KFDM COOP Posted September 16, 2009 Report Posted September 16, 2009 Deweyville CC teams rack up in Nederland Van Wade The Orange Leader NEDERLAND — Last Saturday the Deweyville Pirate Varsity cross country teams traveled to the Nederland Bulldog Invitational Cross-Country Meet and both walked away with championship trophies. Competing in the Division 3A-and-under division, the Pirates and Lady Pirates came away with big wins.. The Pirates, with 22 points, outdistanced 23-2A district foes East Chambers, which finished second with 33 points. The Lady Pirates, with 19 points, defeated High Island, which scored 36 points for second. The eight shools that had runners in the races were Deweyville, East Chambers, High Island, Orangefield, Liberty, Sabine Pass, Anahuac, and Community Christian. The Pirates feature four new runners this year including junior Dillon Lambright who finished sixth overall with a time of 21:16 over the three-mile terrain followed by teammates junior Tayber Lebeouf (9th, 21:42), senior Garrett Haney (11th, 21:54), and sophmore Michael Nolan (13th 22:02). Two returning letterman rounded out the team scoring for the Pirates with junior Hunter Estes (18th, 23:24) and Dan Smart (21st, 24:26). The Lady Pirates were paced by four-year runner, Senior Amber Burks, who finished 7th in a time of 16:08 over the two-mile course. Junior Brittany Stevison came in 11th with a 16:46, followed by teammates senior Skylar Webster (13th, 16:58), sophmore Kyrstan Barlow (17th, 17:30) and junior Autumn Hardin (18th 17:39). "This was a big meet for our teams,†said Pirate head coach Brad Haeggquist. “The Nederland people did a great job getting the course ready in very challenging conditions. It rained all day and I am very proud of our athletes. This was a especially big win for our young ladies. This is the first time, to my knowledge, that a Lady Pirate Cross Country team has won a team meet championship." Also coming up a big winner Saturday was Orangefield’s Kayla Williams, who won the individual title in the 3A-and-Under Division by over a minute as she finished with a time of 14:01.06.
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