Yoakum cross-country: Lady 'Dogs place second in Luling

Yoakum cross-country ran at the Luling Sandia City Invitational on Saturday. The Lady Bulldogs got runner up in the varsity race.

Varsity Girls (2 miles)
The Lady Bulldogs scored 45 points, nine points behind winners San Antonio Great Hearts Northern Oaks.
Gracei Martinez led Yoakum with sixth place in 13 minutes, 23.03 seconds, followed by Ximena Miller (13:27.01) and Sam Adamek (13:30.14).
Emmie Leftwich placed No. 14 in 14:09.54; Emily Sanchez was No. 20 in 14:39.60; Abbie Galvan was timed at 14:56.53 for No. 22.

Varsity Boys (3.1 miles)
Aidan Alvarez paced Yoakum with No. 10 in 17:50.47. Clayton Hlavac placed No. 15 in 18:35.28; Luis Avalos placed No. 24 in 19:24.84; Martin Perez was No. 27 in 19:40.26.

JV Girls (2 miles)
Dulce Lara was first in 14:50.42 and following was Aubree Hussey in 15:26.73.

JV Boys (2 miles)
Ian Pilat finished in fourth with 21:12.05; Moises Morales was seventh in 22:02.30; Jesus Rivas was ninth with 22:37.71; Brayden Neubauer was No. 12 in 24:37.64 and Nathan Vo finished in 25:26.92 for No. 15.

JH Girls (2 miles)
Josephine Pilat was ninth in 13:58.94; Anaiah Theile was No. 13 with 14:59.20; Lily Fojt was No. 31 in 16:59.60 and Madeline Lopez was No. 34 in 17:22.07.

JH Boys (2 miles)
Yoakum got sixth with 107 points.
Dominic Novak was ninth with 12:51.26; Lukas Gonzalez was No. 17 in 13:20.36, followed by Adrian Blakeney in 13:21.04. Benito Olmedo was No. 33 in 14:17.16; Vince Martinez was No. 45 in 14:50.10.