McCall Boyd of Salado won the Region III-4A cross country meet with a time of 11 minutes, 23.40 seconds on the two-mile course at Kate Barr-Ross Memorial Park in Huntsville. The report said Boyd also won the regional meet in 2024 and 2025.
Salado won the team title with 28 points. Huffman Hargrave was second with 66 points, Hudson was third with 67 and Bullard took the final team state berth with 130 points, according to the report. Sealy and Gatesville finished fifth and sixth but did not advance as a team.
Two individual runners from non-qualifying teams also earned state berths: Gatesville senior Riley Higginbotham and sophomore Jayde Muegge. The University Interscholastic League Class 4A State Championship is scheduled for Nov. 6 at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock.