Mountain Grove Panthers CC wins SCA championship

The Mountain Grove Panthers cross country team needed a complete team effort if it was going to defeat Houston to win this year’s South Central Association (SCA) Conference championship in the race held last week in Willow Springs.
They did just that as six runners finished in the Top-15, led by Max Guilliams winning the individual SCA Conference championship with his first place time of 18:12.30.
Skyler Oliphant was sixth (18:39.30), Garrett Bell took seventh (19:08.90) and Masen Byerly rounded out the Top-10 with a 10th place finish (19:59.60).
All three runners earned second team, All-SCA honors.
Trece White was 11th (20:02.10) and Truman King was 14th (20:40.20) as both runners earned honorable mention, All-SCA honors. Trygg DeVries (22:50.80) and Riley Bell (26:40.50) also competed.
The Lady Panthers had three runners earn a Top-10 finish.
Nyelli Soto was fourth (23:24.10) and Abigail Sons was fifth (24:13.30) as both runners earned first team, All-SCA honors.
Miley Schober was a second team selection after placing seventh (24:25.40).
Marli Melton finished in 24th place (38:12.30).