Saturday, Nov. 4 – MHSAA LP Division 2 State Cross Country Finals @ MIS Huron Cross Country saw four of its athletes compete at the MHSAA LP Division 2 State Finals, benefiting from favorable weather conditions for this prestigious event at the Michigan International Speedway.   In the Division 2 Women’s race, Falyn Doss secured a position in the top quarter of the field placing 62nd, surpassing her school record with a time of 19:27.5, a 6-second improvement. Avery Turk, in her second state appearance, claimed the 127th spot (20:21.2) among 250 runners.   In the Division 2 Men’s Race, Luke Dulecki finished in the top half of the field placing 91st (16:39.5) and Abdul Ghennewa landed in the 129th spot (17:05.6) out of 252 runners.   Congratulations Falyn, Avery, Luke, and Abdul!

Sat. Oct. 28 – MHSAA Region 18-2 Under perfect racing conditions on the Lake Erie course at the MHSAA Region 18 competition, the Chiefs advanced four All-Regional runners to the State Finals next Saturday, November 4th at MIS. Congratulations: Falyn Doss, Avery Turk, Luke Dulecki, & Abdul Ghennewa!   In the Boys Varsity D2 race, Luke Dulecki leading the team placed 6th (16:34.4 PR), and Abdul Ghennewa in 10th (16:51.9 SR) both earned All-Region medals and sealed their entry to the state finals. Lucas Kuhn finishing among the top 20 came in at 18th (17:19.1), followed by Louie Macon 37th (18:08.7 PR), Lucas Worrell 41st (18:20.5 PR), Cameron Crane 56th (18:55.3), and Kyle Biller 60th (19:28.0). Huron finished 4th overall once again this year and were only 9 points away from qualifying for states as a team. (Adrian 32, AA Gabriel Richard 89, Chelsea 101, Huron 110, Riverview 134, Jefferson 160, Tecumseh 184, Airport 215, Dundee 229, Grosse Ile 258, Ypsilanti 272, Milan 328)   In the JV boys’ race, Huron had three personal records and one season best for the day. Evan Banas led the Chiefs placing 66th (19:26.2 SR) out of 177 runners, followed by Cole Druyor 87th (20:02.2), Deegan Richardson 93rd (20:12.6 PR), Broderick Yensch 110th (20:56.5), Ben Holbrook 113th (20:59.3 PR), Garrett Cheney 116th (21:12.1), Austin Krause 124th (21:35.1), Jack Fisher 142nd (22:48.9 PR), Garrett Patrick 143rd (22:49.3), Drew Blosser 157th (24:17.4), Joel Lazenby 165th (26:04.1), Jacob Bentley 167th (26:38.1), Rocco Sells 175th (33:58.6), Roman Whitmore 176th (33:58.7), Noah Myshock 177th (33:58.8).

Sat. Oct. 21 – Airport Haunted Harvest Invitational@ Airport High School Following a dispute surrounding the course distance at the Airport Haunted Harvest Invitational, the organizers have taken measures to address the issue. After a remeasurement, it was determined that the course falls short of the initially claimed 5K distance and will now be officially recognized as a 3-mile.   In the men’s varsity race, the Chiefs claimed the Airport Invite Runner-up trophy with four runners medaling among the top 25: Luke Dulecki finished in  5th (16:36.7), followed by Abdul Ghennewa 6th (16:43.7), Kyle Biller 18th (17:21.5^), and Louie Macon 20th (17:31.6^). Lucas Worrell placed 34th (18:04.2^), Evan Banas 56th (18:07.3), and Cole Druyor 57th (19:08.6^) out of 101 runners.   (St. Francis De Sales 51, Huron 79, SMCC 101, Airport 112, North Farmington 129, Brother Rice 130, Detroit Renaissance 150, Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 213, Melvindale 267, Crestwood 272, Ypsi Arbor Prep 279, Detroit East English 338)   In the JV race, Deegan Richardson led the team placing in 8th overall (19:25.7^) earning a medal in the top 10. Broderick Yensch narrowly missed a medal, coming in 11th (19:50.8^), with Ben Holbrook close behind in 13th (19:57.8^), followed by Garrett Cheney 14th (20:10.4^), Austin Krause 18th (20:38.6^), Garrett Patrick 23rd (21:13.1^), Jack Fisher 28th (22:00.5^), Joel Lazenby 29th (22:13.2^), Drew Blosser 35th (23:56.6), George Broughton 37th (24:00.6^), and Jacob Bentley 41st (24:56.0^).   ^PR Pace

Thurs. Oct. 19 – Huron League Championships @ 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 on the course coming in by the three-mile post. Congratulations Class of 2023-24: Drew Blosser, Natalie Carlile, Garrett Cheney, Abdul Ghennewa, Noah Myshock, Rocco Sells, Hunter Szawara, Roman Whitmore!   Huron Boys XC are Back 2 Back Huron League Champions! The Chiefs had three runners claim 1st Team All-League Honors led by Lucas Kuhn in 3rd (16:57.8), followed by Luke Dulecki 4th (16:59.0), and Abdul Ghennewa in 7th (17:12.4). Kyle Biller placed 17th (18:17.8), Louie Macon 22nd (18:30.9 PR), Lucas Worrell 35th (19:25.7), and Cole Druyor 41st (20:29.2). (Meet Score/Season Points: Huron 53/32, Jefferson 91/24, Riverview 81/22, Flat Rock 108/22, SMCC 93/17, Airport 120/14, Grosse Ile 170/9, Milan 216/4)   In the JV race, Huron had four runners place in the top ten with Evan Banas finishing in 4th (20:10.2), Tanner Kuhn 5th (20:19.9), Deegan Richardson 8th (20:55.7), and Broderick Yensch 10th (21:08.9). Garrett Cheney was right on their heels coming in at 11th (21:09.4), followed by Ben Holbrook 12th (21:10.5), Roman Whitmore 14th (21:45.0), Noah Myshock 20th (23:38.7), Jack Fisher 21st (23:55.2), Austin Krause 24th (24:22.7), Garrett Patrick 25th (24:23.8), Joel Lazenby 27th (24:25.9), Drew Blosser 28th (25:15.2), Jacob Bentley 30th (26:25.1 PR), Rocco Sells 33rd (27:37.2), Hunter Szawara 34th (27:37.8). (Jefferson 22, Huron 38, Airport 68)

Sat. Oct. 14 – Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard Invitational The Huron Boys Varsity Cross Country team overcame last-minute lineup changes due to injuries and illness, and the deteriorating course conditions played a role in overall race times. Nevertheless, Huron's Abdul Ghennewa secured 14th place (17:17.8) and Luke Dulecki closely followed in 15th (17:20.2) and medaled among the top 25. Kyle Biller finished in 57th (18:43.7), with Louie Macon in 62nd with a PR (18:49.4 PR), Cole Druyor 103rd (20:25.3), Tanner Kuhn 107th (20:33.8), Broderick Yensch 109th (20:45.2). (Marshall 66, Capital Homeschool 90, Chelsea 126, South Lyon 135, Lumen Christi 137, Pinckney 189, Olivet 209, AA Gabriel Richard 214, AA Greenhills 219, Huron 251, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 275, Grass Lake 325, Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 368, Notre Dame Prep 380, Napoleon 384, Jackson Northwest 434, Charly Stockwell Academy 445, Ypsilanti Community 469, Milan 512)   The JV Boys team placed ninth overall out of 12 schools. Deegan Richardson led the Chiefs placing 69th (21:14.6) out of 172 runners, followed by Ben Holbrook 73rd (21:24.0), Garrett Cheney 81st (21:42.0), Noah Myshock 90th (21:55.3), Austin Krause 104th (22:22.1), Garrett Patrick 128th (23:46.9), Joel Lazenby 148th (25:21.3), Jack Fisher 151st (25:40.7), Ian Carlile 159th (26:19.3), Jacob Bentley 164th (27:32.2).(South Lyon 16, Capital Homeschool 72, Chelsea 75, Marshall 91, AA Gabriel Richard 116, Pinckney 149, Olivet 257, AA Greenhills 259, Huron 259, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 263, Homer 324, Christ the King 350)

Sat. Oct. 7 – Wayne County Championship @ Willow Metropark Huron Cross Country ran in a multi-division competition at the Wayne County Championship meet on Saturday with over 35 schools in attendance.   The Huron Boys Cross Country team earned the Wayne County Division 2 Champion title, their second title on their home course this season, with Lucas Kuhn in 11th earning a medal in the top 35, Luke Dulecki 45th (17:30.6), Lucas Worrell 94th (18:45.6 PR), Cameron Crane 95th (18:45.7), Kyle Biller 97th (18:49.3), Louie Macon 107th (18:58.9 PR), Tanner Kuhn 145th (20:26.0).   The JV Boys team placed second among division 2 teams, led by Cole Druyor in 77th (18:53.4 PR) out of 241, Evan Banas 92nd (20:06.6), Deegan Richardson 119th (20:51.8), Broderick Yensch 133rd (21:11.6), Ben Holbrook 138th (21:11.6), Austin Krause 158th (21:47.2), Garrett Cheney 173rd (22:22.3), Garrett Patrick 181st (22:46.5), Jack Fisher 209th (24:09.6), Ian Carlile 218th (25:02.6), Drew Blosser 221st (25:21.4), Rocco Sells 227th (26:30.8), Hunter Szawara 228th (26:31.7), Jacob Bentley 237th (27:45.0).

Tues. Oct. 3– Huron League Jamboree #2 @ Sterling State Park The Huron Boys Cross Country team once again placed on top of the field at the second Huron League Jamboree with their top three runners finishing among the top 7: Lucas Kuhn 3rd (17:03.5), Luke Dulecki 4th (17:14.8), and Abdul Ghennewa 6th (17:24.5). Kyle Biller finished 20th (18:58.4), Lucas Worrell 27th (19:23.8), and Cameron Crane right behind in 28th (19:26.5). Louie Macon finished 33rd (19:40.3) out of 88 runners, Tanner Kuhn 42nd (20:31.1), Roman Whitmore 47th (21:20.1), Evan Banas 48th (21:30.7), Noah Myshock 50th (21:52.4), Garrett Cheney 52nd (21:55.5), Ben Holbrook 53rd (21:56.7), Deegan Richardson 57th (22:05.1), Broderick Yensch 61st (22:17.6), Garrett Patrick 70th (24:29.5), Austin Krause 72nd (24:44.4), Drew Blosser 74th (25:18.6), Jack Fisher 75th (25:25.0), Ian Carlile 76th (25:55.8), Hunter Szawara 82nd (26:58.1), Jacob Bentley 84th (28:29.6). (Huron 60, Flat Rock 76, Jefferson 78, Riverview 93, Airport 111, Grosse Ile 131, SMCC 134, Milan 215)

Sat. Oct. 1 – Marauder Invitational With Huron’s Boys varsity cross country and JV squads switching off weekends, the Marauder Invite allowed some runners the opportunity to get an additional varsity race under their belt and the freshman to compete among others in their grade while competing on a hillless course for the first time in event history due to work being done on the hill.   In the varsity race, Cole Druyor was our top runner placing 35th (20:18.8 PR) out of 71 runners, Roman Whitmore 40th (20:42.9), followed closely by Broderick Yensch 41st (20:44.8 PR), Deegan Richardson 44th (20:50.5 PR), Ben Holbrook 46th (21:01.0 PR), Noah Myshock 48th (21:07.8), Austin Krause 54th (21:59.5). (Flat Rock 57, AA Greenhills 64, Riverview 77, Riverview GR 134, Grosse Ile 138, Ida 151, Christ the King 180, Huron 183, Garden City 201, Melvindale 206)   In the Freshman JV Boys race Garrett Patrick held our top spot placing 29th (22:50.9), followed by Ian Carlile 35th (23:41.3 PR), and Jacob Bentley 45th (27:10.1 PR) both dropping significant time.   In the JV race, Jack Fisher led for the Chiefs in 84th (24:15.0) out of 106 runners, Rocco Sells 93rd (24:52.0), with Drew Blosser on his heels in 94th (24:52.5), Hunter Szawara 102nd (27:16.8), Joel Lazenby 103rd (27:31.4). (Bedford 17, AA Huron 63, Saline 81, Woodhaven 89, AA Greenhills 132, Livonia Franklin 189, Monroe 202, Carlson 212, Dearborn 257, Huron 291)

Sat. Sept. 24 – Cadillac Invitational Huron Cross Country made the trip up North to Cadillac once again this year for an overnight out-of-town competition. The weather was much improved from last year’s bitter cold conditions with sun and temperatures in the 60s during race times. Huron Boys Cross Country earned three medals and two additional PR’s. Lucas Kuhn leading the team had our top finish at 9th place (16:31.6) earning a t-shirt and medal for his top 10 performance. Abdul Ghennewa in 15th (16:52.0) and Luke Dulecki 26th (17:18.6) both earned medals placing in the top 30. Kyle Biller came in at 50th (18:23.9), Lucas Worrell 61st (18:51.9 PR), Cameron Crane 62nd (18:52.8), Louie Macon 70th (19:18.0), Tanner Kuhn 80th (20:07.7), Garrett Cheney 89th (21:17.3). (TC West 66, TC St. Francis 70, Shepherd 122, Midland Dow 129, Big Rapids 132, Huron 153, Holly 161, Freeland 171, Cadillac 180, Howard City Tri-County 193)

Tues. Sept. 19 – Huron League Jamboree #1 Huron Boys Cross Country Team finished first overall, outscoring second place Flat Rock by 29 points. Huron and Flat Rock front runners battled it out throughout the course with Lucas Kuhn edging them out coming in 2nd overall with a PR of 16:28.3, Luke Dulecki, nearly being tripped up at the finish came in in front of another FR runner, placed 6th (16:59.7) and Abdul Ghennewa finished 9th (17:05.6), all placing among the top 14. Rounding out our top five was Kyle Biller in 18th (18:12.5 PR) and Cameron Crane 24th (18:41.2 PR). Louie Macon finished 36th (19:23.5) out of 87 runners, close behind was Lucas Worrell 41st (19:51.1), Evan Banas 42nd (19:54.5), Roman Whitmore 45th (20:13.3 PR), Cole Druyor 46th (20:23.7 PR), Tanner Kuhn 49th (20:33.4), Noah Myshock 54th (21:05.3), Ben Holbrook 55th (21:06.4 PR), Broderick Yensch 60th (21:13.6 PR), Austin Krause 61st (21:22.0 PR), Deegan Richardson 63rd (21:27.5), Garrett Cheney 65th (21:50.2), Garrett Patrick 70th (22:33.7 PR), Drew Blosser 74th (23:30.5), Joel Lazenby 78th (24:06.8 PR), Rocco Sells 79th (24:18.8), Ian Carlile 81st (25:22.2 PR ), Jack Fisher 83rd (26:08.9), George Broughton 84th (27:45.0), Jacob Bentley 87th (28:44.6).   (Huron 59, Flat Rock 88, Jefferson 89, SMCC 93, Airport 96, Riverview 101, Grosse Ile 168, Milan 226)

Sat. Sept. 16 – Huron Invitational  Huron XC made school history at the 54th Annual Huron Invitational. For the first time ever, the Boys Varsity team went back to back, winning the Huron Invite two years in a row, and along with the girls winning their division, for the first time in the history of the event, it is the first time both teams shared the honor in the same year. Way to go Chiefs!! Lucas Kuhn was our front runner finishing 3rd overall (16:46.6 PR), followed by Luke Dulecki 5th (16:51.0 PR), Abdul Ghennewa 8th (17:05.8), Kyle Biller 20th (18:33.1), Cameron Crane 30th (18:59.2 PR), Louie Macon 34th (19:08.0 PR), all earning medals. Lucas Worrell placed 40th (19:22.1 PR), Evan Banas 45th (19:43.3), Roman Whitmore (20:59.9), Cole Druyor (21:18.4). (Huron 27, Airport 55, Redford Union 78, Dundee 112, Grosse Ile 120, Garden City 130, DEAST 209) The JV Boys team had 8 runners’ PR and placed 8th overall. Tanner Kuhn led the team in 33rd (20:22.1 PR) out of 184, Garrett Cheney 52nd (20:57.6), Deegan Richardson 61st (21:33.0 PR), Austin Krause 64th (21:28.6 PR), Noah Myshock 73rd (21:38.7), Ben Holbrook 92nd (22:23.9), Garrett Patrick 104th (22:44.4 PR), Drew Blosser 121st (23:41.6), Rocco Sells 133rd (24:26.9), Joel Lazenby 144th (25:04.4), Jack Fisher 150th (25:32.8), George Broughton 153rd (25:52.6 PR), Hunter Szawara 161st (26:35.1), Graham Gamber 163rd (26:51.4 PR), Ian Carlile 165th (27:00.8 PR), Jacob Bentley 171st (28:00.0 PR).                (Saline 41, Macomb Dakota 47, Woodhaven 54, Brighton 104, Grosse Pointe South 122, South Lyon East 197, Fraser 228, Huron 229, Detroit Renaissance 306, West Bloomfield 313, Carlson 329, North Farmington 336, Monroe 357, Livonia Franklin 376, Dearborn 420, Berkley 447)

Tues. Sept. 5 – Erie-Mason “Frank Connolly” Relays­ - six-mile two-person relay with each runner alternating running a mile three times Huron Boys Cross Country brings home their first Erie Mason Relays trophy at the 41st annual event. The team secured the championship title with Abdul Ghennewa & Lucas Kuhn finishing in first overall (31:25.5), as well as Lucas Worrell & Luke Dulecki scoring points in 6th (33:27.7) along with Cameron Crane & Kyle Biller in 14th (35:21.7) all earning medals. Just one place away from earning a medal was Noah Myshock & Roman Whitmore in 41st (41:09.6), followed closely by Broderick Yensch & Garrett Cheney in 42nd (41:18.4), Ben Holbrook & Evan Banas 43rd (41:19.0), Louie Macon & Cole Druyor 45th (41:38.3), Tanner Kuhn & Deegan Richardson 49th (42:29.3), Austin Krause & Austin Shastal 54th (44:23.6), Jack Fisher & Drew Blosser 55th (45:34.9), Garrett Patrick & Joel Lazenby 70th (51:13.5), George Broughton & Hunter Szawara 73rd (54:14.1), Jacob Bentley & Ian Carlile 74th (54:49.8). (Huron 21, Jefferson 36, Divine Child 51, Airport 56, Flat Rock 63, Dundee 90, Grosse Ile 108, Milan 158)

Fri. Aug. 18- Lamplighter Invite Huron Cross Country kicked off the race season under the lights at the Lamplighter Invitational on Friday, August 18th. Both teams coming in with a significantly faster start than our previous season. The Huron Boys Team finished 10th overall. Lucas Duecki, reaching a major milestone going sub 17 for the first time, was our first runner in placing 26th (16:59.9 PR), followed by Lucas Kuhn 33rd (17:11.3), Abdul Ghennewa 48th (17:33.0), Kyle Biller 78th (18:27.3), Cameron Crane 102nd (19:17.9 PR), Cole Druyor 127th (20:25.1 PR), Evan Banas 128th (20:30.6), Roman Whitmore 135th (21:09.9), Noah Myshockk 136th (21:10.4), Ben Holbrook 139th (21:19.1). (Northville 56, Romeo 90, White Lake Lakeland 124, Walled Lake Northern 128, Dexter 169, Davison 181, Chelsea 209, Skyline 221, Bedford 256, Huron 264, L’Anse Creuse North 271, Woodhaven 275, Detroit U-D Jesuit 309, Detroit Catholic Central 331, Fraser 332) The JV Boys Team placed 5th overall with Louie Macon in 13th (20:18.3) earning medals for placing in the top 20. Out of 142 runners, Tanner Kuhn was just out of medal range finishing in 28th (21:13.5), followed by Garrett Cheney 34th (21:28.3), Broderick Yensch 40th (21:46.6 PR), Deegan Richardson 48th (22:03.8), Austin Krause 69th (22:53.1 PR), Drew Blosser 83rd (23:53.3), Garrett Patrick 89th (24:31.8), Jack Fisher 101st (25:19.1), Joel Lazenby 111th (26:25.0), Rocco Sells 116th (22:21.5), Hunter Szawara 128th (27:52.7), Graham Gamber 133rd (28:21.0), George Broughton 136th (29:30.1), Jacob Bentley 137th (30:27.0), Ian Carlile 138th (30:43.8). (Detroit U-D Jesuit 59, Livonia Stevenson 62, Novi 81, Woodhaven 110, Huron 141, Stoney Creek 158, Fraser 182, Grosse Point South 193, Macomb Lutheran North 211, Warren DeLaSalle, Livonia Franklin 287)