Saturday, Nov. 5 – MHSAA LP Division 2 State Cross Country Finals Huron Cross Country had three athletes make their first appearance at the MHSAA LP Division 2 State Finals in the windiest State Finals recorded with winds from the south at 25 mph and gusts up to 40. In the Division 2 Boys race, senior Ryan Morris finished in the top quarter of the field placing 52nd (16:46.4) out of 258 runners. Congratulations Ryan, Molly and Avery!

Sat. Oct. 29 – MHSAA Region 18-2 It was a run through the clouds at the MHSAA Region 18 race at Milan High School with near-school record-breaking times on both the boys' and girls' sides and many personal records. The Chiefs had three All-Regional runners that placed among the top 15, qualifying for the State Finals next Saturday, November 5th at MIS. Congratulations Ryan Morris, Molly Johnston, and Avery Turk!   In the Boys Varsity D2 race, Ryan Morris finished 12th (16:17.8 PR) in the region, just five seconds off the Huron school record, received a medal, and punched his ticket to the state finals. Abdul Ghennewa was next in for the Chiefs placing 23rd (16:47.9 PR) and was one place away from being an additional qualifier. Close behind was Griffin Mentzer in 27th (16:51.8 PR), Lucas Kuhn 33rd (17:11.0), Luke Dulecki, making a show on the top 20 5K board, with a 17:12.8 PR was 34th, Samuel Stanley 54th (18:10.8 PR), and Kyle Biller 65th (18:34.8). In one of the toughest regions in the state, Huron placed 4th overall, one position away from qualifying as a team for the finals. (Chelsea 49, Divine Child 55, Adrian 57, Huron 129, AA Gabriel Richard 157, Jefferson 174, Riverview 251, Tecumseh 252, Dundee 270, Flat Rock 275, Grosse Ile 313, Trenton 322, Milan 324, Airport 346, Garden City 370, Melvindale 459)   While the fog lifted for the JV boys’ race the course remained fast with eight Huron runners setting personal records. Evan Banas led the Chiefs placing 60th (19:05.0 PR) out of 193 runners, followed by Jacob Welch 85th (19:42.5 PR), Caiden Siggett 89th (19:52.7), Roman Whitmore 109th (20:31.3) Garrett Cheney 122nd (20:55.6 PR), Cole Druyor 124th (20:57.5), Ben Holbrook 129th (21:10.6 PR), Lucas Worrell 133rd (21:28.6), Hunter McMahan 142nd (21:45.5 PR), Noah Myshock 146th ( 21:53.9), Broderick Yensch 151st (22:18.1), Deegan Richardson 157th (22:43.5), Drew Blosser 158th (22:45.6), Jack Fisher 160th (22:49.6 PR), Cameron Stewart 161st (22:56.4 PR), Rocco Sells (23:10.1), Nathan Zakar 177th (24:20.3), and Joel Lazenby 179th (24:28.3 PR).  

Sat. Oct. 22 – Airport Invitational@ Airport High School Huron Boys & Girls Cross Country took home trophies from their last regular season competition at the Airport Invitation on Saturday and earned a total of 17 medals.   In the boys, varsity race, the Chiefs claimed the Airport Invite Championship trophy with six runners medaling among the top 25: Ryan Morris 2nd (17:08.1), Griffin Mentzer 3rd (17:19.3), Abdul Ghennewa 4th (17:25.9), Lucas Kuhn 11th (18:06.9), Luke Dulecki 12th (18:08.8), and Samuel Stanley 25th (18:50.6). Kyle Biller, just one place away from a medal, placed 26th (19:00.8).   The JV Boys Team earned six medals in the top 10 with Caiden Siggett in 3rd (20:26.5), Evan Banas 4th (20:27.0), Jacob Welch 5th (20:32.8), Roman Whitmore 8th (21:31.7), Lucas Worrell 9th (21:43.0), and Hunter McMahan 10th (22:11.3)  The team occupied the next 4 places with Cole Druyor in 11th (22:20.6), followed by Noah Myshock 12th (22:22.4), Garrett Cheney 13th (22:23.4), and Ben Holbrook 14th (22:31.8). Drew Blosser finished 19th (23:33.9), Rocco Sells 20th (24:00.9), Broderick Yensch 21st (24:01.5), Deegan Richardson 21st (24:08. 0), Jack Fisher 23rd (24:11.4), Cameron Stewart 26th (24:28.3), Nathan Zakar 28th (25:01.3), Hunter Szawara 31st (25:46.2) and Joel Lazenby 33rd (27:45.4).

Thurs. Oct. 20 – Huron League Championship @ Willow Metropark Huron Cross Country took some time to honor our seniors and their parents at the Huron League Championship Meet. Senior yard signs were displayed coming into the third and final mile for some. Congratulations Class of 2022-23: Cara Bean, Griffin Mentzer, Ryan Morris, Breeann Roupe, Samuel Stanley, and Jacob Welch! Huron Boys XC brings home the Huron League Championship Trophy for the first time since 1976! The Chiefs had five runners claim All-League Honors. Ryan Morris placed 5th (16:51.4) and Griffin Mentzer 6th (16:55.9 PR) earned medals for 1st Team All-League. Abdul Ghennewa in 8th (17:15.5), Lucas Kuhn 9th (17:24.6), and Luke Dulecki 13th (17:39.0) medaled as 2nd Team All-League finishers. Kyler Biller 25th (18:26. 3) and Samuel Stanley 27th (18:30.5) round out Huron’s varsity crew. (Meet Score/Season Points: Huron 41/32, Jefferson 68/28, Riverview 101/20, SMCC 106/20, Flat Rock 103/19, Grosse Ile 126/13, Airport 178/8, Milan 183/4) In the JV race, Huron had five runners place in the top ten with Evan Banas 4th (19:47.3), Caiden Siggett 5th (20:07.1), Jacob Welch 8th (20:23.6), Lucas Worrell 9th (20:27.4), and Roman Whitmore 10th (20:44.5). Noah Myshock was close behind finishing 13th (20:53.6 PR), followed by Cole Druyor 14th (20:55.3 PR), Drew Blosser 18th (21:39.4), Ben Holbrook 20th (21:52.3), Broderick Yensch 24th (22:16.7), Garrett Cheney 25th (22:18.7), Hunter McMahan 26th (22:41.6), Deegan Richardson 28th (23:20.7), Hunter Szawara 30th (23:37.5), Jack Fisher 33rd (24:13.2 PR), Joel Lazenby 36th (24:51.5 PR), Rocco Sells 37th (25:01.1), Nathan Zakar 38th (25:04.6).

Sat. Oct. 15 – Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard Invitational – Huron XC Pink Out Race Weekend The Huron Boys Varsity Cross Country team earned a trophy for placing 3rd in the Medium School Division at the Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard Invitational. Ryan Morris finished in 12th (16:39.2) and Griffin Mentzer 23rd (17:04.7) both earning medals among the top 25. Abdul Ghennewa, missing a medal by one position, came in 26th (17:10.1) followed closely by Lucas Kuhn in 28th (17:12.3). Lucas Dulecki 47th (17:52.2 PR) and Kyle Biller 61st (18:16.9 PR) both had PR’s and Samuel Stanley finished 64th (18:39.2) out of 118 runners. (Pinckney 35, Chelsea Blue 119, New Boston Huron 136, Chelsea Gold 142, South Lyon 162, Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 168, Marshall 172, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 254, Olivet 274, Whiteford 275, Brother Rice 297, South Lyon East 308, Hillsdale 318, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 324, Lake Fenton 331, Beverly Hills Groves 348, Detroit Voyageur 532)   The JV Boys team placed fourth overall out of 13 schools with eight personal records. Evan Banas led the Chiefs placing 32nd (19:35.4) out of 155 runners, followed by Caiden Siggett 33rd (19:36.5 PR), Jacob Welch 43rd (19:58.2), Roman Whitmore 64th (21:03.2), Lucas Worrell 69th (21:10.2), Drew Blosser 74th (21:29.4 PR), Garrett Cheney 76th (21:30.6), Ben Holbrook 80th (21:35.0 PR), Noah Myshock 84th (21:36.4), Cole Druyor 96th (21:49.8), Deegan Richardson 98th (21:52.1 PR), Hunter McMahan 99th (22:00.8 PR), Broderick Yensch 103rd (22:17.7), Rocco Sells 106th (22:21.5 PR), Hunter Szawara 117th (23:18.4), Cameron Stewart 118th (23:23.6 PR), Joel Lazenby 135th (26:13.4 PR). (Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 38, South Lyon 43, Pinckney 49, New Boston Huron 167, Chelsea 187, Beverly Hills Groves 193, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 195, Olivet 203, Lutheran HS Westland 220, Madison Hgts. Bishop Foley 285, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 324, Royal Oak Shrine 325, Ann Arbor Greenhills 332)

Sat. Oct. 8 – Wayne County Championship @ Willow Metropark Huron Cross Country ran in a multi-division competition at the Wayne County Championship meet on Saturday with over 40 schools in attendance.   The Huron Boys Cross Country team earned a Runner-up trophy once divisions were separated for team awards. Ryan Morris in 29th earned a medal in the top 35 for the multi-divisional competition. Lucas Kuhn in 40th (16:56.3 PR) and Griffin Mentzer in 42nd (16:58.4 PR) set PR’s going sub 17 minutes for the first time in their career. Abdul Ghennewa placed 47th (17:07.3) out of 216 runners, Lucas Dulecki 94th (18:06.5), Samuel Stanley with a PR was 102nd (18:28.8), and Kyle Biller 116th (18:40.8).   In the largest race of the day, the JV Boys team had 9 runners’ PR. Evan Banas led the team in 88th (19:24.8) out of 311, Caiden Siggett 108th (19:47.7), Jacob Welch 116th (19:52.9 PR), Roman Whitmore 173rd (21:03.8), Noah Myshock 175th (21:04.4), Lucas Worrell 181st (21:08.3), Austin Shastal 187th (21:13.8), Cole Druyor 207th (21:37.0), Garrett Cheney 213th (21:51.2), Broderick Yensch 214th (21:52.6 PR), Hunter McMahan 223rd (22:03.7 PR), Deegan Richardson 224th (22:04.3 PR), Ben Holbrook 246th (22:38.4 PR), Rocco Sells 251st (22:44.2 PR), Drew Blosser 258th (23:00.6 PR), Nathan Zakar 272nd (23:29.4), Cameron Stewart 274th (23:32.1 PR), Hunter Szawara 287th (24:14.4), Jack Fisher 292nd (24:37.6 PR).

Tues. Oct. 5 – Huron League Jamboree #2 The Huron Boys Cross Country team once again placed on top at the second Huron League Jamboree, increasing the gap in the field to 34 points to their closest competitor. The Chiefs had their top five place among the top 14 with Ryan Morris in 5th (17:08.8), Griffin Mentzer 6th (17:19.2), Abdul Ghennewa 8th (17:35.8), Lucas Kuhn 9th (17:47.8), and Lucas Dulecki 11th (17:58.7). Samuel Stanley placing 24th (18:38.4) and Kyle Biller 28th (19:03.0) were among the top 30. Caiden Siggett was 45th (20:27.5) out of 91 runners, Jacob Welch 47th (20:30.1), Evan Banas 48th (20:44.5), Noah Myshock 53th (21:23.5), Cole Druyor 56th (21:48.2), Roman Whitmore 65th (22:25.4), Garrett Cheney 67th (22:37.6), Hunter McMahan 68th (22:39.4), Lucas Worrell 70th (22:54.1), Deegan Richardson 72nd (23:34.7), Broderick Yensch 73rd (23:50.6), Rocco Sells 74th (23:51.2), Ben Holbrook 77th (23:57.6), Hunter Szawara 80th (25:13.0), Cameron Stewart 81st (25:14.5), Drew Blosser 82nd (25:19.4), Jack Fisher 83rd (25:27.2 PR), Nathan Zakar 89th (28:02.1), Joel Lazenby 90th (31:34.7).                                                                                                                                                     (Huron 39, Jefferson 73, SMCC 91, Riverview 95, Flat Rock 107, Grosse Ile 153, Airport 172, Milan 180)

Sat. Oct. 1 – Marauder Invitational Marauder Invitational gave Huron Boys Cross Country some unique opportunities. With varsity and JV switching off weekends it allowed runners the opportunity to gain a varsity race under their belt and the freshman to compete among others in their grade. The Chiefs had nearly all their runners show improvement on their Lake Erie course time and six set personal records for the day.   In the varsity race, Caiden Siggett was our top runner placing 39th (19:38.9 PR) out of 88 runners, Jacob Welch 55th (20:16.3 PR), Roman Whitmore 60th (21:00.4), Cole Druyor 65th (21:31.5 PR), Lucas Worrell 66th (21:38.5), Garrett Cheney 74th (22:22.6). (Adrian 60, Riverview 71, Flat Rock 91, Ann Arbor Greenhills 127, Trenton 136, Airport 149, Grosse Ile 154, Cabrini 172, Riverview GR 199, Huron 250, Garden City 250, Ida 310)   In the Freshman JV Boys race Broderick Yensch held our top spot placing 23rd (22:26.7 PR) followed by Ben Holbrook 26th (23:11.5 PR), Cameron Stewart 32nd (24:31.6), and Joel Lazenby 34th (26:35.3 PR).   In the JV race, Noah Myshock led for the Chiefs in 62nd (22:05.3) out of 106 runners, Hunter McMahan 73rd (22:41.2), Deegan Richardson 88th (24:16.3), Rocco Sells 89th (24:37.8), Nathan Zakar 90th (24:46.3), and Jack Fisher 106th (29:05.4). (Saline 25, Canton 30, Bedford 76, Monroe 133, Livonia Franklin 133, Belleville 159, Huron 206, Dearborn 222)

Huron Cross Country hit the road traveling 3 hours up North to Cadillac for the team's first out-of-town competition. The beautiful single loop winding course proved to be fast with the team setting many personal records. The Huron Boys Cross Country team ran away with the Cadillac Runner-up trophy. The Chiefs had their top five medal along with their top seven setting personal records. Ryan Morris led the team with another top-five finish in 4th (16:37.6 PR). Abdul Ghennewa in 10th (17:02.0 PR) and Griffin Mentzer 11th (17:02.8 PR) kept it close once again with Lucas Kuhn right behind in 14th (17:13.5 PR). Kuhn joined his teammates on the Huron Top 20 5K board, and all earned medals for finishing in the top 40. Also, medaling was Lucas Dulecki in 36th (17:52.7 PR) running his first sub 18 minute. Kyle Biller 47th (18:21.5 PR) and Samuel Stanley 53rd (18:31.5 PR) broke sub 19. Evan Banas finished in 71st (20:00.0), Louie Macon 73rd (20:17.1), and Caiden Siggett 75th (20:36.1). (Freeland 52, Huron 73, H.H. Dow 93, Cadillac 93, Traverse City St. Francis, Midland 139, Holly 198, Howard City-Tri-County 201, Belding 220, Kingsley 225)  

The Huron Boys Cross Country Team came out on top at the first Huron League jamboree. The Chiefs came in first in what came down to a showdown with Jefferson, outscoring them by 5 points. Ryan Morris placing in the top 5, finished 4th overall (17:06.4). Huron’s next three runners, coming in as a pack finished 8th, 9th, and 10th: Griffin Mentzer 8th (17:37.2), Lucas Kuhn 9th (17:42.2 PR), Abdul Ghennewa 10th (17.42.7). Lucas Dulecki, just one place away from the top 14, finished in 15th (18:41.0 PR) with Samuel Stanley 23rd (19:07.7), and Kyle Biller 25th (19:09.0 PR) rounding out Huron’s top 7. Caiden Siggett finished 38th (20:17.7) out of 88 runners, Evan Banas 41st (20:38.2), Louie Macon 42nd (20:38.8), Jacob Welch 51st (21:14.4), Cole Druyor 53rd (21:38.8 PR), Noah Myshock 57th (22:07.8), Broderick Yensch 61st (22:58.6 PR), Garrett Cheney 62nd (23:01.5), Deegan Richardson 65th (23:19.0), Hunter Szawara 71st (24:21.3), Ben Holbrook 75th (24:50.3), Drew Blosser 76th (24:51.3), Rocco Sells 77th (25:22. 6), Jack Fisher 79th (25:34.9), Hunter McMahan 82nd (26:09.7), Joel Lazenby 86th (27:55.2), Nathan Zakar 87th (28:33.2). (Huron 46, Jefferson 51, SMCC 106, Flat Rock 120, Grosse Ile 135, Riverview 136, Airport 161, Milan 174)  

Sat. Sept. 17 – Huron Invitational   And onto the Course We Go! Huron had a tremendous day out on the cross-country course smashing personal and seasonal records! As a whole, our program dropped a total of 33 minutes and 12 seconds from last week's race. The Boys Varsity team ran away with the Huron Invitational Championship with top 4 medaling. Ryan Morris, with his first sub 17, placed among the top 10 in 9th with a 16:45.6 PR. Griffin Mentzer running a 17:15.8 PR in 11th and Abdul Ghennewa with a 17:23.2 PR in 12th join Morris on the top 20 5K leaderboard for Huron High School. Lucas Kuhn was close behind medaling in 16th (17:44.7 PR). Samuel Stanley finished 41st (19:20.3 PR) out of 113 runners, Kyle Biller 48th (19:20.7 PR), Evan Banas 58th (19:54.6), Louie Macon 61st (20:05.0 PR), Jacob Welch 69th (20:36.7), Cole Druyor 97th (22:00.5). (Huron 44, Flat Rock 64, Grosse Ile 83, Dundee 90, Redford Union 90, Airport 125, Garden City 191) The JV Boys team had 10 runners’ PR and placed 6th overall. Caiden Siggett led the team in 20th (20:28.7) out of 150, Garrett Cheney 40th (21:22.3), Austin Shastal 42nd (21:25.6 PR), Hunter McMahan 71st (22:19.9 PR), Deegan Richardson 82nd (22:53.3 PR), Broderick Yensch 93rd (23:05.2 PR), Rocco Sells 94th (23:08.9 PR), Ben Holbrook 109th (23:43.5 PR), Drew Blosser 115th (24:27.4 PR), Cameron Stewart 116th (24:27.6 PR), Hunter Szawara 122nd (24:55.6), Jack Fisher 136th (26:12.4 PR), Joel Lazenby 141st (26:47.5 PR). (Ann Arbor Huron 17, Grosse Pointe South 62, Brighton 71, North Farmington 142, Livonia Franklin 156, New Boston Huron 158, Erie Mason 207, Wyandotte 219, Redford Union 231)

Fri. Sept. 9 – Warrior Classic Huron Boys Cross Country claims the Runner-up trophy at the Warrior Classic. The Chiefs were only five points behind division 1, Monroe HS. Our top five medaled with Ryan Morris in 8th (17:45), Griffin Mentzer 13th (18:10), Abdul Ghennewa 15th (18:14), Lucas Kuhn 17th (18:25 PR), and Lucas Dulecki 23rd (18:50 PR). Out of 112 runners Samuel Stanley placed 36th (19:54 PR), Kyle Biller 49th (20:10), Evan Banas 62nd (20:48), Jacob Welch 81st (21:56), and Caiden Siggett 98th (23:32). (Monroe 70, Huron 75, Erie Mason 127, Woodhaven 132, Tecumseh 141, SMCC 144, Flat Rock 157, Wyandotte 195, Dundee 221, Wayne Memorial 254, Grosse Ile 275, Milan 284)   The JV Boys Team also placed 2nd overall with 7 runners earning medals for placing in the top 20: Cole Druyor 3rd (21:46 PR), Louie Macon 5th (22:03 PR), Austin Shastal 6th (22:04), Garrett Cheney 13th (23:10), Deegan Richardson 15th (23:29 PR), Hunter McMahan 16th (23:39 PR), Broderick Yensch 19th (24:02). Noah Myshock finished 21st (24:25), Hunter Szawara 22nd (24:31), Rocco Sells 23rd (24:53), Ben Holbrook 24th (25:45), Drew Blosser 25th (25:56), Cameron Stewart 32nd (26:58), Nathan Zakar 36th (28:15), Jack Fisher 39th (29:08), Joel Lazenby 42nd (29:48 PR). (Woodhaven 24, Huron 38, Erie Mason 76)

Tues. Sept. 6 – Erie-Mason “Frank Connolly” Relays­ - six-mile two-person relay with each runner alternating running a mile three times The Huron Boys Cross Country team finished 3rd overall at the Erie Mason Relays, just 6 points out of reach of the second-place trophy. Four of our relay teams earn medals placing among the top 40 teams lead by Griffin Mentzer & Ryan Morris 9th (31:54.3), Lucas Kuhn & Abdul Ghennewa 11th (32:46.4), Samuel Stanley & Luke Dulecki 21st (34:09.2), and Lucas Worrell & Kyle Biller 36th (36:53.0). Out of 84 teams, Evan Banas & Jacob Welch finished 44th (37:46.2), Austin Shastal & Cole Druyor 53rd (39:13.9), Roman Whitmore & Garrett Cheney 55th (39:30.5), Noah Myshock & Caiden Siggett 58th (40:39.9), Hunter Szawara & Hunter McMahan 64th (41:57.9), Louie Macon & Rocco Sells 68th (42:29.5), Broderick Yensch & Ben Holbrook 69th (43:50.0), Cameron Stewart & Deegan Richardson 76th (46:08.5), Drew Blosser & Nathan Zakar 77th (46:55.7), Jack Fisher & Joel Lazenby 81st (50:39.1).