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DANVILLE -- Patrick Henry's boys and girls teams dominated the field at Ballou Park with seven top-10 finishers in the boys division and seven more in the girls on Wednesday.

Franklin County's Melissa Peeple prevented the Patriots from grabbing all of the top awards. She scored a 12-second win over Anna Carson to win the girls individual district title.

Patrick Woodford of PH also won by 12 seconds, he outdistanced John Boitnott of Franklin County.

All of the boys teams except for Halifax County qualified for the Northwest Region meet. Since William Fleming did not field a girls team this year, all four teams who competed in the that race advanced to regionals.

At Ballou Park, Danville (2.9 miles)

Boys team scores

1. x-Patrick Henry (PH) 21, 2. x-Franklin County (FC) 44, 3. x-George Washington (GW) 94, 4. x-William Fleming (WF) 113, Halifax County (HC) 121.

Boys results

1. Patrick Woodford (PH) 16:29, 2. John Boitnott (FC) 16:41, 3. Hartnell Paulpre (PH) 16:42, 4. Locher Grove (PH) 16:56, 5. Tyler Durgen (FC) 17:09, 6. Faron Young (PH) 17:33, 7. Sean Deyerle (PH) 17:40, 8. John Peake (PH) 17:41, 9. Sol Simpson (WF) 17:44, 10. Jordan Bazak (PH) 17:53, 11. T.J. Compensa (FC) 18:04, 12. Jordan Wells (FC) 18:16, 13. Sergio Ramirez (GW) 18:21, 14. Matt Lumar (FC) 18:26, 15. Jon Labarge (FC) 18:31.

Girls team scores

1. x-Patrick Henry (PH) 20, 2. x-Franklin County (FC) 41, 3. x-George Washington (GW) 90, 4. x-Halifax County (HC) 102.

Girls results

1. Melissa Peeple (FC) 18:54, 2. Anna Carson (PH) 19:06, 3. Deirdre Caffrey (PH) 20:01, 4. Kachina Muller (PH) 21:02, 5. Anne Baldridge (PH) 21:13, 6. Caitlyn Beck (PH) 21:35, 7. Autumn Watson (FC) 22:03, 8. Elle Agee (PH) 22:24, 9. Hannah Flanders (FC) 22:41, 10. Sarah Brighton (PH) 22:48, 11. Caitlin Hoch (FC) 22:55, 12. LaTasha Stratton (GW) 22:59, 13. Amanda Spero (FC) 23:15, 14. Allison Robertson (GW) 23:16, 15. Kayla Hurley (FC) 24:01.

x-team qualifier for regional meet.

y-individual qualifier for regional meet.

THREE RIVERS DISTRICT

CROCKETT SPRINGS, Va. -- Austin Grubb and Andrew Grubb finished first and third to lead the Floyd County boys to the district title over second-place Radford at Camp Alta Mons.

Austin Grubb won the 3.1-mile race in 17 minutes, 19 seconds, followed closely by second-place finisher Jared Miller of Radford in 17:32.

Radford dominated the girls race, taking the top four spots and the team title. Radford's lone senior Amber Thompson led the way in 21:29.

Giles, Glenvar and Auburn finished in a three-way tie with 74 points. Giles' sixth-place runner Tara Myers was the tiebreaker, finishing 20th, two places ahead of Glenvar's sixth-place girl.

At Camp Alta Mons, Crockett Springs, Va

Boys team scores

1. x-Floyd County (FC) 26, 2. x-Radford (R) 38, 3. x-Auburn (A) 69, 4. x-Giles (G) 115, 5. Eastern Montgomery (EM) 127

Boys results

1. Austin Grubb (FC) 17:19, 2. Jared Miller (R) 17:32, 3. Andrew Grubb (FC) 17:58, 4. Vijay Guruswamy (R) 18:12, 5. Eden Keith (FC) 18:15, 6. Cole Conley (FC) 18:17, 7. Walker Mogen (R) 18:22, 8. James Hoover (A) 18:26, 9. Jake Munsey (G) 18:32, 10. Shannon Hoover (A) 18:40, 11. James Kasper (G) 18:41, 12. Riley St. Pierre (FC) 18:44, 13. Matt Turk (R) 18:50, 14. Will Mogen (R) 18:52, 15. Joey Sutphin (R) 19:08.

Girls team scores

1. x-Radford (R) 16, 2. x-Giles (Gi) 74, 3. x-Glenvar (Gl) 74, 4. x-Auburn (A) 74

Girls results

1. Amber Thompson (R) 21:29, 2. Kaitlin Smith (R) 22:12, 3. Cecelia Scott (R) 22:25, 4. Rachel Conniss (R) 22:37, 5. Lyndsey Jackson (Gi) 22:45, 6. Sarah Thompson (R) 22:57, 7. Alyssa Huntington (A) 23:12, 8. Hannah Cooley (R) 23:15, 9. Lisa Wilkins (A) 23:30, 10. Cara Neikirk (Gl) 23:40, 11. Nikki Cerva (y-Eastern Montgomery) 24:36, 12. Rachel Biltz (A) 24:54,13. Tempry Goff (y-Floyd County) 24:56, 14. Nikki Holland (y-Floyd County) 25:14, 15. Alex Conniss, 25:25, Radford.

Seminole district

FOREST -- Jefferson Forest's brother-sister combination of Robert and Mary Deis won individual titles and led the Cavaliers to the team championship at Wolf Branch Farm.

Robert Deis finished in 17 minutes, 18 seconds to defeat teammate Todd tenPas by 18 seconds. Mary Deis won in 20:34, good for a nine-second margin over JF's Leigh Schimmoeller.

At Wolf Branch Farm, Forest

Boys team scores

1. x-Jefferson Forest (JF) 22, 2. x-E.C. Glass (ECG) 47, 3. x-Brookville (B) 77, 4. x-Heritage (H) 115, 5. Rustburg (R) 133, 6. Amherst County (AC) 145, 7. Liberty (L) inc.

Boys results

1. Robert Deis (JF) 17:18, 2. Todd tenPas (JF) 17:36, 3. Justin Resendes (JF) 17:45, 4. Dylan Beck (ECG) 17:48, 5. Ben Jackson (JF) 17:56, 6. y-Hunter Bass (R) 18:02, 7. John Adams (ECG) 18:07, 8. David Barney (ECG) 18:14, 9. Colin Montgomery (ECG) 18:15, 10. y-Jonathan Fitzgerald (AC) 18:16, 11. Will Stratton (JF) 18:22, 12. Curtis Whitlow (JF) 18:28, 13. David Cedillo (B) 18:31, 14. Ray Roark (B) 18:32, 15. Matthew Harvey (B) 18:47.

Girls team scores

1. x-Jefferson Forest 25, 2. x-Brookville 33, 3. x-E.C. Glass 84, 4. x-Amherst County 92, 5. Rustburg 145, 6. Liberty 161, 7. Heritage inc.

Girls results

1. Mary Deis (JF) 20:34, 2. Leigh Schimmoeller (JF) 20:43, 3. Cathleen McCarron (B) 21:34, 4. Mary Ellen Wendt (B) 22:01, 5. Olivia Jackson (JF) 22:10, 6. McKenna Coalson (B) 22:11, 7. Kaitlyn Brown (B) 22:24, 8. Alexis Bowen (JF) 22:30, 9. Abigail Black (JF) 22:33, 10. Julia Ayau (AC) 22:40, 11. Allison Fishburne (JF) 22:41, 12. Hannah Davidson (ECG) 22:50, 13. Annie Ketterling (B) 22:55, 14. Haley Smith (ECG) 23:07, 15. Amanda Pettyjohn (AC) 23:20.

Pioneer district

BUENA VISTA -- Bath County's Matt Persinger and Highland's Hayley Billingsley conquered the 3.1-mile course at Glen Maury Park to win individual titles, while the Covington boys and Craig County girls captured team.

Persinger won in 19 minutes, 17 seconds, while Billingsley won in 23:02.

At Glen Maury Park, Buena Vista

Boys team scores

1. x-Covington (Cov) 40, 2. x-James River (JR) 57, 3. x-Bath County (BC) 65, 4. x-Highland (H) 87, 5. Craig County (CC) 96, 6. Parry McCluer (PM) inc.

Boys results

1. Matt Persinger (BC) 19:17, 2. y-Nate Martin (PM) 19:27, 3. Nathan McCallister (Cov) 20:09 , 4. Dylan Coleman (JR) 20:13, 5. Austen Bryant (JR) 20:21, 6. y-Chris Beard (PM) 20:36, 7. Graham Day (CC) 20:37, 8. Steven Blevins (Cov) 20:42, 9. Chris Moore (H) 20:44, 10. Tanner Paxton (Cov) 20:47, 11. Aaron Martin (Cov) 20:47, 12. Tanner Lacks (BC) 20:48, 13. Aaron Hobbs (BC) 20:54, 14. John Lipes (CC) 21:56, 15. Andrew Fields (JR) 22:02.

Girls team scores

1. x-Craig County 38, 2. x-Highland 47, 3. x-James River 60, 4. x-Bath County 78.

Girls results

1. Hayley Billingsley (H) 23:02, 2. Britta Grim (JR) 23:45, 3. y-Mindi Martin (PM) 24:18, 4. Brianna Swartwout (CC) 25:18, 5. Kora White (CC) 25:51, 6. Jessica Stebar (CC) 26:03, 7. Molly Mobley (H) 26:26, 8. Randi Martin (BC) 26:27, 9. Carrington Pasco (BC) 26:42, 10. Mariam Foster (H) 26:45, 11. Maggie Grumbine (JR) 26:54, 12. y-Shelby Hudson (PM) 27:07, 13. Katherine Day (JR) 27:17, 14. Danielle Rock (CC) 27:26, 15. Mary Kate Cobb (H) 27:58.

Mountain Empire District

HILLSVILLE -- Sophomores Travis Cockerham of Galax and Carley Smith of Grayson County claimed individual titles at Southwest Virginia Training Center.

Cockerham led Galax to its 19th team championship in 21 years with an 18:02 clocking. Grayson won the girls title as Smith edged defending champion Marleigh Durham of Galax by a full minute in 22:12.

At Southwest Va. Training Center, Hillsville

Boys team scores

1. x-Galax (Gal) 20, 2. x-Grayson County (GC) 40, Narrows (N), Fort Chiswell (FC), Bland County (BC).

Boys results

1. Travis Cockerham (Gal) 18:02, 2. Jimmy Oliver (GC) 18:50, 3. Kevin Loftin (Gal) 19:02, 4. Dyllan Taylor (Gal) 19:30, 5. Jose Martinez (Gal) 19:42, 6. Austin Bunn (GC) 19:48, 7. Trevor Quesenberry (Gal) 20:14, 8. Eddie Hanks (Gal) 20:24, 9. Ethan Liddle (GC) 20:32, 10. Juan Moreno (Gal) 20:41, 11. Ricky Sanchez (GC) 21:04, 12. y-Cody Hanks (FC) 21:42, 13. y-Josh Goodman (BC) 22:08, 14. Zach Vaughan (GC) 23:08, 15. James Russell (GC) 23:13.

Girls team scores

1. Grayson County 26, 2. Galax 36, 3. Bland County 62, Narrows inc., Fort Chiswell inc.

Girls results

1. Carley Smith (GC) 22:12, 2. Marleigh Durham (Gal) 23:12, 3. Lakyn Parks (GC) 23:14, 4. Sydney Barker (Gal) 25:01, 5. y-Erika Landgren (FC) 25:51, 6. Haley Reavis (GC) 26:03, 7. y-Katie McGraw (N) 26:14, 8. Samantha Rector (GC) 26:22, 9, Jennifer Laws (Gal) 26:58, 10. Alexia Frazier (BC) 27:36, 11. Brooke Carnett (BC) 28:20, 12. Marie Orton (Gal) 28:33, 13. Colleen Taylor (GC) 28:59, 14. Isabella Radford (BC) 30:02, 15. Vivian Reyes (Gal) 30:50.

Hogoheegee DISTRICT

BRISTOL -- George Wythe won the boys title, while Patrick Henry-Glade Spring cruised to the girls crown behind individual winner Krista McCray at Sugar Hollow Park.

PH's Skyler Carbery won the boys race in 17:18, edging Wythe's Owen Morgan. McCray's winning time of 20:00 was 1:17 faster than runner-up Deanna Hedgepath of Wythe.

At Sugar Hollow Park, Bristol

Boys team scores

1. x-George Wythe 34, 2. x-PH-Glade Spring 41, 3. x-Chilhowie (C) 73, 4. x-Northwood (N) 87, 5. Rural Retreat (RR) 132, 6. Holston (H) inc.

Boys results

1. Skyler Carbary (PH) 17:18, 2. Owen Morgan (GW) 17:44, 3. Hunter Mills (GW) 17:56, 4. A.Poe (N) 17:57, 5. Altizer (H) 18:11, 6. Denton (H) 18:40, 7. Craig Wilson (GW) 18:43, 8. Abe Sheets (PH) 19:03, 9. Barker (C) 19:10, 10. Hayden (C) 19:20, 11. Pippin (PH) 19:37, 12. Thomas (GW) 19:49, 13. McCloskey (C) 20:00, 14. Stanley (PH) 20:05, 15. McCauley (PH) 20:15.

Girls team scores

1. x-PH-Glade Spring 19, 2. x-Northwood 56, 3. x-George Wythe 66, Chilhowie inc., Holston inc., Rural Retreat inc.

Girls results

1. Krista McCray (PH) 20:00, 2. Deanna Hedgepath (GW) 21:17, 3. Sarah Stanley (PH) 21:19, 4. Kara Montgomery (PH) 21:40, 5. Gracie Meadows (PH) 22:10, 6. Moore (PH) 22:55, 7. Nikki Rouse (PH) 23:28, 8. Jill Davenport (PH) 23:48, 9. Barker (C) 24:34, 10. L.Dean (N) 25:04, 11. Armstrong (N) 25:56, 12. Harris (N) 26:02, 13. Cressell (RR) 26:05, 14. Barbrow (GW) 26:40, 15. Vieira (N) 26:52.

Southern Valley DISTRICT

STAUNTON -- Fort Defiance edged Rockbridge County for the boys title, while the Wildcats placed fourth behind champion Wilson Memorial in the girls standings to earn a berth in next week's Region III meet.

Dillon Sowers of R.E. Lee-Staunton and Allison Alexander of Fort Defiance took the individual crowns.

At R.E. Lee H.S. Course, Staunton

Boys team scores

1. x-Fort Defiance (FD) 42, 2. x-Rockbridge County (RC) 51, 3. x-R.E. Lee-Staunton (L) 63, 4. x-Waynesboro (Way) 78, 5. Wilson Memorial (WM) 140, 6. Stuarts Draft (SD) 162.

Boys results

1. Dillon Sowers (L) 16:52, 2. Nick Keeley (R) 17:14, 3. Andrew Phillips (FD) 17:33, 4. Dalton Byerly (L) 17:48, 5. Schafer Wymond (RC) 17:49, 6. Chris Ciszek (Way) 18:08, 7. Chris Anhold (FD) 18:11, 8. Zack Kearney (L) 18:12, 9. John Glover (FD) 18:16, 10. Michael McDevitt (Way) 18:31, 11. Kelvin Vega-Gomez (FD) 18:31, 12. Brandon Griffin (FD) 18:38, 13. Matt Bryant (RC) 18:41, 14. Aaron Shobe (FD) 18:42, 15. Ned Belliveau (RC) 18:44.

Girls team scores

1. x-Wilson Memorial 37, 2. x-Stuarts Draft 50, 3. x-Fort Defiance 67, 4. x-Rockbridge County 81, 5. Waynesboro (W) 123, 6. R.E. Lee-Staunton 140.

Girls results

1. Allison Alexander (FD) 21:15, 2. Katherine Barnes (WM) 21:34, 3. Emily Boward (WM) 21:44, 4. Elizabeth Barnes (WM) 21:60, 5. Jessica Miller (SD) 22:15, 6. Sarah Conyers (WM) 22:31, 7. Emily Wilson (SD) 22:34, 8. Avalon McOmber (RC) 22:36, 9. Morgan Holbert (SD) 22:47, 10. y-Jennah Gnann (Way) 23:02, 11. Mary Beth Brown (RC) 23:06, 12. Morgan Alexander (FD) 23:17, 13. Skyler Wimer (SD) 23:25, 14. Maya DeHart (RC) 23:28, 15. Kayla Robertson (FD) 23:31.

-- Staff reports