HCS wins boys, girls team titles

APPLE VALLEY — Hesperia Christian won both the boys and girls league titles at the first-ever Agape League cross country championship on Tuesday afternoon at the Academy for Academic Excellence.

The Patriots’ Kassie Martinez won the individual title in the girls race with a time of 23 minutes, 31 seconds and earned league MVP honors. Hesperia Christian had five of the top seven finishers on Tuesday.

Victor Valley’s Christian’s Nick Osborne (18:27) won the boys individual title and also took home the boys MVP honors.

Advancing to the postseason along with the Patriots will be Apple Valley Christian and Victor Valley Christian on the boys side and AAE on the girls side. The Knights were the only other school to field a full girls team.

Also going on to the postseason are Excelsior’s girls individuals Lana Litivin and Arriana Hagan. To qualify as an individual, a runner had to finish in the top six on Tuesday.

BOYS

TEAM RESULTS

1. Hesperia Christian 34; 2. Apple Valley Christian 55; 3. Victor Valley Christian 63; 4. Academy for Academic Excellence 89; 5. Excelsior 125.

TOP INDIVIDUALS

1. Osborne (VVCS) 18:27; 2. Singery (AVC) 18:35; 3. Fischer (HCS) 19:55; 4. Ethridge (VVCS) 20:01; 5. Maerzluft (HCS) 20:35; 6. Ellis (HCS) 21:09; 7. DeBlase (AVC) 21:13; 8. Squire (AVC) 21:18; 9. Lombardo (HCS) 21:30; 10. Bassi (VVCS) 21:36.

GIRLS

TEAM RESULTS

1. HCS 15; 2. Academy for Academic Excellence 48; 3. Apple Valley Christian N/A; 4. Excelsior N/A; 5. Victor Valley Christian N/A.

TOP INDIVIDUALS

1. Martinez (HCS) 23:31; 2. Fernandez (HCS) 24:09; 3. Bennett (HCS) 24:32; 4. Terrine (HCS) 25:11; 5. Litivin (Exc) 25:37; 6. Hagan (Exc) 25:43; 7. Sample (HCS) 26:02; 8. Richmond (AVC) 27:47; 9. Gonzales (HCS) 28:40; 10. Rheinschild (VVCS) 30:00.

ALL -AGAPE LEAGUE TEAMS

BOYS

MVP — Nick Osborne (VVCS)

ALL-LEAGUE — Sam Singery (AVC); Chris Maerzluft, Jamie Fischer (HCS); Nate Ellis (HCS); Tim Squire (AVC), Michael Lumbardo (HCS); Zach DeBlase (AVC); Amrit Bassi (VVCS); John Mendonca (VVCS).

GIRLS

MVP — Kassie Martinez (HCS).

ALL-LEAGUE — Tricia Perrine (HCS); Jacinda Fernandez (HCS); Kaitlyn Sample (HCS); Taylor Bennett (HCS); Lana Litivan (Exc.); Jasmine Gonzales (HCS); Lara Richmond (AVC); Arriana Hagan (Exc); Jackie Rheinschild (VVCS).