Thank you, Coach Gilbert Ruiz for sharing your teams' exciting District Results!
Both boys and girls passed their first test in their championship season on Monday, October 7, 2024, by capturing the boys and girls District 28-3A XC Championship Titles. They were only 1 of 4 programs [Johnson (District 27-6A), Davenport (District 26-4A), Floresville (District 27-4A) and Lytle (District 28-3A)] in the Greater San Antonio Area to win both boys and girls District Titles.
VARSITY GIRLS
Frances Scotello led the girls to their 5th straight District Championship and 8th overall since 2003. She also became the first girl that I have coached that is Back to Back Individual District Champion. She helped pace Svetlana Lopez to a runner-up finish and all the other scorers(Elyse Cortinas 6th, Addison Wagner 7th, Kaycee Galindo 8th) to top 10 finishes. They captured the team title by 12 points and now set their sites on Regionals.
VARSITY BOYS
Johnny Rey Alvarez led the boys to a PERFECT SCORE(1st-5th) in Back to Back years and for the 3rd time in our history(2024, 2023, 2018) we have finished 1st-6th. The boys (Johnny 1st, Lucas Salazar 2nd, Bryan Montes-Rodriguez 3rd, Diego Reyna 4th, Yandel Esquivez 5th, Nathan Garza 6th) won their 7th straight district championship and 15th overall since 2003 and now focus on Regionals.
JV GIRLS
The JV girls only had 3 participants so they could not field a team. Isabella Sewell led the group with her 3rd place finish, this after coming back from injuries. I was proud of her and Payton Devaney's 5th place finish along with Sophia Herrera who got injured on the course and could not finish. We wish her a speedy recovery and feel for her because she worked so hard all season.
JV BOYS
The JV Boys also had a Perfect score though it wasn't in the same fashion as the varsity. The JV captured the top 4 individual spots with freshman Adrian Reyna leading to way to their 8th straight District Championship and 13th overall. The JV group (Adrian 1st, Sebastian Garcia 2nd, Michael Scotello 3rd, Jaden Castro 4th, Anthony Scotello 9th, Emiliano Cardenas 18th) had a great season as they ran up against 1-4A varsity's all year and they will definitely be ready to fill in next year.
Regionals
The team now travels to Corpus to participate in the REGION IV-3A XC CHAMPIONSHIPS on October 22, 2024. They both have their sites on a Regional Title. The Boys will have to get passed the defending 3A State Champions Great Hearts Northern Oaks and the girls will have to get passed a few schools including last year's Region IV-3A Champions, Poth. We are trying to win both titles, and I believe that this feat has not been done in 3A since East Bernard did it in 2009 (15 years ago). We have come close in the last 3 years but have not gotten over that hump. Hopefully this year is our year.
BELOW ARE THE OFFICIAL RESULT LINKS AND LINKS TO PICTURES.
OFFICIAL RESULTS BELOW:
Picture links provided by:
Mrs. Wagner: https://photos.app.goo.gl/R7nMKCWmzeH6gDtP7
Mr. Cortinas: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AGBYcUJXUAqe8i3F6
Mrs. Galindo: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5DoZhd2HoND5XVJg8