The Mathews High School Cross Country teams participated in two meets over the past week.

Last Wednesday, the MHS boys and girls traveled to Lancaster High School, with both Mathews squads beating Washington and Lee and the host Red Devils.

For the boys, Nasir Thomas was first to finish in 18:59. He placed third overall in the meet. He was followed by a large Blue Devils pack that finished fourth through 11th overall.

That group consisted of Cameron Stearns (19:48), Caleb Carson (19:48:5), Calvin Kramer (20:00), Will Hutcheson (20:08), Sean Carlson (20:09), Kirk Casper (20:10), Wade Webb (20:45) and Aaron Miles (21:01). Next to finish for Mathews were Blake Atkins (21:40), Josh Rosadino (21:44), Isaiah Bivins (21:45) and Finn Ciszewski (22:10).

The next group to finish included Carson Brown (23:04), Dylan White (23:08) and Kris True (23:17). Rounding out the team were Solomon Hess (23:57), Presley Murphy (24:16) and Matt Taylor (27:47). Mathews won the meet with a team score of 25 ...