Record Eagle news 10-14-2020:

PETOSKEY — Traverse City Central has gone back to back.

The top-5 ranked Trojan boys and girls cross country programs won their second straight Big North Conference championship at the conference finals Tuesday in Petoskey. 

Central's Drew Seabase finished first in the boys meet and Julia Flynn won the girls meet.

The boys had four all-conference runners, finishing five in the top-10 Tuesday. They were Seabase, Luke Venhuizen, Micah Bauer, Joe Muha and Matt Ritter. 

Coach Bryan Burns called Ritter, who finished eighth, an unsung hero.

"He was working on putting together a real complete race," Burns said. "Tonight he did it in difficult conditions."

Both the Trojans boys and girls programs won the JV races as a team.

Boys team scores: 1. TC Central 20; 2. TC West 47; 3. Petoskey 57; 4. Alpena 107; 5. Cadillac 143; 6. Gaylord 162.

TC Central results: 1. Drew Seabase 16:18; 2. Luke Venhuizen 17:00; 3. Micah Bauer 17:12; 6. Joe Muha 17:21; 8. Matt Ritter 17:42; 18. Sam McDonough 18:13; 20. Owen Sullivan 18:20.

TC West results: 4. Luke Anderson 17:15; 5. Isaac Stone 17:16; 7. Jonah Hochstetler 17:36; 14. Carter Dean 18:00; 17. Ben Habers 18:07; 26. Peter Worden 19:15.

Petoskey results: 9. Cooper Rokop 17:48.1; 10. Samuel Smith 17:48.2; 11. Dylan Odenbach 17:51; 12. Gavin Dyer 17:56; 15. Shane Izzard 18:03; 16. Brady Odenbach 18:04; 21. Reese Marvin 18:32.

Cadillac results: 19. Nolan Nixon 18:16; 27. Carson Carlington 19:15; 28. Jackson Hilt 19:20; 32. Brayden Oberhaus 19:54; 37. Gavin Phillips 20:28; 38. Logan Boolman 20:52; 40. Gabe Outman 21:24.

Gaylord results: 29. Owen Palmer 19:23; 30. Ty Pichan 19:26; 33. Logan Ames 19:55; 34. Zack Olund 20:05; 36. Ryan Matelski 20:27; 39. Logan Hauswirth 21:16; 41. Zach Keiser 21:25.