BEA’s Devin Haase races at the Grizzly Pie Invite which was held at the Prairie Ridge Golf Course near Janesville. Haase finished in 26th place.

For the first time this season, the Blue Earth Area girls’ cross country team was able to field a complete team when they competed at the Grizzly Pie Invite which was held at Prairie Ridge Golf Course near Janesville.

The meet, held on Sept. 29, gives out pies and cookies instead of medals and trophies to the top performers. The top five individual finishers in each race are awarded pies and the rest of the top 15 finishers receive a cookie.

The Buccaneer girls ran to a fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meter varsity race with two runners placing in the top 15.

Maple River finished in first place with 53 points. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton also had 53 points but was awarded second place because the top Maple River runner finished ahead of the top WEM/JWP runner. Blooming Prairie was third with 81. BEA had 93 for fourth place. United South Central took fifth with 100 points and Medford was sixth with 103.

Aubrey Woodwick continued her fine season with a time of 23:32 which put her in fourth place.

Sidney Eitzmann also finished in the top 15 with an 11th place finish. Her time was 24:48.

“It was great running weather with temperatures in the 60s,” BEA coach Peter Koenig said. “Aubrey and Sidney both had strong runs.”

Finishing just out of the top 15 was Lola Lundquist. Her time of 26:14 put her in 18th place.

Rounding out the varsity scores for the Bucs were Leah Becker with a time of 30:31 and a 31st place finish and Mya Steinhauer who finished 35th in 32:34.

“Lola and Leah both ran hard and achieved their best times of the season,” Koenig explained. “This was Mya’s first race in two years so it was good to see her out there competing.”

In the 2,500 meter junior high race, Makayla Ankeny broke into the top 10 with a ninth place finish in 13:07. Myla Eastman grabbed 15th place in 15:42.

The boys’ competition was won by Butterfield-Odin with 36 points. Maple River placed second with 67 points. Rounding out the top three was Blooming Prairie with 84 points.

BEA finished in seventh place with 143 points.

Angel Martinez was the top finisher for the Bucs with a time of 20:39 which was good for 18th place.

Devin Haase finished in 26th place with a time of 21:40.

“Angel ran his fastest 5K of the season,” Koenig said. “Devin had a strong run to finish just behind him.”

Jerry Passe placed 30th with a time of 22:42. Seth Mathews was 34th in 23:13 with Aiden Donahue close behind with a time of 23:15 which put him in 35th place.

Other runners were Julian Rodriguez (24:56), Marcus Eckles (25:28), Brady Lorenz (25:48), Eli Paz (26:02), Gibson Haase (26:02.1), Manav Chaudhari (28:34) and Shane Levenhagen (31:38).

Jase Casey finished second in the 2,500 meter junior high race with a time of 10:54.