Oxford, Lincoln boys, Jacksonville girls win sectional titles. Jacksonville’s Mathis, Sloughfy finish first.
OXFORD — Oxford’s boys and Jacksonville’s girls won team titles, and Jacksonville’s Rua Mathis and Rachel Sloughfy backed up their Calhoun County championships with first-place finishes at Friday’s sectional meets Choccolocco Park.
The Class 4A, Section 3 meet and the Class 5A, Section 6 meets played out at Choccolocco Park. The top four teams and top six individuals not rostered on the top four teams qualify for next week’s state championships.
Oxford’s boys won, and Southside finished second in 5A. Southside’s girls finished third, and Oxford finished fourth.
In 4A, Lincoln’s boys won, followed by Alexandria, Northside and Jacksonville in the top four. Jacksonville’s girls finished first, followed by Alexandria, Northside and Lincoln.
Sloughfy led Jacksonville’s girls in first place (19:07.90), and Mathis won the boys’ race (15:58.70).
Alexandria’s Jayden Phelps (16:14.50) and Dane Browning (16;51.50) finished third and fourth, respectively. Lincoln’s Konner Parham (17:00.80) and Noah Colley (17:13.80) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the girls’ 4A race, Riley Stephens led Lincoln in fifth place (21:13.90), and Alexandria’s Kammy Buchanan took sixth (21:20.60).
In 5A, Jude Sommers led Oxford’s boys in second place (16:26.90), and Case Payne was fourth (16:50.60). Hunter Hartwell finished sixth (17:02.40).
Southside’s Conner Christopher finished fifth (16:58.60), and Colton Mickle took seventh (17:02.20).
Caitlyn McVay led Oxford’s girls in third place (20:14.70), and Southside’s Marlee Tucker finished finished sixth (20:38.70).
White Plains’ boys, Central-Clay’s girls lead several team state qualifiers with sectional victories. Munford’s boys, girls make history.
White Plains’ top-ranked boys won the Class 3A, Section 4 cross country meet at Huntsville on Thursday, qualifying as a team to advance to next week’s state championship.
The top four teams and top six individuals not rostered on the top-four teams advance to the state championships. Sections run Thursday, Friday and Saturday at different sites.
White Plains’ Jovany Gutierrez (first, 16:59.52), Jaiden Garcia (second, 17:21.48) and Zayden Pearson (third, 17:43.02) swept the top three spots, and Dakota Ensminger took seventh in 19:11.25.
Emma Godfrey led four Hokes Bluff girls in the top 10 with a second-place finish (20:51.39), and the Eagles finished second. White Plains took third, led by Bailey Ford in eighth place (22:41.92).
In Class 3A, Section 3 at Munford, Munford’s boys and girls qualified together as teams for the first time in school history. Led by Anthony Cruz in eighth place (19:11.50), the boys finished third, and the girls took third, led by Aubree Frank in 10th place (23:25.80).
Team state qualifiers also include Pleasant Valley’s boys, which finished second in Class 1A-2A, Section 4 at Pisgah. The Raiders’ girls finished fourth.
Ohatchee’s boys took second in Class 1A-2A, Section 3 at Cold Springs. Owen Vinson led the Indians in seventh place (17:03.60)
In Private A, Section 2 at Munford, Westbrook Christian’s boys took third, and Joseph Minkin finished a team-best eighth (17:53.70). Faith Christian’s girls, led by Anne Claire Mitchell’s eighth-place finish (22:24.7), finished fourth.
In Class 4A, Section 2 at Auburn, Central-Clay’s girls won, led by Nicole Hernandez in sixth (22:07.60). Weston Huff finished third (17:56.50) to lead the boys to a second-place finish.
