Viking girls in middle of the pack at Silver C-C meet

The Hopkins girls’ varsity cross-country team Wednesday finished fourth among seven teams in the O-K Silver Conference jamboree at Belding. The boys checked in seventh among eight.

Sparta, a new member of the Silver this year, won the boys’ competition with 37 points, host Belding had 52, followed by Calvin Christian, Comstock Park, Kelloggsville, NorthPointe Christian, Hopkins and Wyoming Lee.

Junior Trevor Shealy was the top Hopkins finisher, checking in 19^th with a time of 18:49.9 over the five-kilometer course at Lightning Bend Park. Caleb Beilby was 44^th, Adam Ball 47^th, Dean Heiden 57^th and Zachary Wisser 58^th.

For the Lady Vikings, freshman Helena Kerber again led the way with a time of 21:31.9, good for 13^th place. Sophomore Neveah Helderop was 28^th, Alexis Zalis 34^th, Abigail Zalis 37^th and Mary Wells 42^nd.

The Lady Vikings accumulated 131 points. Calvin Christian won with 28, Sparta had 42, Belding 72, Comstock Park 141, NorthPointe Christian 151 and Wyoming Lee 164.

Hopkins will compete in two more O-K Silver jamborees this fall, on Sept. 30 and Oct. 20.