Patzka wins MoHo Invite

Christian Patzka shined again. But it wasn’t enough to carry the Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld cross country team. The Vanguards finished fifth out of seven teams at the Mount Horeb Invite last Saturday. Mount Horeb won the boys race with 39 points, while Dodgeville/Mineral Point (46), McFarland (56), Southwestern co-op (110) and Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld (133) rounded out the top five. Patzka was first overall, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 57.1 seconds. Zach Bauman was 16th (18:54), Aaron Meier was 36th (20:55), Andrew Pietrzykowski was 39th (21:28) and Seth Sullivan was 41st (21:33). The Heights/Barneveld girls finished seventh out of nine teams. McFarland won the girls race with 59 points, while Mount Horeb (70), Madison Edgewood (90), Prairie du Chien (98) and Dodgeville/Mineral Point (131) rounded out the top five. Heights/Barneveld had 164 points. Vanguards freshman Samantha Herrling was second overall in 19:51. Kassidy Frame was 25th (22:52), Greine Simmert was 37th (23:57), Brianna Herrling was 46th (25:12) and Emma Gordon was 54th (27:56). MOUNT HOREB INVITATIONAL Boys team scores — Mount Horeb 39; Dodgeville/Mineral Point 46; McFarland 56; Southwestern co-op 110; Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 133; Reedsburg 168; Tri-State Homeschool 177. Top five individuals — 1, Patzka, WHB, 16:57; 2, Keith, DMP, 17:26; 3, Aurit, DMP, 17:40; 4, Ollendick, MH, 17:45; 5, Klumpyan, MF, 17:54. Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld: 1, Patzka 16:57; 16, Bauman 18:54; 36, Meier 20:55; 39, Pietrzykowski 21:28; 41, Sullivan 21:33. At Norsk Golf Club, Mount Horeb, 5,000 meters. MOUNT HOREB INVITATIONAL Girls team scores — McFarland 59; Mount Horeb 70; Madison Edgewood 90; Prairie du Chien 98; Dodgeville/Mineral Point 131; Reedsburg 153; Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld 164; Southwestern co-op 179; Tri-State Homeschool 238. Top five individuals — 1, Martensen, Sou, 19:03; 2, S. Herrling, WHB, 19:51; 3, Katzung, PdC, 21:15; 4, Jaynes, PdC, 21:19; 5, Ceelen, MF, 21:23. Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld: 2, S. Herrling 19:51; 25, Frame 22:52; 37, Simmert 23:57; 46, B. Herrling 25:12; 54, Gordon 27:56. At Norsk Golf Club, Mount Horeb, 5,000 meters.