CROSS COUNTRY: MORTERA WINS CARDINAL CLASSIC
Published 9:16 pm Monday, September 3, 2018
Blake Mortera of Nederland got off to a fast start to the season and won the 5A individual boys title at the Bridge City Cardinal Classic on Saturday.
Mortera’s 17 minutes, 23.86 seconds was the only sub-18 minute time. He finished more than 30 seconds ahead of runner-up Daniel Armenta of Barbers Hill.
It was Barbers Hill, however, that took the 5A team title with 28 points. Dayton was second with 49, followed by Nederland (72), Port Neches-Groves (88) and Vidor (126).
Barbers Hill also won the 5A girls team title. Silsbee in 4A-under boys and Lumberton in 4A-under girls also took titles, with Bridge City’s girls coming in second.
Maddison Helm of Orangefield won the 4A-under individual girls title, with Kaylen Smith coming in second and Katelynn Helm third.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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