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24:38), Ansley Smith (36th, 26:57) and Taylor Davis (37th, 27:17).In the boys race, Rocky Mount’s Mason Holt won the title with a time of 16:48. Norther Nash’s Stephen Whitehead was second (17:04), Souther Nash’s Nepolian Patel was third (17:17), Nash Central’s George Corbin was fourth (17:44) and Norther Nash’s Christian Tippette was fifth (17:45). . rIn the team standings, Northern Nash scored 43 to beat Rocky Mount by 20 points. Nash Central was third (68), followed by Southern Nash (105), Hunt (113) and Fike (121).Fike’s Talen Piner was sixth at 17:56. Other Golden Demon top finishers were: Tyler Joyner (23rd, 19:44), Derek Collins (31st, 20:03), Ethan Whalen (35th, 20:25) and Omar Perdomo (36th, 20:28).Leading the way for the Warriors was Nathan Heath in 11th place (18:46), followed by Tervor Purvis (25th, 19:45), Austin Moore (27th, 19:48), Jose Vazquez (28th, 19:51) and Logan Vick (30th, 20:03).“We certainly are not happy finishing last, but unfortunately, we failed to perform through our top five runners and didn’t deserve a higher place,” Griffith said. “Talen is coming back into form after being sick and ran a strong race for us. He should be ready to compete for the Wilson County individual championship. Tyler Joyner really stepped up for us and dropped a huge personalbest.”Fike girls claim Big East championshipRED OAK -r- The Fike High girls cross-country squad outran the competition, taking the 3-A Big East Conference championship for the third year in a row on Wednesday afternoon at Northern Nash.Knights easilyboys title.runners were mons’ uniformsas they scored 39 points to top second-place Rocky Mount’s 54. Nash Central was third with 60, followed by Hunt (101), Southern Nash (127) and Northern Nash (133).“Our girls withstood a tough battle from Rocky Mount to secure our third consecutive team title,” Fike coach Tom Griffith said. “Our goal was to defend our title and to get as many girls on the all-conference team as possible. Martha-Scott ran a seasonal best time and CeCe ran her best race of the year. We trained through this meet so I am very happy with the effort.”Hunt’s Lauren West was the top local finisher, coming in second with a time of 20 minutes, 26 seconds.Fike’s Martha-Scott Benson was fourth at 21:11, followed by CeCe Yarbrough in 7th (21:57), Kristen Ewan in eighth (22:00), Leighann Bowen in ninth (22:07) and Kristen Edmonds in 11th (22:38).Other top finishers for the Lady Warriors were Kaitlyn Bradshaw (20th, 24:03), Courtney Sholar (25th,
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