REESE Bowles’ first win of the season came in very familiar territory.
The Jefferson sophomore ran a 21:23 Thursday at the Dragons’ home course at Crow’s Lake to win the girls’ race of the ninth annual MainStreet meet.
She fended off another runner quite used to the course, Rachel Pasko of Jackson County. Pasko, whose Panther team trains at Crow’s Lake as well, ran a 21:29 to earn runner-up honors.
The MainStreet event featured seven area squads.
East Jackson turned in the best performance of any of the boys’ teams from Jackson County, placing second overall on the strength of two top-10 finishers with 63 points.
The Eagles’ Cale Pirtle placed third with an 18:04, while Vlatik Staples was 10th with a 19:07. Stuart Robinett also ran a sub-20 minute time (19:09) to finish 11th. Rounding out the scoring were Noah Hulett (19th, 20:07) and Tyler Cone (20th, 20:08).
East Jackson finished 27 points behind first-place Athens Christian.
The Jackson County girls (43 points) had the best showing of any girls’ team from the county, also finishing second. Following Pasko’s second-place finish was Sydney Baird who grabbed fourth overall with a time of 22:18. The Lady Panthers also had a third top-10 finisher, Maddie Newton, who placed 10th with a 23:57. Also scoring for the Jackson County girls were Ashley Burton (17th, 25:11) and Michayla Scollon (18th, 25:17).
Jackson County finished 14 points behind first-place Athens Christian.
Jefferson placed both third in the boys’ and girls’ races.
Trae Timmerman finished fourth with an 18:07 to lead the Jefferson boys. Following him were Cain Lorenzo (15th, 19:41), Bryan Thao (17th, 19:51), Jake Sherman (23rd, 20:29) and Wil Roberts (33rd, 20:56).
For the Jefferson girls, Sasha Parker followed Bowles with an 11th-place finish (24:04). Others scoring were Emily Elrod (19th, 25:21), Kaylynn Rainey (28th, 26:58) and Maggie Adams (31st, 27:21).
East Jackson’s girls did not earn a team score since it only had four finishers.
Courtney McDowell led that group with a 13th-place finish (24:30), followed by Haleigh Smith (14th, 24:35), Sheena McEachin (25th, 26:39) and Robin Adair (26th, 26:42).
Jackson County’s boys finished seventh, led by J.T. Wood, who ran a 20:36 to finish 25th. Following Wood were Bryce Hughes (37th, 21:28), Tyler Henderson (38th, 21:29), Tyler Manculich (45th, 22:23), Danny Butler (46th, 22:38).
