Whitesboro earned two regional berths at the District 8-3A cross-country meet last week in Boyd.
The Lady Cats finished second in the girls standings and the Bearcats claimed the final boys qualifying spot through a tiebreaker with S&S.
The top three teams and top 10 individual finishers qualified for the Class 3A Region I meet Oct. 27 at Mae Simmons Park in Lubbock.
In the boys division, Whitesboro and S&S each finished with 65 points, tying for third behind district champion Valley View (35) and runner-up Pilot Point (53). Whitesboro secured the final team berth when its sixth runner finished ahead of S&S’ sixth runner.
Jaxsen McBride paced Whitesboro with a fourth-place finish in 16:37.21, followed by Bentley Meals in 10th at 17:01.62. Creede Newman placed 15th in 17:34.61, Slade Prock was 16th in 17:36.11 and Eric Flores finished 20th in 17:51.70.
Chase Timulson took 27th in 18:50.81, while Evan Delarosa was 34th in 19:42.98.
S&S was led by individual district champion Rhody Gingras, who won the race in 15:56.94. Matthew Flores added a seventh-place finish in 16:53.02, while Kevin Flores Valenzuela was 12th in 17:22.37.
Donaven Gingras finished 21st in 18:02.39, Ruben Chavez Gomez was 24th in 18:17.57, Aiden Hickerson placed 30th in 19:04.54 and Tanner Scoggins followed in 31st at 19:08.41.
In the girls competition, Whitesboro came within a point of the district championship, finishing second with 52 points behind Pilot Point’s winning total of 51. S&S placed fifth with 150 points.
Nya Degraffenreed led the Lady Bearcats with a second-place finish in 11:19.11. Valley View’s Brooklyn Bewley claimed the individual championship in 10:56.87.
Karen Melchor gave Whitesboro another top-five finish, taking fourth in 11:37.04. Loretta Vawter placed 14th in 12:13.56, followed by Jasmin Hernandez in 15th at 12:16.71 and Tammy Lopez in 17th at 12:26.45.
Paisley Blevins finished 21st in 12:42.75, while McKenna Scoggins was 31st in 13:41.65.
Dandree Meeks led the S&S girls with a 12th-place finish in 12:09.94. Ayvah Gentry was 32nd in 13:48.22, followed by Kenzi Perry in 34th at 14:00.65 and Janet Chavez in 35th at 14:44.68.
McKinley Hollingsworth placed 37th in 14:49.76, while Hope Everett finished 41st in 15:14.14.
