North Medford boys dominate to earn XC title

Published 1:30 pm Saturday, October 7, 2023

North Medford’s Elijah Zavala and Logan Huffman dominated the boys 5,000-meter race at the Stan Goodell The Legend Invite by finishing more than 30 seconds ahead of their nearest competitor at the multi-school event Saturday at Hidden Valley High in Murphy.

Zavala won the boys title in 17 minutes, 34.86 seconds and Huffman was right on his heels at 17:35.08 to boost the Black Tornado to the boys team title. All four scorers for North Medford finished among the top-10 racers, and the Tornado had three among the next 10 racers to display their dominance with 33 points overall.

South Medford finished in the boys team standings, with Devon Scott (18:39.42), Jazz Hernandez (18:46.97) and Eli Dixon (18:54.65) scoring consecutive finishes to place in spot Nos. 6-8, respectively.

Michael Ragan placed 14th (19:30.87) to lead the effort by Cascade Christian, which was fifth as a team.

Bella Fortino of St. Mary’s was the top local finisher after she crossed the finish line third in 22:11.17, just ahead of North Medford’s Lily Zavala (22:11.47).

Tea Kaizen of Central Valley won the girls race in 21:30.75 ahead of Nettle Grey of Grants Pass (22:00.96), which won the girls team title with 45 points.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES: North Medford 33, South Medford 63, Grants Pass 80, Hidden Valley 109, Cascade Christian 113, Glide 169, St Mary’s 188, North Bend 213, Mazama 237.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 20): 1, Elijah Zavala, NM, 17:34.86; 2, Logan Huffman, NM, 17:35.08; 3, Jaia Hannagan, GP, 18:07.01; 4, Peter Moline, HV, 18:15.64; 5, Matt Rieman, GP, 18:18.22; 6, Devon Scott, SM, 18:39.42; 7, Jazz Hernandez, SM, 18:46.97; 8, Eli Dixon, SM, 18:54.65; 9, Porter Webster, NM, 19:06.90; 10, Uriah Webster, NM, 19:14.75.

11, Owen Neely, NM, 19:15.26; 12, Levi Cullett, Glen, 19:17.28; 13, Brayden Downey, NM, 19:24.05; 14, Michael Ragan, CC, 19:30.87; 15, Noah Eichenbusch, Glide, 19:33.67; 16, Trace Hoskins, GP, 19:34.63; 17, Isaac Young, CC, 19:38.20; 18, Nash Crisp, CC, 19:38.32; 19, Connor Latvaia, NM, 19:38.41; 20, Joseph Mills-Price, HV, 19:44.99.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES: Grants Pass 45, North Bend 54, North Medford 61, South Medford 67, Glide 126.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 20): 1, Tea Kaizen, CenV, 21:30.75; 2, Nettle Grey, GP, 22:00.96; 3, Bella Fortino, StM, 22:11.17; 4, Lily Zavala, NM, 22:11.47; 5, Addison Allen, GP, 22:19.13; 6, Bryleigh Mead, NB, 22:50.19; 7, Joey Clark, HV, 22:57.97; 8, Ellie Massey, NB, 23:04.39; 9, Alexa Green, GP, 23:45.85; 10, Maritza Villa, NM, 23:58.43.

11, Cyerra Mejia, SM, 23:59.43; 12, Juliana Scull, NM, 24:01.06; 13, Auriana VanHouten, Oak, 24:04.12; 14, Cheyenne Beam, Glide, 24:14.94; 15, Cate Brassell, SM, 24:17.59; 16, Taylor Weber, GP, 24:20.03; 17, Hannah Sykes, SM, 25:03.55; 18, Lauren Wolfe, NB, 25:10.76; 19, Alize Page, NB, 25:15.89; 20, Cassie Kennon, NB, 25:23.25.

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