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Assuming everybody will be healthy, Pahrump Valley will have both boys and girls teams entered in the Southern Nevada Class 3-A Cross Country Championships Friday at Mountain View Park in Laughlin.

Coach Richard Andersen had five girls and six boys compete in the Southern Nevada All-Class Championships Saturday at Bunker Park in Las Vegas.

The regionals' schedule:

Class 2-A boys -- 10 a.m.;

Class 3-A boys -- 10:35 a.m.;

Class 2-A girls -- 11:15 a.m., and

Class 3-A girls -- Noon.

Mountain View Park can be reached by taking U.S. 95 to Highway 163 east (Needles Highway) into Laughlin. Turn left into Mountain View Park, where the 3.1-mile course for the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association-sanctioned meet is located.

The top two teams and the top three finishers off non-qualifying teams will advance to the state championships, to be contested Nov. 4 at Veterans Memorial Park in Boulder City. Joining them will be three Northern 3-A teams and five runners off non-qualifying schools.

The state meet schedule is:

Class 2-A Boys -- 10 a.m.;

Class 3-A Boys -- 10:40 a.m.;

Class 4-A Boys -- 11:15 a.m.

Boys awards -- 11:45 a.m.

Class 2-A Girls -- 12:15 p.m.;

Class 3-A Girls -- 1 p.m.;

Class 4-A Girls -- 1:40 p.m.

Girls awards -- 2:10 p.m.

At the Bunker Park meet, Pahrump Valley's McKenzie Dean won the Small Schools Division's 3-mile run in 19 minutes, 29:77 seconds.

Teammates Stephanie Andros (25:08.5), Tiffany Kelley (27:32.16), Nicole Dillon (27:54.85) and Sabina Statz (31:43.69) were ninth, 12th, 14th, and 18th, respectively, as the Trojans totaled 50 points to tie Class 2-A Las Vegas The Meadows for second place. Laughlin had 22 points to win.

In the overall standings, Dean was fifth, with the best time 18:58.61 by Michaelanne Laurent of Henderson Coronado.

David Jacobi, a freshman, was fourth in the small schools' main; he finished in 18:57:26 and was the first 3-A boy to finish the race. The Trojans had 39 points to finish behind the 23 of Laughlin and ahead of the 62 by Las Vegas Faith Lutheran.

For the Trojans, Daniel Spradlin was sixth in 20:34.86; Gabe Veloz eighth in 20:34.86; Joshn Armendariz 10th in 21:15.38; Noah Poulous 15th in 22:34.64, and Dylan Dance 18th in 22:57.34.

Of the 11 Trojans who ran, one, Jacobi, is a freshman. Six -- Dean, Andros, Kelley, Spradlin, Armendariz and Dance -- are sophomores, and the rest -- Dillon, Statz, Veloz and Poulos -- are juniors.