Make that seven-for-seven for the Elkhart girls’ cross country team.
The Lady Elks won their seventh meet this season (they’ve entered only seven), taking home the team title in the small school division at Crockett’s Pre-District meet.
Kayla Johnson and Harley Brim paced the Lady Elks with top-10 finishes, with Johnson finishing eighth in 13 minutes, 41 seconds, followed by Brim in ninth in 13:42.
Paige Huff (14:35) finished 27th and Joli Ballew (14:41) finished 28th for the Lady Elks, while Anna Clark’s 32nd-place finish in 14:46 rounded out the Lady Elks’ scoring-five.
Neches’ Haley Harroff finished 12th in 13:49. She edged Trinity’s Temple Tolly by four-tenths of a second for the spot.
On the varsity boys’ side, Black Zabick led the Elks to a third-place team finish with his personal fifth-place finish. Zabick ran the course in 19:08.
Luis Banuelos finished 13th in 19:49, followe by Dillon Shaver (20:02) in 17th.
Justin Bullard finished 35th in 21:27 and Rowdy Upchurch rounded out Elkhart’s scoring-five with his 40th-place finish in 21:36.
Neches finished fourth as a team at the meet, behind a trio of runners finishing 25th, 26th and 27th.
Simon Traylor (20:24) led the trio in, followed by Juan Hernandez (20:33) and Diego Hernandez (20:36).
Jasper Henderson finished 32nd in 21:10 and Jacob Gochnour (21:31) rounded out the scoring-five for the Tigers in 36th.
Westwood’s Ben Gilbert turned in a top-10 finish for the Panthers in 19:39.
The Westwood junior varsity girls placed three runners in the top-10 to finish second in their race.
Vanessa Mendoza led the way in second, followed by Noemi Castellucio in fifth and Ashlyn Hillister in seventh. Marissa Fields (12th) and Simone Berryhill (13th) rounded out the Lady Panthers top-five.
Paige Fillmore finished third for Elkhart in the race.
Francesco Zhao led a trio of Westwood runners with top-10 finishes in the junior varsity boys race. Zhao finished fourth, while Jestin Axum and Sam Carlisle finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
Elkhart had two top-10 finishers in the race, with Riley Smith finishing seventh and Casey Lane 10th.
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H.S. Cross Country: Lady Elks capture another meet win
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H.S. Softball Playoffs: Grapeland, Joaquin split games Friday
It was a tale of two games during Friday's Regional Semifinal between the Grapeland Sandiettes and Joaquin Lady Rams. The Sandiettes and Lady Rams combined for 22 runs in the Sandiettes 12-10 win in Game 1.
Game 2 was a much different as the teams wouldn't combine for 20 hits, or even 10 runs as the Lady Rams picked up a 4-2 win.
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H.S. Football: Palestine's Owens leads strong class of area recruits
Palestine junior Jarrell Owens hasn’t ever played a significant down in a game for the Wildcats at linebacker in his football career.
Yet, the position is obviously where his future lies.
Owens is one of a handful of area juniors drawing significant college interest, and the Palestine running back/linebacker already holds an official offer from Texas Tech University. -
H.S. Baseball Playoffs: Harleton shuts down Cayuga in regional quarterfinal
In an as-expected pitcher’s duel, it took only one off inning to cost Cayuga and ace Chantz Holland.
Holland gave up four hits and hit a batter in the top of the third inning, and Harleton turned that into four runs — the only runs of the game — as Harleton topped Cayuga, 4-0, here at the Lindale ISD Baseball and Softball Complex in regional quarterfinal action. -
H.S. Baseball: Patchwork lineup still working for Cayuga
The Cayuga baseball team that will take the field tonight against Harleton in the regional quarterfinals doesn’t look a lot like the Cayuga team that rolled through district play earlier this season.
Injuries have hampered the look of the Wildcat lineup, but Cayuga still finds itself into the playoffs’ third round for yet another season. -
H.S. Softball: Grapeland going strong into regional semifinals
It’s been relatively easy-going so far in the state softball playoffs for the Grapeland softball team.
The Sandiettes have lost only once so far in the playoffs, and that came thanks a forfeit in the area round against Avery, when Grapeland decided not to play rather than play without missing members at the state golf tournament. -
Local Roundup: Cayuga's Hughes named 19-A MVP
After a stellar regular season that saw them capture a district title, then a solid playoff run that ended with a regional quarterfinal loss to Grapeland, the Cayuga softball team showed well on the District 19-A all-district teams.
Cayuga star freshman pitcher Kimberly Hughes capped her stellar year by earning the district’s Most Valuable Player award. Joining Hughes in earning superlative honors was her battery-mate Maci Poland, who was named the league’s Defensive MVP. -
H.S. Golf State Tournament: Grapeland looks to cap impressive season with title
It’s the course on which legendary PGA player Ben Crenshaw — winner of two Master’s Green Jackets — learned the game as a young man.
It’s where legendary Austin-based golf coach Harvey Penick molded players like Crenshaw and Tom Kite into stalwarts on the professional tours.
A year ago, Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin was the place where, despite improving by 20 strokes as a team on Day 2, the Grapeland girls’ golf team fell short of state title, instead finishing second — for the second-straight season. -
H.S. Baseball: Palestine, Elkhart open playoffs Thursday
After a seven-year absence from postseason play that ended last year, the Palestine baseball team opens up its second-straight playoff campaign Tuesday.
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H.S. Softball Playoffs: Bruner's 2 HRs lead Grapeland past Cross Roads
Grapeland senior Shelby Bruner hadn’t hit a home run all season for the Sandiettes.
She picked a good time to find a power-boost.
Bruner hit not one but two home runs, Baylee Lumbreraz struck out 15 and the Grapeland softball team rolled to a 14-1 victory over Cross Roads to open the playoffs Monday at Palestine High School. -
H.S. Tennis: Neches' Wade ready for more state glory
The spring semester is a busy one for plenty of high school athletes in the area.
The spring has a higher concentration of sports going on, plus there are state tests, prom and other extra-curricular activities in the works.
That has been the case for Neches junior Kelsee Wade, who this semester alone has played basketball, softball and tennis, and thrown the discus, as well as taken tests and worked with her animals for the Anderson County Youth Livestock Show.
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