The fourth season of the Kentucky Interscholastic Cycling League concluded with Sunday’s State Championship at the Rudy Mine Trails in Owensboro. The Marshall County High School team finished third on the season and placed three high school riders on the final race and state championship podiums.
Brady Atkins finished third on Sunday in the Varsity race and third in the overall series. Emma Roberts in JV and Emmalee Downs in 10th Grade divisions each placed second in the final race and second in the overall series.
As a team, Marshall County had 13 top 10 finishes in the fifth and final race and eight high school riders placing in the top 10 in the overall series State Championship rankings.
The McCracken County High School team finished fourth overall and Livingston County Composite finished 10th among the 18 teams in the league. Marshall County and McCracken County are the only teams in the state where all riders attend the respective schools while the majority of the teams in the league are composite teams.
The Livingston County Composite team had five top 10 finishes in Sunday’s race and three top State Championship results. Sam Eichelberger and Danika Akins both finished fourth overall in the 9th Grade divisions and Graham Rhea placed sixth overall in the 10th Grade division.
McCracken County had eight riders finish in the top 10 for the season including two State Champion. Brooks Wolfe won the State Championship title in the JV Boys division and Alex Smith the boys UC2 category.
Along with the race on Sunday, the State Championship weekend consisted of a family night that recognized seniors, a bike prom and glow in the dark foam party on Saturday following pre-rides.
Marshall County Race #5/State Championship (high school only in bold) results:
BOYS
Varsity: 3/3 Brady Atkins, 6/7 Eli Rudd, Owen Lepisto 11
JV: 21/22 John Miller Ross
10th Grade: 11/10 Gannon DeClue, 15/13 Avery Criswell
9th Grade: 7/6 Nathan Downs, 16/13 Max Dittman, 22/9 Dalton Powell, 30/24 Adam Miller, 33/37 Hunter Cook
8th Grade A: 7 Gabriel Rob
8th Grade B: 5 Nate Boone, 9 Mason Hall
7th Grade: 5 Hudson Atkins, 9 Gracen Newnum, 14 Cooper Thompson
6th Grade: 19 Hunter Criswell, 20 Darvin Harger
GIRLS
JV: 2/2 Emma Roberts
10th Grade: 2/2 Emmalee Downs
9th Grade: 10 Amelia Miller
7th Grade: 3 Molly Morris, 7 Chloe Sharp
Livingston County Composite Race #5/State Championship (in bold) results:
BOYS
JV: 19/15 Elijah Eichelberger
10th Grade: 6/6 Graham Rhea
9th Grade: 5/4 Sam Eichelberger, 14/33 Wyatt Boone, 28/23 Sawyer Champion
7th Grade: 7 Brenden Eichelberger, 13 Cullen Akins, 18 Trevor Hack
6th Grade: 21 Jacob Townsend
GIRLS
9th Grade: 4/4 Danika Akins
7th Grade: 2 Emery Rhea
McCracken County Race #5/State Championship (in bold) results:
BOYS
Varsity: Luke Peyton 9/8
JV: 2/1 Brooks Wolfe, 6/7 Eli Glisson, 7/4 Branden French, 11/9 Bryce Phillips, 13/27 Brody Wunch
UC2: 1/1 Alex Smith
10th Grade: 4/5 Gavin Vance, 13/17 Parker Pace, 17/14 Ian Smith
9th Grade: 6/5 Dalton Beal, 26/22 Wrigley Watson
8th Grade A: 4 Gage Vance
8th Grade B: 6 Finn Boyd, 11 Matthew Crittenden, 15 Jason Friedlander
7th Grade: 15 Wyatt McReynolds, 22 Miles Chesnut
6th Grade: 1 Maddox Rothrock, 9 Grant Phillips, 16 J.B. Frizzell
GIRLS
UC2: 2/1 Anya Rothrock
9th Grade: 8/7 Ashley Martin
8th Grade: 2 Raylee Rothrock, 3 Lily Ashburn
6th Grade: 5 Millah Crittenden
Final team standings:
1 Hardin-Elizabethtown Composite
2 NKY Roots Campbell Composite
3 Marshall County High School
4 McCracken County High School
5 Louisville Sting Composite
6 Madison County Composite
7 Warren County Composite
8 NKY Roots Kenton Composite
9 Clark County Composite
10 Livingston County Composite
11 NKY Roots IN/OH Composite
12 Fayette County Composite
13 NKY Roots Boone Composite
14 Rudy Mine Composite
15 Bluegrass Berms Composite
16 Shelby County Composite
17 Paradise Composite
18 Meade County Composite