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Brandon Valley's Mikah Peters, Harrisburg's Brianna Reilly win ESD cross-country titles
Brandon Valley's Mikah Peters won the boys Eastern South Dakota Conference cross-country meet on Saturday in Mitchell.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Oct 11, 2025
 

By 605 Sports Staff

MITCHELL — Brandon Valley’s Mikah Peters and Harrisburg’s Brianna Reilly captured individual titles at Saturday’s Eastern South Dakota Conference cross-country meet. 

Peters covered the 5,000-meter run at Wild Oak Golf Course in 15 minutes and :10.16 seconds, followed by Aberdeen Central’s Carson Urlacher (15:49.31) and Pierre’s Caleb Morris (15:57.87). Watertown’s Dane Stark (15:58.82) and Brandon Valley’s Asher Selness (16:01.50) rounded out the top-five boys runners. 

Reilly won the girls race in 16:53.33, followed by teammate Hannah Genrich (17:10.95) and Tea Area’s Jaycie Babb (18:15.39). Brandon Valley’s Emily Curran (18:29.74) and Harrisburg’s Eloise Scharnberg (18:39.44) rounded out the top-five girls runners. 

Brandon Valley won the boys title with 43 points, followed by Aberdeen Central (57) and Harrisburg (80). Harrisburg won the girls title with 31 points, followed by Brandon Valley (59) and Yankton (104). 


Boys team scores: 1. Brandon Valley, 43; 2. Aberdeen Central, 57; 3. Harrisburg, 80; 4. Yankton, 92; 5. Brookings, 156; 6. Tea Area, 162; 7. Pierre, 181; 8. Watertown, 184; 9. Mitchell, 217; 10. Huron, 305.

Top-15 boys results: 1. Mikah Peters, Brandon Valley, 15:10.16; 2. Carson Urlacher, Aberdeen Central, 15:49.31; 3. Caleb Morris, Pierre, 15:57.87; 4. Dane Stark, Watertown, 15:58.82; 5. Asher Selness, Brandon Valley, 16:01.50; 6. Ethan Kyte, Brandon Valley, 16:05.90; 7. Esten Foss, Aberdeen Central, 16:20.92; 8. Griffin Smith, Harrisburg, 16:24.71; 9. Max Nelson, Aberdeen Central, 16:28.94; 10. Hunter Patton, Mitchell, 16:29.90; 11. Harrison Krajewski, Yankton, 16:35.94; 12. Bryton Olson, Yankton, 16:37.73; 13. Benjamin Dirks, Harrisburg, 16:44.41; 14. Gideon Okken, Harrisburg, 16:44.69; 15. Samuel Mischke, Brandon Valley, 16:45.06.

Girls team scores: 1. Harrisburg, 31; 2. Brandon Valley, 59; 3. Yankton, 104; 4. Pierre, 112; 5. Tea Area, 130; 6. Watertown, 150; 7. Brookings, 161; 8. Aberdeen Central, 164; 9. Mitchell, 198.

Top-15 girls results: 1. Brianna Reilly, Harrisburg, 16:53.33; 2. Hannah Genrich, Harrisburg, 17:10.95; 3. Jaycie Babb, Tea Area, 18:15.39; 4. Emily Curran, Brandon Valley, 18:29.74; 5. Eloise Scharnberg, Harrisburg, 18:39.44; 6. Emery Larson, Pierre, 18:47.20; 7. Autumn Gilhooly, Harrisburg, 18:57.62; 8. Addison Scholten, Brandon Valley, 19:00.94; 9. Peyton Beatch, Brandon Valley, 19:04.40; 10. Grace McElroy, Watertown, 19:05.74; 11. Jayna VanLaecken, Tea Area, 19:06.17; 12. Nora Youmans, Yankton, 19:11.21; 13. Lilian Rude, Brandon Valley, 19:11.60; 14. Kaylie Kuehl, Brandon Valley, 19:13.32; 15. Allie Novstrup, Aberdeen Central, 19:16.01.