The Boys and Girls Cross Teams competed in the Brazos Invitational this past weekend. The Varsity Boys placed 4th overall out of 22 teams, with Katy Tompkins winning the meet, followed by Foster HS in 2nd, and St. Thomas Episcopal in 3rd. Caleb Moseley was the first EB harrier in placing 13th overall, Jacob Muniz placing 24th,John Failla 34th, Michael Zapalc 60th, and Russell Zahradnik 69th overall with 177 boys competing in the Varsity race. The Varsity Girls placed 2nd overall with Needville claiming the Championship by 2 points. Needville earned the top spot with 58 points to East Bernard's 60 points. There were 13 teams competing in the Girls Varsity Division. Jessica Rabius placed 2nd overall in a very competitive time of 12 : 35. She was edged out by less than a second for the top spot by Lynette Amaram from Stafford High School. Liz Guerra placed 6th overall. Both girls earned medalist honors. AJ Navarro placed 16th, Jillian Hlavinka 21st, MacKensi 23rd, Corrina Navarro 24th, Kasey Kretszchmar 27th, Carson Swoboda 36th, Angie Cruz 43rd, and Emily Barboza 46th, with 129 runners competing in the Varsity race. In the JV girls race, Lexi Atkinson placed 11th, and Taylor Swoboda 20th with 114 girls running in the JV race. For the JV Boys race, Isaac Aguilar placed 36th, Jacob Wondrash 67th, Anthony Gil 68th, and Shane Kresta 73rd with 114 boys competing in the JV boys race. Both Jr. High Girls and Boys teams earned the Championship spot in their respective divisions. In the Jr. High Girls race, Brooke Petrenella came in 4th overall for East Bernard, followed by Aracelly Acevedo in 6th, Alyssa Schulte in 9th, Caeli Taylor in 10th, to all earn Medalist Honors. Lexi Marik placed 13th, Indy Reeves 25th, Kara Riley 27th, Caitlyn Fuechec 40th, Kendall Douthit 50th, and Abby Sellers 58 with 82 girls competing in the Jr. High Girls Division. Reagan Whitley was the first East Bernard harrier placing 2nd overall out of 111 boys racing. Joey Stearman placed 5th, and Isaac Ortiz 9th to also earn medalist honors. Grady Prazak placed 12th, Jackson Barta 15th, AJ Lazo 25th, Bo Badger 27th, Alex Lopex 36th, Ethan Rejsek 41st, Trey Steffen 53rd, Ryan Reyna 54th, Keith Atkinson 56th, Ben Sandoval 59th, Angel Zavala, 61st, and Doug Grymes 63rd to complete the roster of East Bernard racers. Congratulations to all the runners. All competed hard on a muddy and slippery course and represented East Bernard well.
- Coach S. Walters.
