Clare boys cross saw action at large Shepherd meet

By BEN MURPHY

Cleaver Sportswriter

The Blue Jay Invitational was held on Saturday. The meet, hosted by Shepherd, featured multiple divisions with as many as 20 teams in each one; creating one of the largest regular seasons meets in the area. Clare took part in the event as well. The Pioneers were in the gold division, where their boys team finished 10^th out of 18 scoring teams.

They were paced by Brayden Schmidt in 26^th place with a solid time of 17:46. Sutton Klaus was 40^th with a run of 18:08, Carter Peacock was 50^th at 18:32, Christian Villa-Bilton was 55^th with an 18:33 and Caiden Gaskill crossed 62^nd at 18:46. Next for the Pioneers was Neiko Ketchum, who was 65^th at 18:52 and Joseph Haupt was 83^rd at 19:58.

The Clare girls did not take part in the event, due to homecoming events later that evening.

Clare ran in the second Jack Pine Conference in Shepherd on Wednesday and they also head over to the Portage Invitational on Saturday.