In the last meet of the season before regionals, the Rugby High School varsity girls cross country team as a whole took first, while the boys took second at the Griggs County Central G”OTT” Courage Invitational last week at Cooperstown Bible Camp.

Leading the Rugby girls was Quinn Neppl, who took sixth (19:36). Ellie Duchscherer (11th – 20:39) and Tristin Lunde (12th – 20:44) were not too far behind.

The boys had three runners take top 10 spots out of 175 runners. Riley Zachmeier, who finished third on the meet (17:00), led the Rugby boys. Kadin Neppl took eighth (17:53), while Dawson Schepp was just seven seconds behind him despite finishing 10th.

The boys team finished 20 points behind division winner Hatton-Northwood-Thompson (63). The girls team had nearly double the edge over Hatton-Northwood-Thompson with 64 points.

Members of both teams have one last shot at state today with the regional meet in Griggs County. The meet starts at 11 a.m.

The state meet will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 28 in Valley City.

Meet results

Varsity girls

– Individual winner: Elise Ramberg (Langdon Area), 18:40

Rugby results

6. Quinn Neppl, 19:36

11. Ellie Duchscherer, 20:39

12. Tristin Lunde, 20:44

16. Mykell Heidlebaugh, 21:11

19. Karsyn Hager, 21:16

30. Rylie Suchor, 22:31

47. Kendyl Hager, 23:13

53. Kristina Brossart, 23:27

54. Mikaylee Livedalen, 23:30

55. Emily Salwey, 23:31

59. Anna Clements, 23:42

70. Braelynn Oppen, 24:32

98. Dessa Denich, 26:37

Team results

1. Rugby, 64

2. Hatton-Northwood-Thompson, 130

3. Hillsboro-Central Valley, 137

4. Lisbon, 202

5. Grafton, 209

6. Langdon Area, 211

7. MayPort-CG, 255

8. Northern Cass, 267

9. Kindred, 291

10. Pembina County North, 304

11. Central Cass, 316

12. Harvey-Wells County, 325

13. Ellendale, 376

14. Carrington, 383

15. Medina-Pingree-Buchanan, 395

16. Edgeley-Kulm, 405

17. New Rockford-Sheyenne, 440

18. LaMoure, 452

19. Griggs County Central, 482

20. Larimore, 498

21. Rolla, 501

22. Richland, 524

23. Velva, 557

24. Warwick, 591

Varsity boys

-Individual winner: Payton Smith (Carrington), 16:45

Rugby results

3. Riley Zachmeier, 17:00

8. Kadin Neppl, 17:53

10. Dawson Schepp, 18:00

27. Warren Walker, 18:57

35. Cole Wentz, 19:10

41. Landon Rost, 19:14

51. Logan Harner, 19:33

80. Jacob Arnold, 20:40

81. Ridley Odden, 20:41

118. Malachi Dosch, 22:03

135. Erik Foster, 22:54

161. Trenton Sanford, 25:16

Team results

1. Hatton-Northwood-Thompson, 63

2. Rugby, 83

3. Pembina County North, 162

4. Carrington, 171

5. Central Cass, 180

6. Four Winds-Minnewaukan, 189

7. Lisbon, 203

8. Grafton, 226

9. Kindred, 234

10. Griggs County Central, 276

11. Hillsboro-Central Valley, 285

12. MayPort-CG, 315

13. Langdon Area, 325

14. Ellendale, 423

15. Medina-Pingree-Buchanan, 424

16. Edgeley-Kulm, 427

17. Northern Cass, 594

18. Warwick, 616

19. Velva, 617

20. Harvey-Wells County, 673

21. New Rockford-Sheyenne, 692

22. LaMoure, 738

23. Richland, 739

24. Larimore, 811

25. Rolla, 873