Madill boys take junior high state title, girls 2nd

Madill continued to dominate junior high state cross country last week as the Wildcats claimed the Class 4A team state title while the young Lady Wildcats took runner-up honors.

On the boys’ side, Madill outdistanced Lone Grove while the Madill girls finished only behind first place Pauls Valley.

The Wildcats’ top individual finisher was Kamden Martin, who placed third with a time of 11 minutes, 47.52 seconds. Akzel Fernandez was a medalist as well, taking 13th in 12:38.61.

Lorenzo Vasquez added a 22nd place effort of 12:55.11, Neymar Camacho took 31st at 13:11.26, Gunner Willis checked in 38th with a time of 13:39.24 and Diego Perez posted a 14:05.44 for 49th place.

Other Madill boys placers included Braysen Carnes, 53rd (14:11.72); Marco Epsinosa, 73rd (14:48.65); Brodi Hawthorne, 76th (14:55.82); DustyJames,81st(15:07.88); Zaid Rivera, 84th (15:09.72); Israel Hernandez, 86th (15:14.47); Alexzander Rodriguez, 90th (15:22.07); Axel Recio, 92nd (15:30.72); Bladmir Trevino, 96th (15:40.87); Manuel Barrientos, 104th (16:01.84); Jesus Camacho,118th (17:22.38); and Anthony Padron, 130th (18:42.16).

For the Lady Wildcats, Catalina Valadez was the top individual as she claimed seventh individually with a time of 9 minutes, 19.87 seconds. Alyna Stuckey was just behind in 15th place at 9:31.05.

Ellie Cabrales added a 25th place mark of 9:45.49, Sammy Brown was 33rd in 9:55, Hadley Schneider took 34th at 9:56.65, Reigan Mc-Michaelwas39thin10:06.19, Audrey Martens notched a 47th place time of 10:24.93 with Merari Contreras adding a 48th at 10:27.03.

Other Madill girls finishers were Yuliana Zuniga, 57th (10:39.06); Riquel Vann, 83rd (11:09.16); Dayanara Martinez, 85th (11:12.86); BritneyOrta,86th(11:14.78); Chloe McWilliams, 97th (11:28.46); Hazel Douglas, 106th (11:35.48); Yareli Perez, 114th (11:52.48); Sophia Avila, 122nd (12:13.88); Isabella Temple, 128th (12:24.17); Jolie French, 140th (12:55.43); Ruby Leiva, 141st (13:01.32); and Khloe Espinosa, 152nd (15:57.09).