Nearly 250 participants came out to support the 9th annual Milford High School Cross Country Boosters Reindeer Stampede 5K Saturday, Nov. 24 at the MHS stadium. CR grads Kyle Luke (16:58) and Elizabeth Paul (19:47) won the overall male and female awards, respectively.

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Nearly putting the entire varsity seven under 19 minutes, the MHSCC boys wrapped up their season matching their best state-meet finish in 10 years, placing 6th out of 24 teams Saturday at Killens Pond.

Patrick Helmick led the way with a 17:21 (19th overall), while Jordan Lane followed with a career-best 18:12. Seniors Dom Cartwright and George Kershaw then scored their Killens-best times, while Travis White and Jordan Showell each broke in the 18s for the first time. Erick Cisneros closed out the pack with a stellar 19:01.

Meanwhile, Becky Godwin led the way for the girls who were running without their regular-season top 4 runners. Becky Clendaniel added a season-best while her sister Erin knocked out a career-best 25:26. Emmery Williams finished with a season-best, while Jessica Griffith, Sarah Holbruner and Michelle Kramlich closed out the varsity. The girls finished 18th of 24 teams.

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Sophomore Jordan Lane and senior Liz Butterly claimed the finals Trailblazer of the Week awards. Click on the above headline to find out more on their efforts.

Patrick Helmick ran a 17:17 to move up on the MHS All-time Fastest 5K list and claim first-team All-conference by placing 6th in the Henlopen Conference Championships Saturday at Killens Pond. Jordan Lane also made Honorable Mention as the boys rallied to finish 4th overall.

 Overall, Dom Cartwright, George Kershaw and Erick Cisneros joined Lane and Helmick as the boys put five guys under 19 all at once for the first time in five seasons. Jordan Showell followed with a career-best 19:02 to make the Bloom Top 10 junior list, while Travis White rounded out the varsity with a 19:11.

Liz Butterly placed 9th overall to make second-team All-Henlopen as the girls finished 5th. Erin Clendaniel and Emmery Williams earned medals in the junior varsity race.

 The boys junior varsity placed first, putting five guys in the 19s and scoring four Top 10 medals. Mike Whaley won the race with a career-best 19:08, while Cory Cates, Robert Fisher and Clarence Cartwright also medaled with career-best times. Kyle FitzPatrick closed out his four-year career with a stellar Killens time of 19:47 to place 11th.

 In middle school action, the MMSCCers finished their season on Saturday at the Delaware Open, the state meet for middle school cross country. Kyle Breckner placed 3rd and Jeremy Morgan placed 20th out of 70 runners. Trevor Maloney, DeAnte Freeman, and Kyle Kolobielski finished with their BEST times of the season! Kyra Baynard, Kiana Freeman, Briana Kreese, and Lauren Wallace also recorded their fasted times of the season! Kenny Barlow and Amy Wilson also competed for the Bucs. Congratulations to the entire cross country team for an awesome season!

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Patrick Helmick, Jordan Lane, Liz and Alex Butterly and Shayla Wilson each made the All-Kent County Top 15 to help lead the Bucs to third-place finishes in the 2007 Kent County Championship held at MHS Tuesday. Wilson's 21:31 earned her the 9th spot on the MHS All-time Fastest 5K list.

 George Kershaw placed 16th overall with a career-best 18:31 to make the Bloom top 10 senior list, while Dom Cartwright, Travis White and Jordan Showell followed with career-best times. Erick Cisneros rounded out the varsity seven, while Robert Fisher became the 12th MHS boy to break 20 minutes this season.

 For the girls, Becky Godwin ran well, while Jessica Griffith and Sarah Holbruner each ran career times. Becky Clendaniel rounded out the top seven.

In all, Ian Dobie, Doug Mullen, Johan Fraysse, Caleb Primos, Rachel Murphy and Michelle Kramlich added career-best times.

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Patrick Helmick posted the 9th fastest boys 5K time in MHS school history with a 17:21 and Shayla Wilson added the 15th fastest girls 5K with a 21:50 as the Bucs wrapped up their regular season at home Wednesday.

The boys topped Lake Forest, 24-33, but lost another close one to Cape, 27-28 to finish 3-6 on the season, while the girls slipped to Lake, 25-30, and Cape, 25-33, to finish at 6-3. In all, 18 boys and 4 girls earned career-bests, including Jordan Lane and Becky Godwin who each improved on the Bloom Top 10 lists. George Kershaw also added a stellar 18:42 career-best, while Clarence Cartwright shattered a best with a 19:43.

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Patrick Helmick and Shayla Wilson each ran career-best times to lead the Bucs at Bellevue State Park on Monday.

 Erick Cisneros broke into the 18s for the first time in his career and Kyle FitzPatrick also ran into the 19s for the first time to highlight the varsity finishers. Mike Whaley added a career-best, while Travis White added a season-best. Nate Simpson, Ian Dobie, Johan Fraysse, Chris Mahktany and Marcos Mendiola-Cole each added career times.

For the girls, Jessica Griffith and Sarah Holbruner each added career-best times.

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The boys put nine runners under 20 minutes and Shayla Wilson led the girls with a career-best 22:24 as the MHSCC teams swept past Smyrna and Sussex Central Wednesday at Ron Powell Memorial Park.

 Patrick Helmick won the boys race with a stellar 17:47, while George Kershaw added a career-best 18:58. Mike Whaley, Jordan Showell and Cory Cates each broke into the 19s for career-best times, while Doug Mullen, Andrew Whitehead, Ian Dobie, Johan Fraysse, Chris Makhtany, Marcos Mendiola-Cole and Caleb Primos also added career-bests for the boys.

Freshmen Sarah Holbruner, Rachel Murphy, Michelle Kramlich and Emily Fisher each earned career-best for the girls, who improve to 6-1.

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Patrick Helmick and Jordan Lane broke into the 18s, while Erick Cisneros, Dom Cartwright and George Kershaw rounded out the top 5 with their best times as the boys finished 9th of 23 teams Friday at the University of Delaware Invitational at White Clay Creek State Park.

Shayla Wilson and Alex Butterly went 1-2 as the girls finished 14th.

Mike Whaley ran a career-best time to reach the varsity, while Clarence Cartwright, Rachel Murphy and Emily Fisher added career times as well. Overall, 29 Bucs scored their best White Clay time.

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Patrick Helmick and Alex Butterly led the way with the best Brandywine Creek times, helping the girls and boys to Top 10 finishes in their sections Saturday at the Salesianum Invitational. In all, 21 Bucs earned their best times at Brandywine.

For the girls, Shayla Wilson, Abby Mitchell, Becky Godwin, Sarah Holbruner, Rachel Murphy and Taylor Probst rounded out the varsity seven. For the boys, Jordan Lane, Travis White, Dom Cartwright, George Kershaw, Jordan Showell and Kyle FitzPatrick scored varsity finishes.

 Chris Makhtany also ran a career-best.

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Both the boys and girls put together solid packs to place in the top 10 of about 25 teams Wednesday at the Tidewater Classic in Salisbury. The girls, led by a 5th-place trophy by Liz Butterly, finished 4th overall, while the boys finished a very solid 8th.

Alex Butterly and Shayla Wilson each moved up on the Bloom Top 10 lists with their career-best times, while Sarah Holbruner, Emily Fisher and Rachel Murphy each ran their best times ever. Jessica Griffith, Emmery Williams and Taylor Probst added season-best times.

For the boys, seniors Erick Cisneros, George Kershaw and Travis White each ran season times to close out the scoring packs, while Robert Fisher, Kyle FitzPatrick, Michael and Devon Schlegel, Brandon Morris, Clarence Cartwright and Caleb Primos ran season times.

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Liz Butterly, Abby Mitchell, Alex Butterly, Shayla Wilson, Jessica Griffith and Erin and Becky Clendaniel rounded out the varsity finishers as the girls knocked off Polytech, 20-39, and Seaford, 15-46, Wednesday at Polytech. Unfortunately, the boys -- led by Patrick Helmick who won the race -- fell to Seaford, 23-32, and Polytech, 26-29.

 Jordan Lane, George Kershaw (who added a season-best), Travis White, Erick Cisneros, Dom Cartwright and Robert Fisher rounded out the varsity finishers for the boys. Michael Schlegel and Kyle Berry added season-best times, while Johan Fraysse and Chris Makhtany added career-best times.

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MILFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLERS OPEN WITH CC VICTORIES! 

The Milford Middle School cross country team had their first meet Wednesday against Chipman and Seaford. The boys team won both meets with an almost perfect score! Leading the way for the boys was team captain Kyle Breckner with a time of 13:25, followed by an impressive 2nd place finish by Jeremy Morgan, 3rd place finish by Frank Clendening, 4th place finish by Trevor Maloney, and 6th place finish by Kenny Barlow. Kyle Kolobielski also finished for the Buc boys.

The girls team recorded a win, beating Chipman and falling to Seaford. Finishing for Milford were Kyra Baynard, Amy Wilson, Lindsay Winckowski, Kristine Matthews, Brianne Kressy, Jessica Taylor, Kiana Freeman, and Lauren Wallace.

Great Job by the entire cross country team!

The MHSCC girls knocked off Dover, 19-36, and Sussex Tech, 16-44, Wednesday at home. The boys hung tough, but fell, 25-31, to Dover and 19-36 to Tech.

 Patrick Helmick led the boys, while Jordan Lane, Erick Cisneros, Travis White, Dom Cartwright, George Kershaw and Robert Fisher each ran season-best times to round out the varsity. Lane's 18:37 was the 5th fastest by an MHS sophomore in the past decade.

For the girls, Liz Butterly ran her fastest home course time of 21:05 to lead the way, while Abby Mitchell, Shayla Wilson, Alex Butterly, Becky Godwin, Jessica Griffith and Becky Clendaniel ran bests to solidy the varsity seven.

 Overall, Nathan Simpson, Doug Mullen, Marcos Mendiola-Cole, Nolan Katz, Sarah Holbruner, Kayla Boone, Rhonda Thomas and Emily Fisher added career-best times.

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Liz Butterly (14th overall) and Patrick Helmick (13th) scored medals to lead the Bucs to great days at the 50th Lake Forest Invitational Saturday at Killens Pond State Park. In all, 30 MHSCCers earned their season-best times.

 Jordan Lane followed Helmick with a career-best 19:10, while Erick Cisneros, Travis White, George Kershaw, Dom Cartwright and Robert Fisher rounded out the top 7 boys. Meanwhile, Abby Mitchell speeded to a 21:36 to follow Butterly, while Alex Butterly busted out a career-best 23:03. Shayla Wilson, Becky Godwin, Jessica Griffith and Becky Clendaniel rounded out the MHS varsity girls' finishers.

Chris Pink, Joe Katz, Kayla Boone, Kira Robinson, Sarah Holbruner and Michelle Kramlich each added career-best performances for the Bucs.

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Patrick Helmick and Liz Butterly led the way for the Bucs who fell to the CR boys, 19-44, and CR girls, 24-33 in the 2007 Henlopen opener at Brecknock Park Wednesday.

 Erick Cisneros, Dom Cartwright, Jordan Lane, George Kershaw, Robert Fisher and Travis White rounded out the varsity boys, while Abby Mitchell, Shayla Wilson, Alex Butterly, Becky Godwin, Alicia Sanchez and Becky Clendaniel reached the top 7 for the girls.

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Patrick Helmick ran a 17:37 -- the 10th-fastest MHS 5K time in school history -- to win the Ron Powell Invitational Saturday at St. Joseph's School in Clayton. Meanwhile, Liz Butterly finished runner-up in the girls race with a stellar 20:34 to help the girls score a third-place trophy.

 Other MHSCC medal winners included Erick Cisneros, Jordan Lane, George Kershaw, Travis White, Abby Mitchell, Shayla Wilson, Alex Butterly and Becky Godwin.

 Robert Fisher, Kyle FitzPatrick, Jessica Griffith and Becky Clendaniel scored solid days to reach the varsity seven.

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