POWERS — North Central’s Hope Varoni and Holy Name’s Joe Carlson became first-time individual winners in the North Central Invitational cross country meet here Monday.

Varoni, who runs for the Jets through a co-op venture, became the first Bark River-Harris student to win a varsity cross country race on this chilly and blustery day.

She covered the 3.1-mile course in 22 minutes, 24 seconds, followed by Stephenson’s Kayela Putnam (22:36) and Superior Central’s Maddie Begovac (22:45).

Carlson captured the boys’ race at 18:28, followed by Stephenson’s Griffin Brown (19:42) and Jacob Ross (20:01).

The Stephenson boys won with 35 points, followed by North Central 60 and Superior Central 76.

Stephenson’s girls edged Superior Central 46-48 for the title. Third-place Rapid River scored 73 points.

The season ends with the Upper Peninsula Finals at Flat Rock Saturday at 11 a.m.

Boys

Stephenson 35, North Central 60, Superior Central 76, Holy Name 78, Norway 85, Mid Peninsula 102, Rapid River 104.

Top 10 — 1, Joe Carlson, Holy Name, 18:28; 2, Griffin Brown, Stephenson, 19:42; 3, Jacob Ross, Stephenson, 20:01; 4, Wes Knauf, North Central, 20:11; 5, Jesse Sampson, North Central, 20:17; 6, Canon Kuntze, Stephenson, 20:35; 7, Alex Pipkorn, North Central, 20:41; 8, Will Spranger, Superior Central, 20:51; 9, Ethyn Lusardi, Stephenson, 21:11; 10, Brent Lagina, Norway, 21:15.

Girls

Stephenson 46, Superior Central 48, Rapid River 73, North Central and Norway 94, Forest Park 126.

Top 10 — 1, Hope Varoni, North Central, 22:24; 2, Kayela Putnam, Stephenson, 22:36; 3, Maddie Begovac, Superior Central, 22:45; 4, Lauren Adams, Norway, 22:53; 5, Faith Cappaert, Stephenson, 23:08; 6, Taylor Adams, Norway, 24:04; 7, Kiera McDonnald, Superior Central, 24:17; 8, Emma Sundling, Rapid River, 25:06; 9, Joelle Beaudo, Stephenson, 25:07; 10, Rowan Allender, Superior Central, 25:10.