The Boothbay-Wiscasset 2023 cross-country season ended Nov. 4 with the Maine Class C State Championships in Belfast. The girls team placed sixth out of nine with a 3:20-minute average and 142 points. The boys took 10th place out of 13 with a 2:45-minute average and 251 points.  

Orono High School won the girls division with 45 points and a 5:31-minute average. Sumner Memorial High School won the boys race with a 2:41-minute average and 59 points.  

AJ Crocker led the Seawolves boys, finishing his last half mile in socks after losing both shoes in the mud. He placed 47th in 19:05.78, a personal record. Other results were: Rodi Mayne, 48th, 19:11.57; Cleyton Splaine, 60th, 19:35.96; Austin Trask, 76th, 20:04.96; Dominick Dow, 98th; 21:51.74; Alton King, 105th, 23:02.71; and Ross Gaffney, 106th, 23:12.48. Overall, 110 boys ran in the competition.  

Karen Higgins finished first out of the Boothbay-Wiscasset girls with a 19th place finish in 21:33.92 minutes. Other results were: Laura Chapman, 27th, 22:24.18; Emily Gilliam, 36th, 23:08.95; Sophia Mansfield, 57th, 24:37.56; Julia Truesdell, 59th, 24:54.53; Bella Orr, 64th, 25:53.11; and Maddie Andreasen, 65th, 26:00.06. Overall, 82 girls competed.  

The meet was originally scheduled for Oct. 28 but postponed due to the mass shootings in Lewiston.