The Cardinals Add More Hardware To XC Legacy

It's something that has become as regular as the sun rising in the morning and setting in the evening, the Soda Springs Cardinals cross country teams competed at state again this season.  While some may say that it was not their best season the Cardinals kept pushing, never quitting, and came home with two trophies to add to an already overflowing number of cross country accomplishments on display. The Cardinals faced some extremely tough competition last weekend in Lewiston and still managed to finish among the top teams in the state.

The Soda Springs boys team had to fend off a hard charging Nampa Christian team to secure a fourth place finish.  All but one of the Cardinal men ran a personal best time in the race showing their preparation for the big show paid off.  The Cardinals were led once again by Landon Moldenhauer.  The junior Moldenhauer finished in fourteenth place in the race just edging out his freshman teammate Reuben Uskoski who finished in fifteenth place.  Filling out the rest of the Cardinals team was Kage Kirby, Dre Lloyd, Jaxson Horsley, Johnathan Beutler, and James Birch.  With Dre Lloyd being the only senior on the team and the Cardinals finishing with their best times yet Soda Springs is primed to make another run next season.

The Lady Cardinals also had a terrific meet with all seven girls running personal best times in the state meet.  To no one's surprise senior Ellie Wood was the top finisher for the Lady Cardinals.  Ellie has been on a mission all season to compete at state and leave everything on the course.  Wood ended up with a top ten finish coming in sixth place.  Wood and her teammates completed their season with a third place finish as a team.  Filling out the rest of the team for the Lady Cardinals was a mixture of experience that included Brinley Kunz, Mollie Renfroe, Rosie Harris, Madilyn Kempe, Courtnee Gronning, and Mylee White.  This year's team was very senior heavy with five of the seven competing girls set to graduate.  Coming back for Soda Springs will be the phenomenal freshman Kunz and the junior White but there will be some big shoes to fill next season.  Many of this year's team will get very little time off as several of them will be hitting the hardwood for basketball season.

Boys Team Results

Malad 54pts

Ririe 70pts

North Fremont 90pts

Soda Springs 106pts

Nampa Christian 109pts

Cardinals Boys Results: 

Landon Moldenhauer 16:21.8

Reuben Uskoski 16:22.3

Kage Kirby 16:42.3

Dre Lloyd 16:44.2

Jaxson Horsley 17:10.0

Johnathan Beutler 18:33.0

James Birch 19:21.4

Cardinals Girls Results: 

Ellie Wood 18:55.6, 

Brinley Kunz 19:50.1

Mollie Renfroe 20:05.0

Rosie Harris 20:11.5 

Madilyn Kempe 20:30.3

Courtnee Gronning 20:47.6

Mylee White 22:25.4

The Cardinal girls team ran hard, and ended up with a third place finish at state. 

Girls Team Result

North Fremont 143

Malad 60pts 

Ririe 71pts

Soda Springs 75pts

Nampa Christian 110pts