Region 5-5A cross-country continues to be dominated by Lexington boys’ and Dutch Fork girls.

The Wildcats repeated as region champions Wednesday at home, claiming their 11th consecutive region title overall.

Chapin’s Jaden Kingsley had the fastest overall time in the boys’ division.

The Lady Silver Foxes also successfully defended their region title, holding off River Bluff whose Madelyn Gomez had the fastest overall time.

REGION 5-5A CROSS-COUNTRY TITLE RESULTS

(BOYS)

TEAMS - 1. Lexington, 2. River Bluff, 3. Dutch Fork, 4. Chapin, 5. White Knoll

INDIVIDUAL - 1. Jaden Kingsley (Chapin), 2. Zander Jeffcoat (Lexington), 3. William Johnson (Lexington), 4. Jonathan Tan (River Bluff), 5. Chris Conrick (River Bluff), 6. Heath McDonald (Lexington), 7. Jacob Mangione (River Bluff), 8. Trey Byrnes (Lexington), 9. Owen Harries (Lexington), 10. John Stephenson (Dutch Fork)

(GIRLS)

TEAMS - 1. Dutch Fork, 2. River Bluff, 3. Lexington, 4. White Knoll, 5. Chapin

INDIVIDUAL (Top 10) - 1. Madelyn Gomez (River Bluff), 2. Abigail White (Chapin), 3. Ava Fowler (Lexington), 4. Abigail Gopp (Dutch Fork) 5. Lauren Devaney (Dutch Fork), 6. Brianna Hartley (Dutch Fork), 7. Alexis Vandervelve (Dutch Fork), 8. Mackenzie Meier (Dutch Fork), 9. Alaina Monaco (White Knoll), 10. Kadence Alexander (River Bluff)

TENNIS

River Bluff 6, Lexington 0

The defending Class 5A champion Lady Gators finished Region 5-5A with an undefeated record after defeating the Lady Wildcats.

River Bluff (13-2, 8-0) will play host to the first round of the Class 5A playoffs starting Oct. 25.

(Singles)
LeAnn Zhu (RB) def. Becca Bryan (L)  6-1, 6-0

Claire Floyd (RB) def. Emmie Thompson (L) 6-1, 6-0

Victoria Votion (RB) def. Reet Verma (L) 6-1, 6-0

Kiana Thatcher (RB) def. Caroline Goodman (L) 6-1, 6-0

Lillian Leitzy (RB) def.Emma Whetsell (L) d. 6-2, 6-4

(Doubles)

Jessica Seymore & Anna Sophia Brown (RB) def. Rohita Patil & Emma Taylor (L) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7

TUESDAY’S SCORES

VOLLEYBALL

Gilbert 3, Strom Thurmond 0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-19)

The Lady Indians clinched an undefeated record in Region 5-3A in dethroning the defending champions.

Gilbert (19-3, 8-0) will open the Class 3A playoffs Tuesday at home against the fourth place team out of Region 7-3A.