Story Tools

Email this story | Print this story

Indexes

Today's Stories

Last 7 Days

Top Blogs

• Three members of Lodi-area family fall ill after eating poisonous mushrooms they reportedly found at Lodi Lake

• Lodi's First Sip event showcases area wineries' latest vintages

• Sierra Adventure store to close after four years in Downtown Lodi

• City Council 'triple-dog dared' to ditch cars, use Lodi buses

• Regional Roundup

• Public Meetings

• Correction

February 9th, 2010

• Middle College High School rated one of the best — and a bargain, to boot

• Lodi decathlon boasts top team in county

• Man who sparked counterfeit case pleads guilty

• Local businessman will visit Haiti to look for family

• Man who claimed to be Yosemite Sam pleads guilty to meth charge

• David Harmer seeks Republican congressional nod

• Lack of evidence in case against suspect in 'drug deal' stabbing

• Regional Roundup

February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

• Locals pick best, most memorable Super Bowl commercials

• Regional Roundup

February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

• Regional Roundup

• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

• Culinary craft

February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

• Lodi, Galt students reach out to help Haiti earthquake survivors

• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam

• Hours of sweat and work go into putting on crab feeds

• Things looking up for state's real estate

• Correction

• Regional Roundup

• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

• Lodi extends ban on pot shops for another year

• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

• Family, friends to run half-marathon in memory of Galt family

February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

• Regional Roundup

February 2nd, 2010

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Correction

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Regional Roundup

• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

• McNerney leads in campaign cash

• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Jumpers across California

The following stories have received the most reader comments during the last 7 days.

• Will terrorists be given Miranda warnings? (75)
• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts (64)
• President Obama's first year (45)
• Many reject the politics of 'no' (45)
• Islamic symbol in mosaic — what is all the fuss? (44)
• Writer comments on Neely column (42)
• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch (41)
• Time to shed the convenient sham of 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy (34)
• We need to conduct respectful conversations (30)
• Tasered suspect claims he is Yosemite Sam (25)

ADVERTISEMENT

Running wild: Lodi Flames headed to state cross country meet

The Lodi girls cross country team has run right into Lodi High's record books.

The Flames placed third in Saturday's Sac-Joaquin Section meet at Willow Hill Reservoir in Folsom, qualifying for the CIF state meet as a team for the first time in school history.

Tokay sophomore Haley Kroll, Galt's Kelsea Tiapon and Elliot Christian's Megan Crutchfield and Emily Buhrkuhl also merited individual invitations to the state meet, which will be held on Nov. 28 in Fresno.

The Flames, who were ranked third in Division I the section heading into the meet, finished with 114 points to finish behind winner Oak Ridge (38 points) and runner-up Davis (57 points).

Freshman Cassidy Daley led the pack, finishing fifth overall with a time of 19 minutes and 41 seconds. Following her for the Flames were sophomore Sydney Olagaray in 30th (21:22), junior Brenley Noori in 34th (21:36), junior Carla Taylor in 36th (21:42), junior Xochitl Mellor in 42nd (22:04), sophomore Katie Westerterp in 44th (22:09) and senior Emily Highsmith in 63rd (23:52).

"It is something we have been working toward," Lodi head coach Jeff Tillett said about his team advancing to state. "The last month or so, we knew we had a shot at it. They had to fend off some teams, but the girls did it."

Lodi's Tommy Lomeli, the lone varsity boys running for the Flames, placed 19th overall in the Division I boys race with a time of 17:24. He missed a state-qualifying spot by 28 seconds.

Kroll placed 10th in the Division I girls race with a 19:24, edging teammate Holly Ranklin (11th, 19:54) for the final state-qualifying spot.

"Haley Kroll ran an incredible race today," said Tokay head coach Karey Harty.

Zack Leffler, the only Tiger running in the boys Division I race, placed 26th with a 17:43.

In the Division III girls race, Tiapon finished 11th, grabbing the final state-qualifying mark with a 20:23. In the Division V girls race, Crutchfield and Buhrkuhl put together impressive races, placing fifth and seventh respectively. Crutchfield finished in 24:33 and Buhrkuhl turned in a 26:25.

In lower-level races, Lodi's La Rue Taufer (23:42) placed 24th overall in the JV race and bettered her time by four minutes.

The Lodi frosh-soph girls placed third as a team led by Teresa Lallana (17th, 15:32), Olivia Smith (23rd, 15:44), Katie O'Connor (28th, 15:58), Kylie Denton (30th, 16:05), Madelyn Blank (32nd, 16:25), Haley Schlgeter (37th, 16:45) and Reyna Villanueva (40th, 16:45). The Flames have now finished in the top three in the last three years. Lodi's freshman boys took fourth and were led by Matthew Mellor in 12th with a 12:36 and Austin Costa in 17th with a 12:51.

Spencer Coumbs was Galt's top runner in the freshman boys race, taking 15th in 13:41. Warrior Jasemine Henderson placed 19th in the girls frosh-soph race with a 15:37.

Elliot's Alexander Lappas won the DV sophomore boys race with a 13:56 mark and Julia Lippert was tops in the girls frosh-soph race (16:52).

Liberty Ranch's Samuel Meyers took seventh in the sophomore boys Division IV race with a 13:12, helping the Hawks place fourth as a team.

In the freshman race, Andrew McLaughlin (13:59) and Jordan Osejo (14:00) placed 10th and 11th respectfully helping Liberty Ranch take second in the team standings.

The sophomore Hawks placed fourth.

In the frosh-soph girls race, Liberty Ranch's Rebecca Hull took first place in 14:53 and her teammates Miranda Keiser (15:07) and Itzamar Vasquez (15:19) finished second and fifth respectfully as the Hawks won the team race.

"It was a very successful first season for the Liberty Ranch cross country team," Hawk coach Bill Fagan said.