The Vikings’ boys team finished second in its race while the girls’ team placed third.

Keaton Smith placed ninth and was Whitehall’s top finisher with a time of 17:45.6. Mitch Boyce placed 11th for Whitehall. Logan Irey was 13th, Roger Champion was 18th and Tyler Grove placed 20th.

For the girls, Kallan Sawyer’s 13th-place finish paced the Vikings. Sawyer posted a time of 21:32.3. Courtney Schilbe was 16th and Jessica Friend was 19th for the Vikings.

Both the Montague boys and girls placed seventh in this week’s jamboree.

The Wildcats’ girls were paced by another great performance from junior Kenadee Shugars. Shugars led all area finishers in the girls’ race, placing ninth with a time of 20:59.4. Jane Dandron was 44th and Morgan Shugars 46th for Montague.

The Montague boys’ seventh-place finish was led by Dylan Graber, who took 21st place in the boys’ race. Graber’s time was 18:15.8. Spencer Morse placed 28th for Montague.

Rockets fall to Zeeland East

MUSKEGON — Reeths-Puffer’s cross-country teams dropped a dual meet Wednesday afternoon against Zeeland East. The meet was run at Muskegon State Park.

The Rockets’ boys couldn’t post a team score, but did post three finishers in the top 12. Nate Harris led the Rockets with a time of 19:46.4, placing ninth. Jon Meier was 10th and Noah Kellogg was 12th.

Reeths-Puffer’s girls ran well, with half the top 14 finishers, but the Chix’ posting the top three finishers proved the difference in defeating the Rockets. Shyanna Archer was R-P’s top finisher, placing fourth with a time of 21:26.8.

Summer Hussey came in fifth for Reeths-Puffer. Micah Peel was ninth, McKenzie Richardson was 10th and Emily Cross was 11th.

The Rockets also had finishers place 13th (Naomi Parker), 14th (Jackie Anderson), 16th (Aubrey Glick) and 17th (Madeleine Dittman).

“The first five R-P girls made the course all-time list of the fastest R-P girls to run on the State Park course,” Rockets’ coach Dee Richardson said.