cross country

Monitor Photo/Carla GrayMabank High School’s varsity boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are recognized at Mabank ISD school board meeting Nov. 17, as both teams qualified for Regional competition this past season.

Courtesy Photo/Tausha LewisThe Eustace High School girls’ cross country team holds the UIL Class 3A third-place trophy at the State Meet in Round Rock, which for 3A was held Oct. 31. The team is coached by Josh Sypert and assisted by Cody Taylor.

Courtesy Photo/Kemp ISDThe Kemp High School varsity boys cross country squad, coached by Mark Driskell (right), is the team champion of the Cross Roads Invitational Oct. 1, with Arnie Perez finishing in first place individually, followed by Benito Robles (fifth place) and Damian Rodriguez-Diaz...

Courtesy Photo/Alexis WilsonMabank High School senior Trista Etheridge qualifies for the UIL State cross country meet in Round Rock Nov. 1 after finishing fifth overall at the Oct. 21 Regional meet in Grand Prairie.

Courtesy Photo/Eustace ISD The Eustace boys cross-country team celebrates a third-place finish at the UIL State Cross-Country Meet held in Round Rock Nov. 3-4. Ryan Porte (center) places seventh in the state individually.

Courtesy Photo Eustace boys’ cross country advances to regional competition and brings home some new hardware after achieving a perfect score and a clean sweep of the top seven finishers in district competition Oct. 11. Junior Ryan Porte (center) is district champion.

Courtesy Photos Kemp cross country runners travel to Crandall Sept. 9 to compete in Crandall’s invitational meet. Boys and girls teams placed sixth in competition.

Courtesy Photo The Eustace boys’ varsity cross country team finished first at Regional Competition and will advance to the State competition Saturday, Nov. 5 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. Paige Row also qualified to advance to the State competition.

Courtesy Photo The Cross Roads girls’ varsity cross country team are coming home Regional champions with Cassie Turner placing first overall at the Regional XC meet in Huntsville Oct. 24. Callie Turner places third. The boys’ varsity team places 18 out of 22 teams and 162 other runners.