Cross Underway With Nice Showings

Triton’s boys and girls cross country teams got underway Thursday with a triangular with conference mates North Judson and Knox at Potawatomi Wildlife Park. The Triton girls and North Judson boys were victorious.

Triton’s girls scored 31 points to best North Judson’s 43 and Knox’s 47 points. Baylee McIntire paced the field with a 22:15, running without a challenger with over a minute between her and Blue Jay Amanda Krzyzanowski, a 23:38 finisher in second place.

Triton’s Aimee Gladiuex was fourth at 25:10, Abigail Powell in fifth at 25:19 and Michaela Best seventh at 25:41. Alysha May rounded out the Triton times with a 30:10.

The boys race was abbreviated due to neither Triton or Knox fielding a full team. Triton did have two of the top three times, with Bailey Watkins winning the race at 18:58 and Shaun Honeycutt third at 20:01, sandwiching Knox’s Seth Hernandez at 19:12.

Brock Watkins finished at 22:34 and Brendan Ray timed 23:38 to conclude the Triton times.

Triton’s next scheduled event is Saturday at the NorthWood Invite.

Pioneer Sweep Trojans

Early season struggles continue for the Triton volleyball team, losing 3-0 at Pioneer Thursday evening.

Pioneer got sharper as the night went on, winning 25-18, 25-14, 25-12 on its home court in the first regular season matchup between the two schools as conference opponents.

Nicole Sechrist had seven digs, six kills and a block for Triton, which hasn’t won a game on the road in all three of its losses. Hannah Wanemacher had 10 assists, Quinn Downing recorded five digs and three aces, and Jaela Meister had six digs and four kills.

The JV were also defeated by Pioneer 25-15, 25-10.

Triton’s varisty, which falls to 1-3 on the season, will return home Tuesday for a conference match against Knox. The Triton JV will host the Triton JV Tournament.