RIVERSIDE JSerra won its first CIF-Southern Section title since 2012 and three other Orange Country girls teams took second place to highlight 10 county teams and four O.C. individuals to qualify for the girls state meet in the CIF-SS Finals at...

ALYSSA BAUTISTA
CAPISTRANO VALLEY
Bautista finished fourth in her Division 2 heat at the CIF-SS Prelims to help Capistrano Valley qualify for the Finals. She ran the second-fastest time among juniors at the Prelims (17:17.9) for her sixth top-five...

OCVarsity's girls cross country O.C. top 10 for Monday, Nov. 14, 2016.
O.C. GIRLS TOP 10
1. Capistrano Valley (49 poll points)
2. Dana Hills (45)
3. Canyon (43)
4. Northwood (35)
5. El Toro (23)
6. JSerra (22)
7. Trabuco Hills (18)
8. Esperanza (17)...

RIVERSIDE When a team blows away its league competition at every opportunity, it can be hard to judge where it stands against stronger competition.
Both sides of the Sunny Hills cross country program and Western s top two girls, Montserrat...

On a day when all of the top-ranked teams cruised into qualification, Katella s Abraham Gonzalez was perhaps the county runner who stood out the most with his performance in the CIF-SS Preliminaries on Friday morning.
Gonzalez won his Division 1...

OCVarsity's girls cross country O.C. top 10 for Monday, Nov. 7, 2016.
O.C. GIRLS TOP 10
1. Capistrano Valley (45 poll points)
2T. Dana Hills (44)
2T. Canyon (44)
4. Northwood (34)
5. JSerra (26)
6. Esperanza (24)
7. El Toro (22)
8. Trabuco Hills (18)...

WENDI LEOS
WESTERN
Leos won the Empire League title and qualified for CIF as an individual with a personal record time of 17:50.0. The senior finished in the top five for the fifth time this season.

ORANGE Going into the South Coast League Finals, nine of the 10 teams competing, boys and girls sides from five schools, had already qualified for CIF as at-larges via the rankings.
The only group that hadn t qualified was the Tesoro boys team....

ORANGE It was warmer and drier than expected at Irvine Regional Park, but that didn t stop the Orange League s best from soaking up some success and CIF Prelims berths.
Laguna Beach s Ana Kelly and Costa Mesa s Elliot Hachac each won...

It s amazing what a month can do.
After finishing last at the Sea View League preview meet on Oct. 4, the Laguna Hills girls cross country learned its lesson and bounced back for a second-place finish in the Sea View League finals on Tuesday at...