2025 Northern Section XC Rankings
Pre-Season (Aug 2025)
Relative NS place of returning runners at state, actual place of returning runners from 2024 section championship

Boys
 1 Jackson Poburko (Trinity) 1, 2
 2 Noah Gaddy (U Prep) 2, 4
 3 Isaiah Larceval (West Valley) 3, 9
 4 Bill Kormeier (Trinity) 4, 10
 5 Emilianio Ibanez (Chico) 5, 14
 6 Justin Plummer (Pleasant Valley) 6, 11
 7 Francesco Nigro (U Prep) 7, 12
 8 Elijah Anderson (West Valley) 8, 13
 9 Ethan Straatmann (Trinity) 9, 16
10 Micah Good (Shasta) 10, 15

Others to watch: Ryker Robles (Trinity), Oliver Liberato (Shasta), Kenton Girt (Chico), Rocklin Albonico (Lassen)

Teams
1 Trinity
2 U Prep
3 Pleasant Valley

Girls
 1 Kimberlee Mckernan (Lassen) 1, 4
 2 Brianna Hayes (CORE Butte) 2, 7
 3 Taylor Wellersdick (Chico) 3, 9
 4 Rogue Cutler (U Prep) 4, 1
 5 Kylie Erickson (Hope) 5, 12
 6 Tea Kaizen (Central Valley) 6, 8
 7 Josslyn Vengley (West Valley) 7, 21
 8 Emily Arnold (Pleasant Valley) 8, 13
 9 Harper Ducale (Chico) 9, 11
10 Reese Alistur (Chico) 10, 14

Others to watch: Molly Shewey (Chico), 

Teams:
1 Chico
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