Roach Takes Regional Championship Title; Both Teams Headed to State

By: Drema Johnson

           

On Saturday, November 6th the Hancock County Cross Country Teams competed in the Class A Region 2 Championship meet. Some of the top teams in Class A, including Owensboro Catholic, Green County, and Hancock County, competed for regional honors. For the guy’s team, Cody Roach, a young sophomore, was the overall winner with a time of 17:19, beating the second place finisher, Michael Goedde of Owensboro Catholic, by 23 seconds. Other Hancock County finishers included Cody Inman finishing eighth with 18:16, Josh Daugherty seventeenth with 19:38, Cody Schroader eighteenth with 19:42, Austin Schadler twenty-third with 20:12, Dylan Johnson twenty-fourth with 20:18, and Chris Bertke thirty-fourth with 21:34.

“I was disappointed with the overall performance.” Coach Anderson stated. “I think the fact that we ran at two in the afternoon kind of messed up the runner’s times, but I still thought they could have done better.”

On the girl’s side, placing fifth and leading for Hancock County was Drema Johnson with a time of 21:16. Other finishers included Sydney Young placing sixth with 21:20, Kensey Estes tenth with 22:30, Kelsey Rodgers twelfth with 23:03, and Tanisha Johnson twenty-eighth with 27:07. 

           “Both teams placed where they were projected to.” Coach Wes Meserve stated. “I was disappointed with some of my mid-pack runners on the boy’s side, and I really don’t know what happened to the girls’ team. I do think we could have done better, but we still walked away with two regional runner-up trophies to put in the trophy case. In addition, Cody Roach proved that he was the best runner in the region and one of the best to ever compete for Hancock County.”