HTMS boys win Metro South XC, girls 5th

From The Trussville Tribune Staff Reports

The Hewitt-Trussville Middle School cross country teams competed well individually and as teams at the Metro South meet at Veterans Park.

The HTMS boys took first place, nipping Oak Mountain by a point, while the girls came in fifth.

Nathan Knox led the boys with a second-place finish. He ran the 2 miles in 11:22.17. Aaron Himes was sixth in 11:54.01. Nic Coffey, Kellen Rutherford and Andrew Guarino were 11^th-13^th, and Blake Bailey (16^th) and Bobby Stanberry (23^rd) completed the scorers for the Huskies.

Clay-Chalkville Middle finished 12^th. Leading the way for the Cougars was Saul Aguirre, who was 130^th with a time of 14:02.85. He picked up 64 points. Dominick Byrd, Jonathan Limon, Connor Massey and Matthew Johnson all scored for the Cougars.

Amelia Brady led the HTMS girls with a first-place finish, running the 2-mile course in 12:22.40.

Maci Mills was 11^th, followed by Hannah O’Kelley, Taylor Doss, Sadie Morgan, Laura Claire Bollinger and Zoe Waldrup.