The Prairie Valley Independent School District put on a small cross country meet around the school grounds on Wednesday.
Some used this meet as a tune-up for the District 1A-21 meet set for Oct. 22 at Willa Walla Shooting Range in Dye Mound, south of Saint Jo.
Saint Jo head coach Glenn Boerger reported the 1A-21 meet will begin after 2 p.m. that day.
Prairie Valley’s Alley Roof and Lexi Roof finished second and third, respectively, in the high school girls race. The run covered two miles with a variety of terrains and elevations.
Alley’s time was 17 minutes, 35 seconds. Lexi clocked in at 18:09.
Skyler Sandusky and Bryan McDowell went two-three for Forestburg in the high school boys’ race, which covered about three miles. Sandusky’s time was 19:35 and McDowell at 20:06. Lane Roof had Prairie Valley’s best place and time (7th).
Charlotte Mounce from Perrin-Whitt won the girls race in 15:32. Zach Tucker from Perrin-Whitt was the gold standard in the boys race (18:56).
Dakota McClain from Prairie Valley was tops in the boys junior high race, clocking in at 15:47 over the two miles. Montague’s top finisher was
Montague’s Trystin Fenoglio was the top area finisher among junior high girls, taking third in a time of 16:20 over a two-mile course. Prairie Valley’s CeCe Mahin was the best among Lady Bulldogs (ninth, 18:59).
Both the junior high boys and girls were combined into one race.
There also were two elementary school division fun runs and all participants received a medal.

Bowie, Nocona gear up for district
High school and junior high school cross country runners from Bowie and Nocona will compete in the District 3A-9 meet set for Oct. 20 at Kiwanis Park in Wichita Falls.
The varsity girls will run at 10 a.m.
The varsity boys are next at 10:30 a.m.
The junior varsity girls will run at 11 a.m. followed by the JV boys at 11:30 a.m.
Then there is an extended break until the junior high girls run at 3:35 p.m. and then boys at 4:05 p.m.
The other teams in the district are as follows: Holliday, Henrietta, Jacksboro, Paradise, Boyd and Wichita Falls City View.

Prairie Valley’s Lexi Roof competed in the Prairie Valley Invitational on Wednesday on the Prairie Valley school grounds. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)