The Central junior high cross country teams both finished in second place in the team standings in Saturday morning’s Sallisaw Invitational.

The Tigers scored 32 points, finishing six points behind the champion Fort Gibson Tigers (26 points).

Three Tigers medaled as they finished in the top 15 in the two-mile race. Caden Bair was runner-up (14:02.76), Kage Poindexter was fifth (14:54.84) and Koleman Edwards was 13th (16:31.28).

Brushy’s Oliver Frederick also was among the local medalists as he finished 12th (16:20.17).

As for other Central runners, Mason Louthan was 19th (19:06.21) and Ian Greer was 25th (21:01.12).

Brushy’s Liam Plattner was 23rd (20:27.79).

In the JH girls’ one-mile race, the Lady Tigers as a team were second with 38 points, just finishing behind Fort Gibson (32 points). The Brushy Lady Mountaineers were third (68 points).

Four Lady Tigers medaled as they finished in the top 15. Sara Williams was third (6:44.35), Emma Baggs was fifth (7:00.87), Sadie Huff was sixth (7:06.93) and Graye Riggs was ninth (7:34.76).

The Lady Mountaineers also had two medalists as Elizabeth Fleetwood was fourth (6:46.67) and Scarlett Harrison was seventh (7:10.92).

Also joining the medalists list was Liberty’s Hayley Bentley, who finished 11th (7:40.62).

As for other Lady Tigers, Scotti Wilson was 16th (7:48.43), Bryar Goodson was 17th (7:54.93), Callie Thompson was 33rd (9:42.87) and Ellie Greer was 37th (10:42.21).

As for other Lady Mountaineers, Phebi McMurtry was 18th (7:56.53), Jaden Fleetwood was 24th (8:24.28) and Tayah Pena was 30th (8:57.32).

In the high school girls’ twomile race, the Lady Tigers had four runners place. Alyvia Warner was a medalist as she finished 10th (16:09.56). Raleigh Ford was 18th (18:15.18), Ryleigh Pierce was 25th (19:13.34) and Callie Huff was 29th (20:24.09).