Texas High, Redwater compete in cross country meet

HALLSVILLE, Texas -Texas High and Redwater competed in the Hallsville Cross Country meet this weekend on the Bobcats home course.

The Tigers' Evan Likins placed 41st in the Varsity Boys 3.1-mile event. Texas High placed eighth in varsity boys with 226 points.

Other Texas High individuals were:

Evan Likins, 41st (19:23); Gabriel Raley 51st (19:53); Armando Hernandez 60th (20:17) and Gavin Mitchell 61st (26:15).

In JV boys, Texas High was 12th with 297 points. Luke Spakes finished 50th (25:23).

In varsity girls, THS' Kemora Howard was 15th (15:58), Kayleigh Cooper 55th (17:48) and Catherine Loomis 56th (17:49).

In the Boys Middle School 2-mile event, THS top runners were:

Devan Aubrey, Eli Likins, Jeb White, Chapman White and Max Likins.

Redwater's top varsity girls were:

Landry Canto 38th (15:15); Gracie McCoy 86th (16:42).

A total of 154 runners competed in the varsity boys: The Dragons top runners were:

Kilin Kennedy 37th (20:26) and Cameron Wallace 91st (22:04).

In Middle School girls, Redwater runners were:

Faith Latham 34th (16:44); and Murphie Rossum 54th (17:35).

The Dragons' top finishers in Middle School boys was Wesley Youngman 74th (15:31).

 

Football

Pewitt loses home game

NAPLES-OMAHA, Texas - Mount Vernon, which reached the Class 3A state semifinals last year, still have some clout left over as the Tigers posted a 42-16 victory over Paul Pewitt Friday night.

The Tigers, who finished 12-3 last season, improve to 3-0 while the Brahmas tumble to 1-2.

Quarterback Hayden Green rushed for a team-high 88 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also completed 7-of-11 passes for 100 yards, with A'myree Johnson catching four for 62 yards.

Defensive standouts for Pewitt were Eric Morris with five tackles and a forced fumble, Isaac Hodges had five stops an d a sack, and Joey Green, Jack Morris and Tyrone Cobbins had four tackles each. Noah Mayo also had a sack.

Paul Pewitt will host another tough foe in Celina on Friday.

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