Loogootee Cross Country

09/21/2026

Saturday the middle school competed at South Knox - the biggest race of the season with almost 300 runners per race. Embry Wade punched her ticket to state and was recognized for her 19th place finish with a time of 12:50. Several of the girls had personal best times including: Lyric Graber (13:56), Trinity Kerns (14:26), Everlye Jeffers (14:31), Avrie Bratton (14:56), and Harper Ti**le (18:23). On the boys side, Griffyn Thompson was recognized for his 11th place finish with a time of 10:52 and Chayse Houston was recognized for his 20th place finish with a time of 11:16 (both previously qualified for state). Liam Hilligoss met the individual state qualifying time and had a personal best time of 12:10. Other boys running for the Lions with personal best times include: Ryder Davis (13:04), Aden Summers (14:08), and Wyatt Flammer (15:02). With a total combined team time of 60:02, the boys qualified to compete as a team at state! These athletes have peaked at just the right time. There’s only 3 meets left of season and we’re excited to see what’s left in these runners! 🦁💛🖤

09/20/2026

The Loogootee Lions high school cross country team participated in the always competitive South Knox Invitational. The invite was won by Northview in the boys division and Evansville Mater Dei in the Girls division.
The Lions finished in 14th place in the boys division and were led by Knox Jeffers, who finished in 21st with a time of 18:15. The five boys to score for the Lions were Knox Jeffers, Mosby Jones, Bode Graber, Lucas Helderman, and Broc Kerns.

The girls were paced by Ava Jeffers, who ran a 23:22 she was followed by Reese Gibson 24:37 and Kolotta Stockhammer 30:27. The Lions will compete in two races next week. They run at Paoli on Thursday evening, and then they will be at Shoals next Saturday morning.

The cross country Lions thank the parents and the community for all of their support.

09/14/2026

The Loogootee Lions Cross Country Team ran in the Washington Invitational this past Saturday.

The boys team finished in fifth place and were led by Mosby Jones, who was credited with an 11th place finish with a time of 19:23. The five runners who scored for the Lions were Mosby Jones, Bode Graber, Jacob Venters, Broc Kerns, and Jackson Lengacher.

In the girls race, Reese Gibson led the Lions as she finished in 10th place with a time of 23:40. Kalotta Stockhammer ,an exchange student from Germany, ran in her first cross country meet and completed the course with a very respectable time of 29:59.

The Lions will be back in action this Saturday as they travel to South Knox.

09/09/2026

⬛🟨 2026 SENIOR NIGHT ⬛🟨

The Loogootee High School Cross Country Team honored the Senior athletes last night at our home meet held at West Boggs Park.

The Boys team finished runner-up to a very talented Orleans team.
The boys were paced by Mosby Jones, who finished in 13th place. The top five scoring runners were Mosby Jones, Bode Graber, Lucas Helderman, Jackson Lengacher, and Broc Kerns. The Lions placed a total of 8 runners in the top 30.

In the Girls division, Ava Jeffers finished in 3rd place with Reese Gibson following in 13th place.

The Lions will be back in action on Saturday as they travel to Washington to run in the Washington Invitational.

09/09/2026

The excitement and anticipation to compete at our beautiful, home course is now finished. The heat is still not giving us a break, but the familiarity of the course and fans helped runners compete with some runners having personal best times. We appreciate and can’t thank everyone enough who helped make this meet a success! 💛🦁🖤

Middle school girls started off the night with Lyric Graber leading the team with a 12th place finish (13:58) followed closely by Embry Wade 14th (14:05). Also being recognized for their top 30 finishes were Gracie Barnett 23rd (14:51) and Avrie Bratton 28th (15:36). Other runners for Loogootee were Everlye Jeffers 34th (16:05), Trinity Kerns 54th (17:43), and Harper Ti**le 95th (21:17). The girls finished 4th as a team.

Griffyn Thompson led the middle school boys with a strong 3rd place finish with a time of 11:05. Chayse Houston and Noah Sergent were recognized for their top finishes of 15th (12:11) and 32nd (13:08). Other runners for Loogootee were Ryder Davis 53rd (13:56), Liam Hilligoss 58th (14:05), August Weitkamp 62nd (14:13), Aden Summers 82nd (14:54), Boston Shoultz 94th (15:39), and Wyatt Flammer 111th (16:14). The boys finished 5th as a team.

09/07/2026

09/02/2026

Middle school battled the heat and a tough course last night at Celestine. We are so proud of our Lions for competing, finishing, and remaining mentally strong through it. We competed against 20 schools and the top 50 were recognized from each race. Our girls that were recognized include: Lyric Graber finished 21st (14:19), Embry Wade 26th (14:51), and Gracie Barnett 31st (15:02). Our boys finishing in the top 50 include: Griffyn Thompson 3rd (11:17), Chayse Houston 15th (12:06), Noah Sergent 45th (13:21), and August Weitkamp 48th (13:28). Middle school will compete Tuesday at our home course at Boggs. Come out and cheer them on! 🦁💛🖤

08/30/2026

News: Loogootee Cross Country Competes at Crawford County Kickoff https://elweb.app/hjlxyph