All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

B-UMS cross-country teams run at Forest Festival Invitational

ELKINS – The Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School Little Bucs and Little Lady Bucs ran at the Forest Festival Invitational this past Saturday in Elkins.

The Little Lady Bucs took runner-up honors out of seven full teams while the Bucs placed sixth out of 11 teams.

The Little Lady Bucs finished with 76 points while South Middle won with just 27 points. Elkins was third with 80, Central Preston was fourth with 105 and Bridgeport rounded out the top five with 110.

Lena Rose Walker was the top Little Lady Buc runner placing 10th with a time of 15:22.75.

The other Little Lady Bucs scoring were Madison Knabenshue in 11th (15:29.48), Isabella Bowers in 20th (16:17.13), Chloe Lewis in 21st (16:18.66) and Gwendolyn Rogosky in 22nd (16:19.99).

Leyland Phillips of South Middle won the event with a time of 14:02.13 while Molly McFadden of Elkins was second with a time of 14:24.34.

For the Little Bucs, they amassed 184 points.

Taylor County won the team title with 43 points while South Middle was second with 52 points.

Scoring for the Little Bucs were Briston Hyre in 18th (14:01.52), Kenton Stump in 45th (15:16.67), Lucas Fortney in 52nd (15:39.65), Kylan Hedrick (63rd), 15:59.91 and Mitchell Whitley in 66th (16:11.50).

Parker Muncy of Bridgeport won the race with a time of 12:31.30 while Joshua Shrewsberry of South Middle was second with a clocking of 12:35.15.

Both teams will run again on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Apple Valley in Fairmont.

The results:

LITTLE LADY BUCS

TEAM STANDINGS

  1. South 27; 2. Buckhannon-Upshur 76; 3. Elkins 80 4. Central Preston 104; 5. Bridgeport 110; 6. Belington 148; 7. Taylor County 164. (Lincoln, Southern, Robert L. Bland, Philippi, Frankfort, Mountaineer, Keyser, Kasson, and Washington Irving did not field complete teams).

INDIVIDUAL TOP 5

  1. Leyland Phillips (South) – 14:02.13.
  2. Molly McFadden (Elkins) – 14:24.34.
  3. Solenne Anderson (South) – 14:25.76.
  4. Raley Cochran (Lincoln) – 14:40.81.
  5. Tessa Abildso (South) 14:53.80.

LITTLE LADY BUC RUNNERS

Lena Rose Walker (10th) – 15:22.75.

Madison Knabenshue (11th) – 15:29.48.

Isabella Bowers (20th) – 16:17.13.

Chloe Lewis (21st) – 16:18.66.

Gwendolyn Rogosky (22nd) – 16:19.99.

Bristol Zirkle (25th) – 16:38.65.

Mya Loudin (27th) – 16:55.81.

Claire Small (47th) – 18:22.02.

Makenna Marsh (48th) – 18:23.06.

Macy Collett (49th) – 18:23.98.

Haleigh Skidmore (52nd) – 18:27.95.

Kolbi Orr (53rd) – 18:32.33.

Kinsley Ripley (61st) – 19:12.66.

Emma Whitley (66th) – 19:24.14.

Lydia Tenney (69th) – 19:46.00

Alaina Tenney (74th) – 19:48.64.

Kaitlin Davis (82nd) – 20:11.48.

Elinor Nuttall (92nd) – 21:01.80.

Jaden Messenger (103rd) – 22:40.19.

Emma Collett (106th) – 23:24.30.

Emberlee Bennett (108th) – 24:11.56.

Brooke Seelback (112th) – 25:36.58.

LITTLE BUCS

TEAM STANDINGS

  1. Taylor County 43; 2. South 52; 3. Bridgeport 94; 4. Elkins 95; 5. Mountaineer 159; 6. Buckhannon-Upshur 184; 7. Washington Irving 207; 8. Belington 210; 9. Keyser 217; 10. Heritage Christian 249; 11. Lincoln 283. (Robert L. Bland, Washington Irving, Southern, Philippi, Central Preston and Frankfort did not field complete teams).

INDIVIDUAL TOP 5

  1. Parker Muncy (Bridgeport) – 12:31.30.
  2. Joshua Shrewsberry (South) – 12:35.15.
  3. Carter Gillespie (Taylor County) – 12:38.08.
  4. Chase Maier (Taylor County) – 12:44.92.
  5. Konrad Schaupp (South) – 12:56.38.

LITTLE BUC RESULTS

Briston Hyre (18th) – 14:01.52.

Kenton Stump (45th) – 15:16.67.

Lucas Fortney (52nd) – 15:39.65.

Kylan Hedrick (63rd) – 15:59.91.

Mitchell Whitley (66th) – 16:11.50.

Rease Zirkle (79th) – 16:41.84.

Dominici Distefano (103rd) – 18:08.26.

Jaxson McDaniels (117th) – 19:13.42.

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