Dayton hosts season's 1st cross-country meet

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Dayton hosts season's 1st cross-country meet

By: MIKE GEORGE, EDITOR08/28/2007

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The Dayton Broncos and Lady Broncos played host this past Saturday to the area's first cross-country meet involving teams from in and out of district, both 5-A and 4-A classifications.

In the varsity boy's division, the Broncos were not able to field enough runners to make a qualifying team, so each runner ran individually, with Mason Cornelius finishing among the top 31 runners.

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In that race, Deer Park claimed first place with runners finishing first, second, fourth, sixth and seventh to garner 20 points. Nederland took second place with runners finishing in the fifth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and fourteenth spots. Huffman was awarded third with runners finishing in third, eighth, eleventh, thirteenth and fifteenth. Both teams finished with 50 points.

In the varsity girls' race the Lady Broncos did enter a qualifying team with Senior Team Captain Katie Scott finishing in 11th place, Hannah Stouffer at 12th, Ana Rangel at 21st, Cassie Morrison at 24th, and Yvette Denaro at 25th. Juanita Medrano also ran for the Lady Broncos. This gave the Lady Broncos a total of 93 points and a fifth place, overall finish.

In that girls' race, it was the Deer from Deer Park again taking first place taking first, second, third, sixth, seventh, and 10th, although only the first five counted for the team's 19 points. Nederland came in second place with finishers at eighth, ninth, 10th, 13th, and 17th and 57 points. In third place was Huffman with runners finishing fourth, fifth, 16th, 18th, and 28th. That gave the Lady Falcons 63 points. Coming in fourth and fifth, each with a total of 93 points were Caney Creek and Dayton.

"We'll travel to Bridge City this weekend for our second meet," said cross-country coach Patricia Wilson. "Unfortunately, with only three male runners we won't be able to produce a qualifying team for the varsity boy's race, but are good to go with our girls."