The High School runners will compete in the Lindale Invitational on Thursday,October 1st this week. The junior high runners will not have a meet this Saturday, but resume competition at the Gilmer Meet on October 10th.

Race Schedule: **Rolling Start for this meet
9:30 Varsity Girls
10:00 Varsity Boys

Location: Garden Valley Gold Course, 22049 FM 1995, Lindale, TX

We will leave at 7:15 from the shed and return to school for afternoon classes.

All three teams ran away with second place finishes this weekend at the Running of the Bears meet. Dylan Harris captured his first individual gold medal performance in the boy’s varsity race. Harris was followed by teammates Clay McNeese (2nd) and Garrett Stephenson (3rd). In the girls race Shaynee Tyl captured the gold in the girl’s varsity race edging out teammate Olivia Sipes in second. In the junior high girl’s and boy’s races, Katie Williamson (3rd) and Jaden James (8th) and Stephen Thomas (8th) all collected hardware with their top ten finishes.

Race Results:
Varsity Girls Division 2nd place team finish
Shaynee Tyl 13:05 1st
Olivia Sipes 13:09 2nd
CeCe Hernandez 13:35 6th
Bella Sacco 14:37 22nd
Jaci Wallace 15:00 33rd
Luisa Soto 15:27 42nd
Sydney Simpson 15:48 46th

Varsity Boys Division 2nd place team finish
Dylan Harris 16:54 1st
Clay McNeese 17:15 2nd
Garrett Stephenson 17:45 3rd
Zach Herring 18:41 18th
Michael Laughlin 21:30 43rd

JH Girls Division 2nd place team finish
Katie Williamson 14:58 3rd
Jaden James 15:34 8th
Kaylyn Terry 16:22 17th
Kadyn Scott 16:25 18th
Alyssa Hall 17:16 33rd
Korbyn Hamilton 17:24 35th
Baleigh Elliot 17:38 37th
Mattie Simpson 17:42 38th

JH Boys Division
Stephen Thomas 14:02 8th
Austyn Smith 16:01 20th
Ryan Banks 17:35 30th
Weston Whiteside 17:56 33rd

We will race at the Running of the Bears XC meet this week at Gladewater High School football stadium. This course is typically flat and fast. This course is similar to the District course we will compete on in October. The course is also more spectator friendly with many opportunities to watch your runner compete. It starts just outside the stadium and finishes inside the stadium. We will meet at 7:00 AM at the shed on Saturday morning and leave at 7:15. Since this meet is close, it is not a problem if you need to take your runner home after the meet. The race schedule follows:
8:30 Varsity Girls
9:00 Varsity Boys
10:30 Junior High Girls
11:00 Junior High Boys

The Ladynecks and Roughnecks competed well on one of the toughest courses of the season. A true “trail running course”, this race saw many hills and diverse surfaces. The Junior High teams debuted this weekend and raced well for their first meet of the season. Dylan Harris led the boys this week with a second place finish in a time of 17:10. Clay McNeese was behind him in third in 17:50. The boys finished 4th overall as a team out of 13 teams competing. The boys race saw 113 runners compete. In the girls race Olivia Sipes led the Ladynecks to a second place team finish behind Gilmer. Sipes finished the race in 13:35 for 5th place. She was followed by Shaynee Tyl in 8th, 13:56, and CeCe Hernandez in 10th, 14:12. All of these runners collected medals for both programs. In Junior High race Katie Williamson and Stephen Thomas led the teams this week. Williamson finished in 16th place for 15:30 followed by teammate Jaden James in 18th in 15:41. The girls team finished 4th out of 14 teams in a division that saw 162 runners compete. Thomas raced to a 19th place finish in 13:58. The Junior High boys division saw 156 runners race.

Race Results:

Girls Varsity:
Olivia Sipes 5th 13:35
Shaynee Tyl 8th 13:56
CeCe Hernandez 10th 14:12
Jaci Wallace 36th 15:16
Bella Sacco 47th 15:53
Luisa Soto 62nd 16:03
Sydney Simpson 72d 16:41

JH Girls
Katie Williamson 16th 15:30
Jaden James 18th 15:41
Kadyn Scott 47th 17:14
Mattie Simpson 52nd 17:18
Baleigh Elliot 63rd 17:52

Boys Varsity:
Dylan Harris 2nd 17:10
Clay McNeese 3rd 17:50
Thomas Herndon 34th 20:08
Zach Herring 39th 20:17
Garrett Stephenson 69th 21:48
Michael Laughlin 81st 23:08

JH Boys:
Stephen Thomas 19th 13:58
Austyn Smith 79th 16:07
Weston Whiteside 17:43 120th

**If you have pictures from the meet please email them to me, so I can include on the slideshow

This week we will travel to Katy’s Ranch in Kilgore for the Annual Puddle Jump and Pig Trot. Race Times and a map are included
This meet is a rolling start so the times are estimated. Arrive in plenty of time to see your runner race.

**We will meet at the shed at 6:30 and leave at 6:45
Varsity Boys 9:00
Varsity Girls 9:30
JH Boys 11:00
JH Girls 11:30

The Ladynecks and Roughnecks hit the trails at Lear Park on Friday at one of the largest meets in East Texas. Clay McNeese (17:32) captured the Individual Title in the 1A-4A Division with teammate Dylan Harris (17:38) close behind in second. The field saw 235 runners! In the girls race Olivia Sipes lead the Ladynecks with a 14th place finish in 13:22. Shaynee Tyl (16th, 13:24) and CeCe Hernandezf (17th, 13:27) also came home with some hardware finishing in the Top 20. The girls race saw 250 runners compete. The boys team finished 6th our of 28 teams and the girls team finished 7th out of 32 teams.

The teams will travel to Katy Ranch next week for the notorious Pine Tree Puddle Jump and Pig Trot at Katy’s Ranch in Kilgore. This week the Junior High will race with us.

Race Results:

Boys Race
Clay McNeese 1st 17:32
Dylan Harris 2nd 17:38
Zach Herring 50th 20:14
Thomas Herndon 76th 20:58
Garrett Stephenson 63rd 20:35
Michael Laughlin 134th 22:48
Preston Ware 144th 23:05

Girls Race
Olivia Sipes 14th 13:22
Shaynee Tyl 16th 13:24
CeCe Hernandez 17th 13:27
Jaci Wallace 89th 15:35
Bella Sacco 104th 15:51
Luisa Soto 112th 16:14
Sydney Simpson 120th 16:37

The Ladynecks and Roughnecks had another great weekend with several runners picking up some hardware and improving their times. We will race on Friday at Lear Park in Longview at the Hallsville Invitational. We will run as team this week with both groups. The boys are slated to race at 10:30 followed by the girls at 11:15.

Race Results:
Varsity Boys Open Division: 139 runners
Clay McNeese 17:29 8th
Dylan Harris 17:39 9th
Garrett Stephenson 20:25 89th

JV Boys: 183 Runners
Thomas Herndon 38th 21:31
Zach Herring 41st 21:35
Preston Ware 77th 22:58
Michael Laughlin 92nd 23:24

Varsity Girls: 148 runners 8th place team finish
Olivia Sipes 11th 13:02
Shaynee Tyl 14th 13:08
CeCe Hernandez 15th 13:12
Jaci Wallace 54th 14:23
Bella Sacco 86th 15:51

JV Girls: 162 runners
Sydney Simpson 66th 16:20
Luisa Soto 75th 16:29