Boys & Girls Cross Country win Shoreline Championship Meet

By Matt Diglio (October 22, 2026)—
The H-K girls with their championship trophy and banner for the 6th consecutive year

The H-K girls cross country team won their 6th consecutive Shoreline Championship and their 10th title in the last 12 years as they scored 39 points to secure the team championship.  The girls were led by senior Charlotte Behnke who placed 2nd in the race in a time of 18:54 over the 3.1 mile course to earn First Team All Shoreline for the 4th year in a row.  Sophomore Alyssa Behnke was close behind placing 4th overall in the race in a time of 19:08.  Next was senior Emi Schweitzer 9th (19:57) – all 3 girls earned First Team All Conference by finishing in the top 10 in the race.  Next for H-K was sophomore Annie Webster 13th (20:17) and freshman Delia Becker 20th (21:26) both girls earned Second Team All Conference honors and freshman Mattie Gersz placed 23rd in a time of 22:36

The H-K boys their back to back championship trophy and banner

The boys Varsity team won the Shoreline team title which was their 11th championship in the past 13 years as they tallied a low score of 24 points for the victory.  The boys ran an incredible team race as their top 4 runners all placed in the top 5 overall out of the entire conference.  Senior co-captain Evan Berardino was individual champion as we won the race with a time of 16:12 for the 5,000 meter course.  Following closely behind were fellow senior co-captain Wyatt Voegtli 2nd (16:18), junior Trey Downing 4th (16:35) and senior Paul Birkmeyer 5th (16:52) all of whom earned First Team All Conference honors.  To round out the team scoring was freshman RJ Ortega 14th (17:28) to earn 2nd team All Conference accolades.  Next to finish for H-K was sophomore Quinn Spector 23rd (18:30) and junior Fischer Norton 25th (18:40).

In the JV race, the H-K boys team finished in 1st-3rd-4th-13th place led by race winner sophomore Mason Bergman (18:39), freshman Tyler DeMartino 3rd (19:23), sophomore Owen Voegtli 4th (19:29) and freshman Owen Mahoney 13th (21:22).
 In the girls JV race freshman Brenna Kyle placed 2nd in the race (24:44), followed by freshman Madison Taylor (25:18) and junior Celia Heubner 7th (25:23).
The cross country team will next be in action on next Saturday October 31st to compete in the Class SS State Championship Meet at Wickham Park in Manchester.

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