58) and Rebel Jenner Stewart (18:05) rounded out the top five.

The ‘Jackets were led to victory thanks to Zander Boyce (6th, 18:10), Jimmy Erlandson (7th, 18:30), Chase Pickering (9th, 18:52), Vincent Zegrea (13th, 19:07) and Brody Pickens (15th, 19:17).

The host Rebels also received an eighth-place showing from Kenson Roman (18:36) while Silver Knight Brody Nice was 10th with a time of 18:59.

Ritchie County’s Bentlee Williams grabbed gold after crossing in 20:30, which was 14 seconds faster than runner-up Yellowjacket Cassie Sites. WHS also had top 10 finishes thanks to Sylvia Harris (4th, 23:18) and Isabella Bryant (5th, 23:26) while Kate Florence (11th, 24:11) and Nola King (12th, 24:33) accounted for the team scoring.

North Marion’s Jadyn Duncan placed third with a time of 22 minutes and 43 seconds. Also cracking the top 10 were Wirt County’s Skylie Thompson (6th, 23:31) and Allison Bumgarner (9th, 25:53), Tyler Consolidated’s Amber Ebert (7th, 23:43) and Lily Haught (8th, 23:53) along with Calhoun County’s Paige Sterns (10th, 24:06).

St. Marys’ Bennett 7th at Louisville Classic

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — St. Marys junior Anna Bennett led the way for the Blue Devils here Saturday at the Louisville Classic with a seventh-place finish after crossing in 19 minutes and 22 seconds.

The Blue Devil girls, who finished 12th in the field, also had scoring runs by a quartet of other juniors – Savana Burd (62nd, 21:33), Maddie Smith (82nd, 22:41), Brooklyn Davis (106th, 23:58) and Sidni Gerlach (124th, 25:01).

Junior Parker Barnes placed 37th with a time of 17:09 to help the St. Marys boys finish in 13th. He was followed by senior Bruce Bills (60th, 17:33), 11th-graders Desmond Parks (62nd, 17:35) and Carter Sole (128th, 19:11) as well as freshman Wyatt Payne (139th, 19:28).