Friday-Monday prep roundup: Guessford wins first matchup with Wigham

Paislee Guessford (Daily News photo)

In a match of top-notch cross country athletes and former teammates, it was Interlachen Junior-Senior High School senior standout Paislee Guessford beating former teammate and Palatka Junior-Senior High sophomore Agatha Wigham after Guessford took 15th and Wigham was 30th at the Bobcat Invitational at Santa Fe State College in Gainesville on Saturday.

Guessford, who has finished second in the last two All-County championships to Wigham, crossed in 20:24, while Wigham finished in 21:25.

In the team competition, Interlachen finished 13th out of 19 teams with 369 points, while Peniel Baptist was 17th with 444 points.

Other Rams finishing behind Guessford were Tinley Guessford in 54th place (23:06), Alayna Petruski in 107th (26:22), Brylee Guessford in 129th (27:44), Shaylin Petruski in 130th (27:56) and Annalyssa Jersild in 158th (34:14).

Running behind Wigham for Palatka was Jianah Ibanez in 128th (27:38). For Peniel, Mary Huntley took 63rd in 23:32 for Peniel Baptist, followed by MiKyung Dodge in 86th (24:50), Sarah Huntley in 121st (27:01), Jocelyn Prieto in 126th (27:25), Marnina Dodge in 131st (27:58) and Berkeley Hersey in 133rd (28:06).

The top county boys runner, without much surprise, was Peniel Baptist senior Reed Rion, who was 36th in 17:44. Following Rion for the Warriors were Isaac Brantley (123rd, 20:12), Myles Fletcher (152nd, 21:33), Ben Huntley (159th, 22:06), Ezra Dodge (170th, 22:35), Glenn Burnett (176th, 22:45), Chanoch Dodge (179th, 23:47), Wyatt Crosby (191st, 25:46) and Alan McLane (194th, 26:47).

The Warriors finished 20th out of 25 teams with 561 points, while Interlachen was last out of 25 with 764. For the Rams, Brandon Valdez was 150th (21:31), followed by Travis Allen in 173rd (22:44), Athan Green taking 192nd (25:59), Kaiden Cribbs finishing 196th (27:27) and Ayden Green taking 199th (28:12).

For Palatka, Adan Bohanan was 203rd in 34:35.

Aubrei Reed led the way for the Panthers by shooting a 54.

The boys (2-1) won the match, 5-2, after splitting the team games, winning, 743-713, and losing, 800-779, but bounced back to sweep both baker games, 194-187 and 225-122, to win the match.

It was a total team effort for the boys (2-1), who got outstanding efforts from Zed Crowley (160, 113), Trenton Reed (114, 145), Curtis Herndon (152, 163), Issac Offord (191, 178) and Corbin Lake (162, 145).

“The boys faced some early struggles, but they found their rhythm during the baker games to pull out the win,” Palatka coach Kelly Lake said.

Facing a smaller Menendez lineup, the girls easily won, 7-0, thanks to sweeping both teams games, 632-432 and 576-386, and both baker games, 113-71 and 114-81.

The girls team (2-1) got great effort from Gianna Emanuele (233, 149), Serenity Roberts (123, 131), Makailynn Upton (108, 92), Jalyn Akins (129, 98) and Kalynn Crowley (86, 59).

“The girls took advantage of a short-handed Menendez team to get the win,” Lake said.

Palatka travels to Palm Coast Lanes 3:30 p.m. today for their next match against Flagler Palm Coast.

For the Raiders (6-7), Logan Bornstein had 13 service points, including eight aces, five kills, 10 digs and a block, while Gracie Roberson had eight points, one being an ace, one kill, eight digs and 10 assists. Kaity Hart had seven points, two being aces, six kills, a block and seven digs, and Parker Bornstein delivered five kills and a block.

The Warriors (3-5) got six service points and three kills each from Darby Speaks and Teeghan Speaks with Darby Speaks delivering two aces and her sister coming up with one.

Meanwhile, Crescent City finished second at the Bell Tournament. On Saturday, the Raiders lost to both Bronson, 19-25, 25-21, 15-7, and to Gainesville Oak Hall, 25-21, 25-14. In both matches combined, Logan Bornstein had 10 kills, two aces, two blocks, 10 digs and two assists. Gabby Carbajal had five kills and three blocks in the matches. Also, Angie Villanueva had four kills and an assist and Parker Bornstein delivered six kills against Oak Hall, while Roberson had an ace, 12 assists and 11 digs and Hart supplied two aces, one assist, two kills and five blocks against Bronson.

On Friday night, the Raiders defeated Taylor County, 25-11, 25-16 and Bell, 25-19, 25-12.

Against Taylor County, Logan Bornstein had seven kills, two blocks, eight digs and seven service points, Robeson recorded three aces, nine assists and five digs, Hart had an ace, an assist and four kills and Villanueva came up with five points, three for aces, and two assists. In the match against the hosts, Logan Bornstein had an ace, five kills, 10 digs and two blocks, Parker Borstein had seven kills and seven digs, Hart added two aces, an assist, five kills and four blocks and Roberson came up with four aces, 14 assists and six digs.

Kate Boatwright had 17 service points, including four aces, and a kill, Olivia Helms provided 11 points, three being aces, and two kills and Teaghan Speaks had eight points, four for aces, five kills and 12 assists.

Jenna Eubanks had 14 kills and two aces, while Liv Agurto had seven kills and five digs, Hydie Johns put up five kills and a block, Anslee Wells scrapped for 19 digs, two aces and five assists and Sydni Spencer added 16 assists and five digs.

Ruby McCall had four kills and four blocks and Baileigh Riddley added three kills and three blocks for the Rams.