Pahrump Valley's cross country team will compete Saturday in the Laughlin Invitational at Mountain View Park, the site for the Southern Nevada regionals next month.

Saturday's varsity races start at 8:30 a.m. on the 3.1-mile course.

The Trojans competed last Saturday in the Lake Mead Invitational, contested at Hemenway Park in Boulder City, where Pahrump Valley's McKenzie Dean emerged the winner in the 2.75-mile Class 4-A varsity race.

Dean's time was 18 minutes, 48 seconds, as she prevailed by just one second over Tiffany Hutton of Las Vegas Cimarron-Memorial. Third in 19:04 was Leah Ballard of Clark.

Completing the top five were Elaina Viassopoulos of Shadow Ridge (20:00) and Adrielle Wechsler of Centennial (20:06).

In the 3-A varsity girls race, Pahrump Valley's Stephanie Andros was third in 22:52. Boulder City's JoJo Stanton was first in 20:35, and teammate Sara Richner was second in 21:10.

Ashlee Wolf of PVHS was seventh in 25:41, with teammates Nicole Dillon 10th (26:54) and Pam Hunter 11th (36:07).

In team scoring, Mesquite Virgin Valley had 37 points, with Boulder City at 39 and Pahrump Valley 44.

In the boys' 3-A varsity race, Michael Kelso of Boulder City was first in 16:44, with teammate Matt Lundgren second in 16:54.

Pahrump Valley's James Lucas was seventh in 18:16, with David Jacobi eighth in 18:39 and Ryan Howard ninth in 18:49. Alex Anderson, Connor Chenevert, and Dylan Dance also ran for the Trojans, who finished with 50 points.

Boulder City was first with 31; Moapa Valley had 69 and Virgin Valley 92. Lund and Ely White Pine had no team scores.