EAL League Championships Thursday, November 5, 2009 Foothill High School Palo Cedro, CA Chico girls dominate EAL Championships but unfortunate injury to Enterprise's top runner allows Chico boys to escape with the win. Kody Atkins, Zach Kaylor win individual league titles By Jeffery Jen/Record Searchlight with additions made by Tom Cushman PALO CEDRO - One moment, Zach Kaylor was running a few meters behind Enterprise Hornets teammate and two-time reigning Northern Section champion Domenic D'Acquisto. The next moment, D'Acquisto went down after suffering a right ankle injury. Just like that, another 1-2 Hornets finish and Enterprise's hopes at a league title were gone at the Eastern Athletic League cross country championships at Foothill High School on Thursday. "I was about 10 meters behind him, then he went down making a turn," Kaylor said. "I came up to him and said, 'get up, get up,' and he said, 'I can't. I hurt my ankle.' I wished I could have helped him up, but I had to finish the race.' "Kaylor went ahead to claim his first EAL cross country title in 15 minutes, 38 seconds. With D'Acquisto unable to continue after suffering a sprained ankle, the senior finished 15 seconds ahead Chico senior Dan Parker and only three seconds off Foothill's 3-mile course record. In the end, things were not all that dire for Enterprise. Though D'Acquisto gave the Hornets a scare, an examination by Dr. Richard Cross revealed no serious injury. D'Acquisto likely has only a sprain and it is likely he still will compete at next week's section championships. While his injury allowed Chico to win the boys EAL title with 48 points to Enterprise's 55, three Hornets still landed in the top seven to earn all-league honors with Austin Lamkin (sixth, 16:38) and John Collins (seventh, 16:40) joining Kaylor for that distinction. Two Chico runners also earned this distinction Dan Parker (second, 15:53), Tom Dowdin (5th, 16:04). PV's Dustin Gibbs (third, 15:59) and Shasta's Tony Moore (fourth, 16:02) were the other all-league honorees. No one was going to stop the Chico girls which scored a meager 26 points. The Panthers placed six runners in the top 11, led by sophomore Kody Atkins who cruised to the win in 19:22 to win her second EAL cross country title. The Enterprise girls were a surprising second in the girls varsity race behind Chico (26) dominating performance. The Hornets, led by Melissa McRae's 12th-place finish (20:23), had 99 points, to finish just ahead of Pleasant Valley (103), Oroville (107) and Shasta (109). The big surprise of the varsity girls race had to be Red Bluff freshman Lily Brose second place finish, trailing Atkins only by nine seconds in 19:31. "I was hoping for a top seven finish," Brose said. "This is a surprise. I'm only running cross country to stay in shape for basketball." Initially, Atkins led in tandem with Shasta's Lora James through the first mile and a half. But James faltered on the second transit of the course's lone but challenging hill. The Wolves junior was passed by Brose and Chico's Amanda Costa (19:40) before holding off the strong finish by Chico freshman Azure Grant, to take fourth in 19:50. "I hung around her longer this time, but I couldn't stay with her on the hill," James said. The JV races ended up being another dual meet for Chico and Pleasant Valley with the Chico girls winning easily led by sophomores Karina Carrillo and Kathryn Westlund. Panther sophomore Dallas Thorpe won the JV boys race but Pleasant Valley took the team title by a point over their crosstown rivals. *********************************************************************************************************************************** Weather: Mostly cloudy, lower 60s, light south winds with occasional light rain showers Varsity Girls Team Scores - Chico 26, Enterprise 99, PV 103, Oroville 107, Shasta 109, Foothill 132, Paradise 178 Varsity Girls (3 Miles) =============================================== 1 Kody Atkins 19:22.60 CHIC 10 1 1 2 Lily Brose 19:31.45 REBL 11 1 2 3 Amanda Costa 19:40.10 CHIC 10 2 3 4 Lora James 19:50.24 SHAS 11 1 4 5 Azure Grant 19:52.66 CHIC 9 3 5 6 G. Finley-Vaquer 19:54.88 PLVA 10 1 6 7 Sarah Brandt 20:01.01 OROV 11 1 7 8 Heather Waldorf 20:01.59 CHIC 11 4 8 9 Analy Nava 20:07.96 CHIC 12 5 9 10 Melanie HIckman 20:10.35 PLVA 9 2 10 11 Lorena Reed 20:16.68 CHIC 10 6 11 12 Melissa Mcrae 20:23.34 ENTE 12 1 12 13 Kelsey O'Sullivan 20:28.80 PLVA 12 3 13 14 Annie Stratton 20:53.10 PARD 9 1 14 15 Delanne Bartlett 21:10.83 ENTE 11 2 15 16 Zoe Kaschke 21:12.09 ENTE 9 3 16 17 Breanna Brown 21:16.19 FOHL 9 1 17 18 Ariana Altier 21:16.79 CHIC 11 7 18 19 Emily Stein 21:17.28 FOHL 11 2 19 20 April Griffin 21:40.71 OROV 12 2 20 21 Molly Finn 21:43.49 OROV 11 3 21 22 Tammey Kramm 21:46.12 ENTE 9 4 22 23 Katie Parks 21:49.58 REBL 11 2 23 24 Shannon Woodfill 21:50.78 SHAS 11 2 24 25 Michelle Osuna 21:56.79 SHAS 11 3 25 26 Sarah Hill 21:58.85 SHAS 9 4 26 27 Christina Ferretti 22:02.08 OROV 10 4 27 28 Samantha Magana 22:13.71 FOHL 11 3 28 29 Katie McKinley 22:17.53 FOHL 12 4 29 30 Kat Ponke 22:19.05 SHAS 10 5 30 31 Erin Eicholtz 22:26.16 REBL 11 3 31 32 Courtney Johnson 22:29.62 OROV 11 5 32 33 Stevi Dewell 22:31.81 PARD 12 2 33 34 Becca Phillips 22:33.96 ENTE 10 5 34 35 Lauren Francis 22:45.95 PLVA 12 4 35 36 Michelle Gamer 22:50.81 PARD 9 3 36 37 Gina Consentino 22:53.91 REBL 10 4 37 38 Tara Stouffer 23:07.30 SHAS 12 6 38 39 Kelsey DiFillipo 23:17.34 FOHL 9 5 39 40 Zora Thomas 23:19.25 CHIC 11 - 41 Katie Erlendson 23:20.92 PLVA 12 5 40 42 Roxi Luppino 23:26.31 REBL 11 5 41 43 Alyssa Marler 23:30.13 PLVA 11 6 42 44 Lauren Kaminski 23:35.07 CHIC 11 - 45 Caitlin Van Court 23:40.68 CHIC 11 - 46 Ariel Priest 24:38.97 FOHL 11 6 43 47 Katrina Ornelas 25:00.55 CHIC 11 - 48 Gwen Deeds 25:01.13 CHIC 12 - 49 Alaina Howard 25:28.28 FOHL 11 7 44 50 Briana Denmark 25:42.10 REBL 12 6 45 51 Cadie Cagle 26:37.56 SHAS 11 7 46 52 Aubrey Danz 26:41.05 PARD 11 4 47 53 Breanna Crabtree 26:41.74 PARD 11 5 48 Varsity Boys Team Score - Chico 48, Enterprise 55, Pleasant Valley 78, Shasta 103, Oroville 113, Foothill 129, Red Bluff, Paradise inc. Varsity Boys (3 Miles) ================================================ 1 Zach Kaylor 15:38.00 ENTE 12 1 1 2 Daniel Parker 15:53.03 CHIC 12 1 2 3 Dustin Gibbs 15:59.21 PLVA 12 1 3 4 Tony Moore 16:02.53 SHAS 12 1 4 5 Tom Dowdin 16:04.58 CHIC 12 2 5 6 Austin Lamkin 16:38.47 ENTE 11 2 6 7 John Collins 16:40.02 ENTE 10 3 7 8 Ryan Teesdale 16:40.92 FOHL 11 1 8 9 Payton Laurie 16:47.15 PLVA 12 2 9 10 Garrett Cloney 16:47.34 FOHL 11 2 10 11 Chas Burton 16:47.90 CHIC 12 3 11 12 Marc Steiner 16:48.79 PLVA 12 3 12 13 Devin Shoop 16:51.00 REBL 12 1 13 14 Patrick Franco 16:51.79 CHIC 12 4 14 15 Russell Brandt 16:58.58 OROV 11 1 15 16 Alex Thomas 17:01.31 CHIC 11 5 16 17 Nolan Barnhart 17:07.50 SHAS 12 2 17 18 Russell McGregor 17:07.93 OROV 12 2 18 19 Isaiah Boles 17:18.48 ENTE 11 4 19 20 Ryker Heberle 17:23.70 CHIC 11 6 20 21 Blake Zufall 17:29.10 SHAS 9 3 21 22 Eli Stillman 17:29.94 PARD 11 - 23 Nathan McFarlane 17:32.02 ENTE 11 5 22 24 Jessie Stephens 17:34.83 PLVA 10 4 23 25 Jose Zavala 17:43.73 OROV 11 3 24 26 Jared Wilding 17:48.84 SHAS 10 4 25 27 Colin Roth 17:50.06 REBL 12 2 26 28 Jordan Wright 17:51.25 OROV 11 4 27 29 Eric Espinosa 17:53.40 REBL 10 3 28 30 Dillan Geltz 17:57.53 OROV 10 5 29 31 S.Dominguez-Feathers 17:59.47 CHIC 12 7 30 32 Charles Aylward 18:02.36 PLVA 11 5 31 33 Kyle Rodriguez 18:07.60 REBL 11 4 32 34 Charles Loman 18:10.14 FOHL 11 3 33 35 Ryan Lundberg 18:12.31 PLVA 11 6 34 36 Tyler Radler 18:13.97 PLVA 12 7 35 37 Daniel Lapp 18:17.93 SHAS 11 5 36 38 David Baumgartner 18:19.15 CHIC 11 - 39 Gareth Nedved 18:21.94 PLVA 11 - 40 Ivan Bowles 18:26.37 PLVA 11 - 41 Hunter Jensen 18:28.65 SHAS 9 6 37 42 Sterling Fabbri 18:31.67 FOHL 10 4 38 43 Garritt Sanders 18:34.95 REBL 11 5 39 44 Tyler Parker 18:38.24 SHAS 10 7 40 45 Dillon Collins 18:44.45 FOHL 12 5 41 46 Sean Brown 18:49.84 CHIC 11 - 47 Samuel Bransky 18:56.65 CHIC 10 - 48 Will Guymon 18:57.71 PLVA 11 - 49 Will Hall 18:58.50 OROV 11 6 42 50 Brent Rowse 19:14.89 PARD 10 - 51 Kyle Adams 19:22.20 ENTE 11 6 43 52 Alex Strauss 19:23.28 PLVA 11 - 53 Tyler Mathews 19:25.91 FOHL 12 6 44 54 Brandon Sergeeff 19:52.25 FOHL 12 7 45 55 Austin Shilts 19:56.22 REBL 11 6 46 56 Dante Garaventa 19:58.49 REBL 12 7 47 57 Michael Bray 19:59.64 PLVA 12 - 58 Cameron Olson 20:09.93 ENTE 12 7 48 59 Marc David Vollmer 20:10.67 PLVA 11 - 60 Alex Thompson 20:32.75 CHIC 11 - 61 Zachary Brown 20:37.14 REBL 11 - 62 Cy Bravo 20:38.72 REBL 11 - 63 George Leece 20:39.99 PLVA 11 - 64 Jordy Howell 20:52.35 CHIC 11 - 65 Stephen Lutes 21:18.01 REBL 11 - 66 Lucus Mosier 21:38.43 OROV 11 7 49 67 Alex Bartel 21:46.96 PLVA 11 - 68 Erik Muellers 22:02.37 PARD 12 - 69 Tige O'Bar 22:10.96 REBL 11 - 70 Jacob McManus 22:35.69 REBL 12 - 71 Sean Pickering 22:56.24 PARD 10 - 72 Stephen Cordiero 23:04.94 OROV 11 - 73 Michael Smith 25:51.85 REBL 12 - JV Girls Team Scores - Chico 18, Pleasant Valley 44, Red Bluff inc, Shasta inc, Foothill inc, Enterprise inc. Nobody from Oroville or Paradise ran JV Girls Results (1.9 Miles) ================================================ 1 Karina Carrillo 12:37.00 CHIC 10 1 1 2 Kathryn Westlund 12:39.00 CHIC 10 2 2 3 Katelyn Schneider 12:56.00 PLVA 9 1 3 4 Taylor Barron 13:02.00 CHIC 9 3 4 5 Laurel Shoop 13:02.00 REBL 9 - 6 Jenna Stansbury 13:03.00 CHIC 10 4 5 7 Allison Willis 13:07.00 CHIC 10 5 6 8 Michele Thorpe 13:08.00 CHIC 9 6 7 9 Amy Marler 13:29.00 PLVA 9 2 8 10 Delaney Smith 13:45.00 CHIC 9 7 9 11 Andi Lubben 13:48.00 SHAS 10 - 12 Catherine Reineman 13:50.00 REBL 9 - 13 Poho Lo 13:51.00 PLVA 9 3 10 14 Kelsie Cagle 13:52.00 SHAS 10 - 15 Stephany Mua 13:52.00 CHIC 10 - 16 Taylor Walls 13:57.00 ENTE 9 - 17 Raelynne Vaught 14:12.00 CHIC 10 - 18 Lucero Carranza 14:12.00 CHIC 10 - 19 Samantha Clements 14:16.00 REBL 10 - 20 Stephanie Allen 14:31.00 CHIC 10 - 21 Jaime Lemeuix 14:51.00 ENTE 9 - 22 Alyssa Leffler 14:56.00 FOHL 9 - 23 Tiffany Sparling 14:59.00 ENTE 9 - 24 Carly Mantle 15:34.00 PLVA 9 4 11 25 Mackenzie Allison 15:36.00 SHAS 10 - 26 Shyann Paulsen 16:13.00 FOHL 10 - 27 Darby McClelland 16:26.00 FOHL 10 - 28 Qoua Xiong 17:05.00 PLVA 9 5 12 29 Marissa Abbott 17:15.00 SHAS 10 - JV Boys Team Score - Pleasant Valley 29, Chico 30, Red Bluff 86, Shasta, 105, Foothill 113 Oroville, Enterprise inc. w/ nobody from Paradise running JV Boys Results (1.9 Miles) ============================================== 1 Dallas Thorpe nt CHIC 10 1 1 2 Kyle Truelove nt PLVA 10 1 2 4 Cody Miller nt PLVA 10 2 3 3 Gary Thornton nt CHIC 9 2 4 5 Noah Heinemann nt PLVA 9 3 5 6 Andrew Fitzhugh nt ENTE 9 - - 7 Cole Wiegert nt CHIC 9 3 6 8 Mark Jaradeh 10:42.95 PLVA 10 4 7 9 Aaron Vasey 10:54.05 REBL 10 1 8 10 Pang Lee 11:16.90 CHIC 10 4 9 11 Josef Grundy 11:23.83 CHIC 9 5 10 12 Jordan McManus 11:25.20 REBL 9 2 11 13 Tyler Kittle 11:27.25 PLVA 10 5 12 14 Travis Saito 11:32.49 SHAS 11 1 13 15 Austin Grewell 11:35.95 SHAS 10 2 14 16 Taylor Blaser 11:38.59 REBL 10 3 15 17 Malcolm Hinz 11:40.12 CHIC - 6 16 18 David Morrow 11:48.38 FOHL 10 1 17 19 Brian Bradley 11:53.93 PLVA 10 6 18 20 Dalton Potter 11:56.58 OROV 10 - 21 Christian Anderson 12:00.76 PLVA 9 7 19 22 Alan Jarjour 12:01.67 PLVA 9 - 23 Billy Diskin 12:02.64 FOHL 10 2 20 24 Zack Bolen 12:03.06 CHIC 10 7 21 25 Axel Musselman 12:07.21 ENTE 10 - 26 Ryley Gallagher 12:08.81 REBL 10 4 22 27 Mitch Alexander 12:09.82 FOHL 10 3 23 28 Mason Sauseda 12:14.33 CHIC 10 - 29 Jonny Trimboli 12:21.10 PLVA 9 - 30 Ben Oberlander 12:37.78 SHAS 10 3 24 31 Jonathan Schneringer 12:45.00 SHAS 9 4 25 32 Jacob St. Clair 12:45.60 CHIC 9 - 33 Josh Diaz 12:59.94 PLVA 9 - 34 Danny Phelan 13:03.06 CHIC 9 - 35 Matt Fraser 13:06.94 FOHL 12 4 26 36 Eli Hase 13:10.76 CHIC 9 - 37 Will Andes 13:38.09 PLVA 10 - 38 Steven Vue 13:50.64 PLVA 10 - 39 Jack Fitzpatrick 13:57.79 FOHL 11 5 27 40 tyler Parks 14:05.62 FOHL 12 6 28 41 Conner Schmidt 14:12.38 SHAS 9 5 29 42 Jesse Regnart 14:15.50 REBL 10 5 30 43 Micah Carey 16:15.76 REBL 9 6 31