The Scoop: Breaking Down This Past Week Of XC

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Cory Mull


Woodlands Outlasts Atascocita At Friday Night Lights

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All boxing matches start somewhere, and perhaps this race on Friday was the start of several more over the 2022 season for The Woodlands and Atascocita. 

It's clear as day that these two Houston-area programs are gunning for one another this fall. 

So what happened in their first matchup? 

The old guard stood its ground. 

In one of the weekend's top matchups, No. 9 The Woodlands outlasted No. 22 Atascocita -- both programs are nationally ranked to begin the season -- by seven points, as the Highlanders scored their first five runners in the first 25 spots on the Bear Branch Park course. 

While Atascocita produced the top team scorer -- Oliver Maldonado was second overall on the 4K course in 12:28.2 -- The Woodlands scored the next two and was solid from four to five. Atascocita went two-15-18-20-26. 

The result? It was certainly an entertaining race. Austin Vandegrift's Kevin Sanchez, Texas' top runner to begin the season, won the overall race in 12:22.4. 

But the team battle took top billing. Race one went to The Woodlands, but we know this one isn't over. 

BOYS 4000 METER RUN FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	POINTS
1	Kevin Sanchez	12	Austin Vandegrift	12:22.40	1
2	Oliver Maldonado	12	Atascocita	12:28.20	2
3	Jack Boyd	12	Klein Oak	12:32.30	3
4	Adrian Hahn Vadstein	12	Katy Cinco Ranch	12:36.20	4
5	Thomas Kubala	12	Klein	12:39.10	0
6	Straton Miller	12	The Woodlands	12:42.00	5
7	Payton Chambers	11	Conroe Grand Oaks	12:47.50	6
8	Pablo Lesarri	12	The Woodlands	12:48.20	7
9	Hudson Haley	10	Austin Vandegrift	12:54.20	8
10	Aiden Ramshaw	12	Katy Tompkins	12:55.30	9
11	Derek Waite	12	Klein Oak	12:59.00	10
12	Dylan Schieffelin	11	Austin Vandegrift	12:59.60	11
13	Luke deMahy	12	Houston Strake Jesuit	12:59.90	12
14	Jackson Jamison	11	Houston Strake Jesuit	13:02.90	13
15	Michael Archie	12	Atascocita	13:03.40	14
16	Ben Reyes	12	The Woodlands	13:05.30	15
17	Hunter Hendry	11	Klein Oak	13:05.30	16
18	David Heckman	12	Atascocita	13:07.60	17
19	Anthony Perez	12	Katy Mayde Creek	13:11.70	18
20	Juan Giron	12	Atascocita	13:12.50	19
21	Ethan Sharkowicz	11	The Woodlands	13:17.40	20
22	Kai McCullough		Austin Vandegrift	13:18.90	21
23	Adam Elbanna	12	Katy Cinco Ranch	13:22.30	22
24	Axxeton Miller	11	The Woodlands	13:23.10	23
25	Christian Barrera	11	Katy Mayde Creek	13:24.70	24
26	Jacob Fisher	12	Atascocita	13:26.60	25


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