held Sept. 9 in Sigourney. Klett was able to win the SICL conference meet held Tuesday, Oct. 14.
Photo by Mark Schafer
championship trophy after winning the conference meet. Photo courtesy of English Valleys High
School/Middle School Facebook page.
English Valleys girls wins team championship
SEARSBORO – He had been here before and knew what to expect.
In the closing meters of the race the Sigourney senior, once again, made his attack. After trailing
Lynville-Sully’s Colton Alberts for most of the course, Troy Klett knew he had just one chance to
make his move.
The Sigourney senior knew that going into the small bend right before the finish line there would
be an opening. He took it.
Klett mustered all the power he had left in his legs and was able to zoom past the Lynnville-Sully
runner. Although it was a sprint to the finish line, Klett was able to edge Alberts by almost a
second at the finish line.
The Sigourney senior won the conference cross country meet with a time of 16:46.43, just ahead
of Alberts who finished with a time of 16:47.89.
Overall Sigourney would finish third as a team with 114 points. English Valleys took second in
the boys team standings with 92 points. Lynnville-Sully won with 33 points.
Isaac Frazier of English Valleys was fifth overall with a time of 1741.54. Will Luers was sixth
overall with a time of 18:16.85. Evan Koehn was 18th overall with a time of 19:00.23. Dayne
Render finished 28th. Drake Offerman was 42nd overall. Hunter Offerman finished 52nd. Davis
Burdick was 64th overall.
Outside of Klett, the Savages also featured Levi Myers pacing 22nd. Jordan Anderson finished
30th. Cole Klett would finish in 31st place. Isaac Jones finished 39th overall.
The Keota boys did not field a full team, so they didn’t have a team score. Chase Haifley led the
Eagles with a 35th place finish. Hunter Grandstaff was able to finish 38th. Luke Moeller was
45th overall. Will Griener would finish 71st.
English Valleys girls win SICL title
Three runners finishing in the top-16 was all the consistency the Bears needed.
Tuesday afternoon the English Valleys girls cross country team won the SICL title, by scoring 50
points and having all of their scoring runners finish in the top-16. The Bears vested Lynnville-
Sully by eight points. Sigourney finished fourth with 84 points.
Anna Luers led the Bears with a third place time of 20:32.65. Addison Achenbach was ninth
overall with a time of 21:04. Aubrey Achenbach was 10th with a time of 21:16.81. Kaylynn
Caster finished 12th overall in the race with a time of 21:34.34. Kailor Lown would finish 16th
overall with a time of 22:36.28. Kaylee Frazier finished 22nd overall.
Sigourney was led by Brynn Clarahan who finished fifth in the race with a time of 20:45.09.
Addison Yates finished sixth overall with a time of 20:52.87. Ellie Yates was eighth with a time
of 20:57.48. Cloee Wilson finished 18th. Kia Montgomery finished 58th overall.
Both teams will run at the class 1A district meet on Oct. 23 which will begin at 4 p.m. at
Wildwood Park in Ottumwa.
