Story By Cinthia Rico
Cross Country season kicked off for many county teams at Scottsboro High School’s John R. Esslinger Trail of Champions last Thursday.
Fort Payne’s Anahi Barboza clocked in at 12:19.23 to win the varsity girls race at Tadd’s 2-Mile Opener.
The Fort Payne Wildcats finished second overall with 67 team points. Reese McCurdy captured a second place finish placing eighth overall at 13:23.39 and Abigail Vega crossed the finish line at 13:30.95, placing 12th overall.
On the varsity boys side, Fort Payne captured third with 63 team points. Scottsboro took first with 22 points and Huntsville placed second with 58 points.
Fort Payne’s Lane Pilotte clocked in at 11:11.01 finishing eighth overall and Pablo Rodriguez placed 10th overall with 11:18.17 time.
In the junior high girls race, Fort Payne’s team placed first with 37 points, led by Kyndal Hughe’s top time of 13:03.13, Arianna Ignacio placed fifth with 14:25.72, Ava Kate Jett placed seventh with 14:37.29 and Isabel Reyes placed ninth with 14:49.70.
In the junior high boys race, Plainview placed fourth with 140 team points and Fort Payne took fifth with 143 points.
Among the DeKalb County participating teams were Fort Payne, Plainview, Collinsville, Geraldine and Henagar.
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