Valley Springs participates in XC

HOT SPRINGS — The Valley Springs Lady Tigers and Tigers traveled to Hot Springs for the Class 3A State Cross Country Meet. The school competed in events that saw 127 girls run and 207 boys take the course. Mountain View had two of the top four runners in the girls meet and Quitman had two of the top five runners. However, Quitman had a better team as they recorded 39 points to win the state. Genoa Central was second with 84; Linocln, third, 118; West Fork, fourth, 119; and Mountain View fifth, 124. Valley Springs’ girls had three runners. Junior Claudia Nissley was 37th overall. She finished the race in 24:56.99. Sophomore Sophia Nissley was 45th overall in 25:29.61 and Amelia Fondriest was 83rd in a time of 27:53.40. Valley Springs had four boy runners. The first to cross the finish line was Konane Davidson at 56th. The junior finished in 20:38.25. Lane Nelson was next. He was 65th in 20:52.54; Joshua Bruce, 112th, 22:14.34; and Logan Eddings, 175th, 25:27.61.

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