Race #6 is in the books, and that means our season has ended! While it’s on, MiSCA season is a whirlwind of races, busy weekends, and finding time in between to keep our regular lives on track. Then *poof* it’s gone, and we wonder what we’re supposed to do with our weekends!
Cannonsburg – Elevation Domination
Our team climbs a lot of hills. At practice, I’ve seen most of the elementary team atop “the double” at Cannonsburg after practice, and on those same days I’ve seen varsity riders doing hill repeats on the other side of the slope. Sandy trails are the norm here too, and when you combine those two it seems almost expected to see Coyotes on top of podiums. Our preparation paid off, and we wrapped up the season with a HS Victory, a HS State Championship, an Elementary Victory and an Elementary State Championship (the first one ever awarded!). Varsity men and women completed 1,800 feet of climbing over two laps, making this the hilliest MiSCA course ever.
Race results for the Coyotes were stellar as well with multiple race winners, another total podium sweep for Upper Elementary Girls, and numerous tight finishes.
Race Winners:
- In the men’s Varsity Race, Luke Zuelke got to the front early in the first lap and held off a late charge by Brighton’s Hunter Post to win the race and clinch the state championship.
- In the women’s varsity race, Anabel Miller attacked up the ski hill, opened up a 12 second gap and held on the win her first race of the season.
- In HS Novice Women, Camille Natter won her race by nearly three minutes after opening up 90-second gap on the first lap, securing a state championship in her first year of mountain bike racing.
- Luke DeWall (Advanced Elementary Male) turned in two novice laps in 45 miniutes even, winning the race, and clinching a state championship. Of special note, Luke (who is a 5th grader) turned in the fastest 2 laps of the Novice course of any rider, any age, on the day (including High School Novice, Middle School Novice and other elementary riders).
- Hazel Cherney charged to her first victory of the year, leading the Coyotes dominant pack of Upper Elementary Girls to another podium sweep.
- Tristan Hubbard continued his winning ways, capturing his fourth race victory of the year, en route to a state championship in Upper Elementary Boys.
- Grand DeWall closed out the day for the Coyotes, winning his third race of the year, and ensuring he finished in the top 5 on points overall (despite only finishing 4 races in the series).
Luke Zuelke 
Anabel Miller 
Camille Natter 
Luke DeWall 
Hazel Cherney 
Grant DeWall 
Tristan Hubbard
Podium Results
Varsity
- Anabel Miller, 1st Female Varsity
- Luke Zuelke, 1st, Male Varsity
- Madine Whitmer, 5th, Female Varsity
Junior Varsity
- Drake Marine, 4th, Male JV 9-10
Advanced Middle School
- Brevin Martin, 5th, Male
Novice High School
- Camille Natter, 1st, Female
- Sam DiLaura, 3rd, Male 10-12
Novice Middle School
- Nick DiLaura, 5th, Male 6
- Brigid Whitmer, 5th, Female
Advanced Elementary
- Luke DeWall, 1st, Male
- Reese Drajka, 4th, Female
- Matia Battjes, 5th, Female
Upper Elementary
- Hazel Cherney, 1st, Female
- Tristan Hubbard, 1st, Male
- Landree Darnell, 2nd, Female
- Sammy Weaver, 3rd, Female
- Laila Hubbard, 4th, Female
- Ava Martin, 5th, Female
Lower Elementary
- Grant DeWall, 1st, Male
- Owen Eves, 5th, Male
Other Finishes
Varsity
- Addison Forrester, 6th, Female Varsity
- Eric Hoffman, 19th, Male Varsity
- Jacob Boon, 24th, Male Varsity
- Silas Ondersma, 25th, Male Varsity
- Evan Mosher, 26th, Male Varsity
- Easton Foster, 31st, Male Varsity
Junior Varsity
- Bodelle Spearman, 6th, Female JV
- Freida Kincaid, 7th, Female JV
- Gerrit Boer, 7th, Male JV 9-10
- Ezra Greene, 10th, Male JV 11-12
- Sage Brewer, 13th, Female JV
- Haydon Frehr, 15th, Male JV 9-10
- Owen Tesch, 16th, Male JV 9-10
- Florenc Loewen, 22nd, Male JV 11-12
- Levi Minnerick, 33rd, Male, JV 9-10
- Tim Knape, 37th, Male JV 9-10
- Marshall Aerts, 38th, Male JV 9-10
- Bridger Hoogeveen, 39th, Male JV 9-10
- Jeremy Blocker, 41st, Male JV 9-10
Advanced Middle School
- Emma Cavner, 7th, Female
- Marley Marine, 9th, Female
- Indio Segerlind, 10th, Male
- Rowan Grant, 14th, Male
- Grant Louisell, 19th, Male
- Henry Wert, 20th, Male
Novice HS
- Desiree Tuohy, 11th, Female 9-12
- Henry Mears, 21st, Male 9
Novice MS
- Felix VerHage, 6th, Male 6
- Easton Roberts, 9th, Male 7
- Owen Leitow, 13th, Male 6
- Lucas Williams, 13th, Male 8
- Braedon Fournier, 14th, Male 7
- Bram Remtema, 15th, Male 7
- Jackson Flanders, 17th, Male 6
- Ashton Chastain, 18th, Male 6
- Baker Battjes, 19th, Male 7
- Megan Scheuerle, 21st, Female
- Landen Todd, 21st, Male 7
- Ocean Boosamra, 26th, Male 8
- Nico Gjorgjievski, 27th, Male 8
Advanced Elementary
- Will Hughes, 8th, Male
- Kellen Carpenter, 11th, Male
Upper Elementary
- Caleb Post, 13th, Male
- Harper Roberts, 13th, Female
- Elin Beeck, 14th, Female
- Jose-Maria Galvez, 15th, Male
- Erin Hughes, 15th, Female
- Olivia Leitow, 18th, Female
- Jakob Boer, 23rd, Male
- Archer VerHage, 36th, Male
- Jensen Dew, 40th, Male
- Henry Flanders, 45th, Male
Lower Elementary
- Sacora McLouth, 12th, Female
- James Broughton, 13th, Male
- Jordan Deras, 14th, Male
- Finn O’Byrne, 19th, Male
- Evan Leitow, 24th, Male
- Griffin Bumstead, 26th, Male
- Finn Tyron, 27th, Male
- Adreian Blaszczyk, 31st, Male
- Isaac Lilly, 37th, Male
- James Cherney, 38th, Male
Photos
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