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ST. MARYS - At the Class AA, Region cross country meet at St. Marys High School on Saturday, Williamstown swept the boys and girls titles. Yellowjackets' Cassie Sites took the individual title in a time of 19:37. FIve Williamstown girls placed in the top 10 and finished with a team score of 24 - eight to the good of runner-up Oak Glen.
Raeley Perdue (20:20) and Kendall Gant (21:10) placed third and fifth, respectively, for Williamstown.
Doddridge County girls also advanced to the state meet by placing third. Emily Cottrill turned in the fastest time for the Bulldogs at 22:16.
On the boys side, Travis Moore from Tyler Consolidated won ina time of 16:12. Williamstown's efforts were led by the third-place showing of Gavin Wilburn (16:54).
Places one through three in the chase for the team title was a nail-biter as Williamstown finished with 46, followed by runner-up Doddridge County (48) and Ravenswood (49).
Cory Swentzel paced Doddridge County with a second-place finish (16:54), while Ravenswood's Mason Kerns (17:24, Kaden Gray (17:33) and Jose Andrade (17:35) took spots five through seven.
Class A
Also competing at St. Marys High School was the Class A, Region I field involving the host Blue Devils, who took second in the girls race behind the winning effort turned in by Anna Bennett (18:36) and first in the boys division behind individual champion Koa Navarro (16:14)
Ritchie County behind a runner-up time from Layla Devereaux (19:07) won the team title, while The Rebels' boys contingent also advanced to state with a second place showing as Jenner Stewart finished runner-up (16:18).
At the Class A, Region IV meet in Lesage, Wirt County took first in the girls division and second in the boys race. Gilmer County's girls also qualified for the state meet by placing third.
Brooke Tingler from Calhoun County won the girls race in a time of 20:45. Paige Sterns (21:07) from Gilmer and Wirt's Kinsley Nichols (21:45) followed in second and third place, respectively.
Wirt's best showing belonged to Sam Williams (18:07), who crossed the finish line in third place. Following in fourth place was Calhoun's Braidin Ferrell.