The Sonoma Valley High School boys and girls’ cross-country teams continued their preseason racing by hosting combined nonleague dual meets Wednesday afternoon on the 2.7-mile Maxwell Farms Regional Park course, where they swept past Healdsburg.
In the boys race, the Dragons were 21-34 winners, while the Sonoma girls ran to a 19-41 victory.
Leading Sonoma in the boys race were first-place finisher, and overall race winner, sophomore Travis Claeys' in 16 minutes, 18 seconds; senior Ian Sloop's second place in 16:45; sophomore Leonardo Macedonio's third in 16:59; senior Return Bongiovanni's seventh in 17:50; sophomore Angel Barcenas' eighth in 17:51; sophomore Pablo Cruz's 11th in 18:24; sophomore Campbell Martin's 12th in 18:42; and junior Austin Chapman's 15th in 19:00.
The Lady Dragons were led by top girl finisher junior Madeline Libbey's overall 14th place in 18:52; freshman Eliza Neeley's 16th in 19:36; sophomore Maddie Cashel's 17th in 19:57; sophomore Grace Cutting's 20th in 20:22; sophomore Crystal Rodriguez's 22nd in 21:40; frosh Helena Goodman's 23rd in 21:59; frosh Erika Reyes' 25th in 23:59; and junior Alsy Howard's 28th in 25:42.
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Sonoma's co-defending SCL champion varsity soccer boys' squad is also having early in the season scoring problems, which led to their second straight loss to begin league play on Tuesday in Santa Rosa.
After stepping up defensively, but, again, anemic on offense, the Dragons held Elsie Allen scoreless through regulation play, but they then had a breakdown that led back to a stream of goals for the Lobos and Sonoma returned home with a 4-0 loss.
The Dragons, who hosted Piner yesterday – results not available at presstime – embark on an SCL road trip for four matches, starting in Sebastopol on Tuesday, Sept. 23, where they face fellow co-defending champion Analy.
Then the Sonoma boys make stops in Healdsburg on Thursday, Sept. 25; Forestville to play El Molino on Tuesday, Sept. 30; and Petaluma on Thursday, Oct. 7.
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The soccer Lady Dragons, who played Elsie Allen on Wednesday – results not available at presstime – begin a three-game SCL road trip today in Santa Rosa, where they face Piner, followed by night matches against Analy in Sebastopol on Wednesday, Sept. 24, and in Healdsburg on Friday, Sept. 26.
Sonoma’s girls return home to host El Molino on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
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