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Hoxie Cross Country Dominates at Substate Meet

by HHS Yearbook on October 26, 2026

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On Saturday, October 24, the Hoxie Indians cross country teams traveled to Belleville to compete in the substate meet. The Indians had an amazing day full of competition. The girls’ team finished first for the third year in a row, earning 26 team points and beating the 2nd-place team by over 40 points. The boys’ team placed second overall with 80 points, earning a trip back to state. 
Top placers for the Lady Indians were (Fr) Jenna Herl, (Fr) Aubrey Diercks, and (So) Brylie Lindenman, who all punched their own tickets to state. Herl finished 4th overall with a time of 20:17.73, making a new PR. Diercks also set a PR to finish in 5th place with a time of 20:31.46. Lindenman placed 7th with a time of 20:58.56. Other competitors for the Lady Indians included (Sr) Emily Farber in 17th place (22:46.45), (So) Bailynn Moser in 18th place (23:04.28, PR), (Jr) Lillie Denio in 25th place (23:42.40), and (So) Kansas Tso in 26th place (23:58.19). All runners placed in the Top 30 out of 48 runners total.
On the boys’ side, (Jr) Nathan Haffner led the Indians as the only individual placer, finishing 11th with a time of 18:11.51 and beating his competitor by 0.26 seconds. All of the other runners went sub-19 minutes and finished in the Top 25 out of 74 runners. (Sr) Gunner Wente earned a PR and placed 16th (18:20.28). Following right behind, (So) Kooper Moss placed 17th (18:23.23). (Sr) Gabe Koster pushed through to finish in 19th place (18:28.67). Rounding out the Hoxie runners, (Jr) Ty Fenner placed 22nd with a new PR (18:39.21). After not making it to state as a team last year, the Hoxie boys’ team returned with determination to qualify for state.
The state meet will be held in Wamego on Halloween. Good luck to the Indians!