A pair of Aberdeen cross country runners took first at the league championship meet as we review Wednesday’s prep sports on the Harbor.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Aberdeen’s Nelson, Hallak win league titles

Aberdeen’s Henry Nelson and Mia Hallak placed first above all competitors in their respective races at the 2A Evergreen Conference Championships on Wednesday at Fort Borst Park in Centralia.

Nelson, a junior, crossed the finish line with a time of 17:19.66 to win the boys league title by nearly four seconds over Rochester’s Gunnar Morgan (17:23.32).

Aberdeen junior Ben Jurain placed 10th with a time of 18:39.72.

Bobcats juniors Marc Avila (20:05.28, 27th), William Sharp (21:10.32, 38th), Michael Flanigan (21:16.07, 40th), Erick Silveira (22:10.83, 47th), Michael Hatton (22:35.95, 49th) and freshman Cooper Gill (24:55.54, 61st) also competed in the race.

Aberdeen’s boys team placed fourth with 110 points.

Tumwater was first with 47 points followed by Black Hills (65) and Shelton (101) in second and third, respectively.

In the girls race, Aberdeen was led by two freshman in Hallak and Ailyn Haggard.

Hallak won the league championship by completing the 5,000-meter race in a time of 20:40.8, defeating Shelton senior Lily Bennett by six seconds.

Haggard placed third overall with a time of 21:05.42.

Aberdeen freshman Serenity Allread (27:15.57, 25th), junior Anica Reimer (28:04.57, 29th) and freshman Haley Workman (35:10.46, 40th) also placed in the 5K race.

The Bobcats girls team placed fifth overall in the conference with 90 points.

Tumwater won the league title with 40 points followed by Black Hills (79) in second and Shelton (81) in third.

For full meet results, visit athletic.net.

GIRLS PREP SWIMMING

Aberdeen 106, Black Hills 72

Aberdeen honored its seniors in a 106-72 victory over Black Hills High School on Wednesday at the Grays Harbor YMCA in Hoquiam.

Led by seniors Keara Burns and Saylor Heikkila, Aberdeen swimmers won nine of the meet’s 12 events on Senior Night.

Burns placed first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 29.20 and touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:05.42.

Burns also played a part in two relay-team wins for the Bobcats.

Burns swam the anchor leg of the Cats’ 200 freestyle relay team, joining juniors Mija Hood, Ava Benn and Harnoor Jandu to place first. She followed that performance by swimming the first leg of Aberdeen’s victorious 400 freestyle relay team, combining with Arianna Alavez, Jandu and Hood to take the top spot.

Heikkila won the 1-meter diving event with a score of 178.90 to add six points to Aberdeen’s team score.

Aberdeen also honored senior Madilyn Gray, who swam in the 50 freestyle, the 100 freestyle, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay on Wednesday.

Hood and Jandu also won events in the meet. Hood placed first in the 100 butterfly and the 100 backstroke while Jandu took top honors in the 200 freestyle.

Aberdeen Top 3 Results

200-yard medley relay: 2, Aberdeen (Emma Mullins, Isabelle Melville, Ava Benn, Arianna Alavez), 2:22.59.

200-yard freestyle: 1, Harnoor Jandu, Aberdeen, 2:32.47.

200 individual medley: 3, Melville, Aberdeen, 2:46.10.

50 freestyle: 1, Burns, Aberdeen, 29.20. 2, Willow Valentine, Aberdeen, 31.07.

1-meter dive: 1, Saylor Heikkila, Aberdeen, 178.90. 2, Zahrya Graham, Aberdeen, 161.65.

100 butterfly: 1, Mija Hood, Aberdeen, 1:09.38. 2, Alavez, Aberdeen, 1:18.85. 3, Benn, Aberdeen, 1:19.66.

100 freestyle: 1, Burns, Aberdeen, 1:05.42. 3, Jandu, Aberdeen, 1:08.88.

500 freestyle: 2, Valentine, Aberdeen, 7:34.00.

200 freestyle relay: 1, Aberdeen (Hood, Ava Benn, Jandu, Burns), 2:00.39. 2, Aberdeen (Suzie Black, Annika Natwick, Wendy Rojas Contreras, Zander Jaquez), 2:37.56.

100 backstroke: 1, Hood, Aberdeen, 1:07.59. 3, Mullins, Aberdeen, 1:18.61.

100 breaststroke: 1, Melville, Aberdeen, 1:35.43.

400 freestyle relay: 1, Aberdeen (Burns, Arianna Alavez, Jandu, Hood), 4:29.53. 3, Aberdeen (Valentine, Asha Martin, Graham, Melville), 5:08.55.

GIRLS PREP SOCCER

Ocosta 5, Toledo 0

Ocosta had plenty of offense in a 5-0 win over Toledo in a Senior Night game on Wednesday in Westport.

The Wildcats (8-7 overall, 4-5 2B Central-Pacific) got three goals from eighth-grade forward Bristol Towle and two goals and thee assists from Kylee Denny in the victory.

Towle got Ocosta on the board when she scored off a perfectly-placed through pass from Denny in the 13th minute.

The duo would connect twice more for goals over the first 40 minutes, giving Towle a first-half hat trick and Denny three assists by halftime.

After the break, Denny scored on a direct kick from 35-yards out followed by a goal off a pass from defender Joanah Rosander to complete the 5-0 victory.

Wildcats keeper Amelia Saunders recorded her sixth shutout of the season. Saunders saved four shots on goal – including a point-blank breakaway attempt – as the Wildcats defense held the Riverhawks to eight shots on the evening.

“We came to play tonight. That was the best we have looked in a few weeks,” Ocosta head coach Mike King said. “We seem to be getting our offensive groove back. Our defense really came through tonight.”

King cited the play of Kennedy Reynolds, Gabby Ness, Marlee Cobain and Rosander for their defense, while also noting the play of Scarlett Nelson at midfield.

The game marked the final home game for senior Luz Morales-Oropeza, who was honored on Senior Night.

The Wildcats sit a half game ahead of Raymond-South Bend in fifth place in the 2B Central-Pacific League.

Ocosta plays at Raymond-South Bend at 6 p.m. on Monday.

Toledo 0 0 – 0

Ocosta 3 2 – 5

Scoring

First half – 1, Ocosta, Towle (Denny), 13th minute. 2, Ocosta, Towle (Denny). 3, Ocosta, Towle (Denny).

Second half – 4, Ocosta, Denny. 5, Ocosta, Denny (Rosander).

Other games

Raymond-South Bend 6, Winlock 4