Woodland cross country teams fifth at meet Saturday; Cass teams open season at OLM Invitational

Cross Country teams at Woodland and Cass competed Saturday at two separate events.

The Woodland Wildcats and Lady Cats ran at the Battle of the Fairways held at Fairways of Canton Golf Course.

Cass traveled to Fairburn to run in the Our Lady of Mercy Invitational. PHOTO: Woodland's Cheyenne Spinks (left) and Lindsay Scifers were medalists at the Battle of the Fairways in Canton Saturday.

Battle of the Fairways Varsity Girls

7th — Lindsay Scifers - Medalist - 13:19

8th — Cheyenne Spinks - Medalist - 13:21

24th — Elizabeth Roberson 14:19

31st — Makenna Eskew 15:18

33rd — Casey Bolan 15:28

34th — Ally Landrum 16:34

35th — Makaylie Bowles 16:46 Creekview girls won the event with 43 points. Woodstock was second (51), followed by Sequoyah and Chattahoochee (85). Woodland girls finished fifth with 92 points.

Battle of the Fairways

Varsity boys

10th — Jonathan Holloway - Medalist - 11:04

18th — Julian Rocket 11:31

22nd — Dioney Ochoa 11:49

31st — Alex Chavez 11:58

32nd — Jacob Giltz 12:00

38th — Heath Tyree 12:40

Woodstock boys won the meet with 21 points. Creekview was second (56), followed by Chattahoochee (93), Sequoyah (100), and Woodland (106).

Next event for Woodland:

Sat Aug 29 — Battle of Atlanta at Nash Farm Sat Sep 12 — Hosting Run at the Rock

Our Lady of Mercy Invitational Varsity Girls 20th — Jana Morning - 22:17 49th — Miranda Degrauwe - 26:48

50th — Lexi Wallentine - 26:53 67th — Stella Gearheart - 30:03 74th — Alex Stodghill - 31:24

Blessed Trinity girls won the event with 35 points, followed by St. Pius X (40), Columbus (121), Fellowship Christian (142) and Northside Columbus (145). Cass placed tenth (232).

Our Lady of Mercy Invitational Varsity Boys 28th — Ryan Depree - 20:17

39th — Devon Martinez - 21:04

60th — Nick Poteat - 22:56

62nd — Derick Smith - 23:11

65th — Michael Shaver - 23:17

79th — Tyler Smith - 27:17 81st — Ryan Drawver - 27:46 83rd — Camen Matthews - 29:54 Blessed Trinity boys won the event with 37 points, followed by Northside Columbus (45), Columbus (101), Fellowship Christian (124), and Atlanta International (144). Cass placed 10th (241).

Next event for Cass: Sat Sep 12 — Run at the Rock at Woodland Sat Sep 19 — Warpath Invitational at Cherokee Boling Park Thr Sep 24 — Adairsville Invitational at Manning Mill Park