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September 17, 2012

Local Roundup: PHS, EHS runners capture weekend meet titles

Staff Reports Palestine Herald-Press The Palestine Herald-Press Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:24 PM CDT

A field of more than 215 runners and 38 teams didn’t faze the Palestine cross country team Friday in Van.

The Wildcats took home their third-straight meet title, winning for the first-time ever at Sky Ranch.

Tyler Barnard finished second overall in the meet, running the course in 16 minutes, 23 seconds.

Mason Munoz came in fifth overall in 16:59, followed by Denis Quincin (17:03) in sixth.

Rounding out the Palestine scoring five were Alec Meyers (13th) and Eduardo Munoz (19th).

On the girls’ side, the Ladycats finished 10th out of 38 teams, led by Nidia Umanzor’s 17th-place finish. Umanzor finished the course in 13:42.

Guadelpue Ibarra (37th), Danielle Harroff (43rd), Jessica Ibarra (103rd) and Andrea Ramos (109th) rounded out the Palestine scoring five at the meet.

The Wildcat junior varsity finished third out of 36 teams, led by Kenny Hiatt’s ninth-place finish, while the Ladycats junior varsity came in sixth thanks to top-10 finishes from Ally Gouras (fourth) and Karina Trejo (sixth).

EHS SWEEPS GRAPELAND MEET

Both the Elkhart girls and boys cross country teams captured the team titles at the Grapeland cross country meet Saturday.

The Lady Elks captured the second through sixth spots in the race en route to the meet title, led by Anna Clark’s second-place finish in 13 minutes, 38 seconds.

Following her were Kayla Johnson (3rd, 13:50), Joli Ballew (4th, 13:50), Paige Huff (5th, 13:54) and Harley Brim (6th, 13:55).

On the boys side, Blake Zabick and Tanner Tutt both finished in the top-10 to help the Elks to victory.

Zabick finished in 20:25, good for sixth place, while Tutt finished eighth in 20:28.

Following them to round out the Elkhart scoring five were Luis Banuelos (12th), Justin Bullard (19th) and Dillon Shaver (20th).

The Elkhart girls’ JV didn’t have enough runners to field a full team, but still captured three of the top-five spots.

Courtney Cheatham finished third, followed by Paige Fillmore and Tiffany Rosas, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

The Elks finished second on the boys JV side, led by Austin Stiers (eighth) and Casey Lane (ninth).

The Elks and Lady Elks travel to Neches Saturday.

H.S. VOLLEYBALL

CAYUGA 3, Trinidad 0

The eighth-ranked Cayuga volleyball team made easy work of Trinidad Saturday, never allowing more than four points in a game during a three-game sweep.

The Ladycats won the three games by a combined score of 75-8.

The win moved Cayuga to 17-8 overall and a perfect 3-0 in district play. The Ladycats return to action today when they host Dawson, with action beginning at 5 p.m.

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