JPII boys capture SCISA 3A title
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The SCISA cross country state championships went off over the weekend at Heathwood Hall in Columbia, and one area team and two individuals brought state titles home to the Lowco.
John Paul II raced to the SCISA 3A boys title behind the trio of Zac Henderson, Blake Hubik, and Sebastian Frickel, who came across the line in fourth through sixth to power the Golden Warriors to the crown, while Holy Trinity’s Virginia Brunson and Thomas Heyward’s Jaden Powell made it a Lowco sweep in the 2A race, as Brunson won the girls race in 22:57 and led the Mighty Lions to a runner-up finish, and Powell claimed the boys title in 19:12.
Henderson finished in 17:24 to lead the trio of top-10 finishers for the JPII boys, while Matthew Yanachik placed 15th and James Hook was 22nd to help the Golden Warriors secure the title.
The girls from Cross Schools were runners-up in the 1A race, and JPII’s girls placed third in 3A with Abby Brock (20:25) finishing second overall and Brady Mahoney in seventh.
Holy Trinity’s Austin Miles (20:37) was seventh in the 2A boys race with Beaufort Academy’s Cohen Weaver (21:33) in 10th.
Moore, Antia crack top 5 in region
Beaufort High sophomore Gavin Moore finished fourth with a time of 16:39 in the boys race, and freshman Yzeult Antia was fifth in the girls race with a mark of 19:45 to lead the Eagles at the Region 8-3A meet last week in Charleston. The Eagles will compete in the Class 3A qualifying meet Saturday in Newberry.
