By David Rogers. BOONE, N.C. — It was billed as among the only cross country events where senior high school girls run against other senior high school girls, junior boys run against other junior boys, freshman girls run against other freshman girls, and so on. The Pioneer Clash of the Classes was a sort of peer review — but thanks to some creative mathematics on what amounted to a side sheet type of scorecard, we have a picture of who “won” and how the teams ranked for both the boys and girls divisions.
Watauga head coach Randy McDonough did the tallying, assigning numerical scores for first through tenth places in each of the eight high school races.
In the Girls division, he calculated that Daniel Boone HS (Gray, Tenn.) and Watauga tied with 23 points apiece, the Pioneers getting first place points from Cali Townsend in the freshman girls race, first place points from Annabelle Stewart in the senior girls event, and sixth place points from Janie Beach-Verhay in the junior girls race.
- T1 – Daniel Boone (23)
- T1 – Watauga (23)
- 3 – West Forsyth (22)
- 4 – Lake Norman (18)
- T5 – Ardrey Kell (10)
- T5 – University School of Johnson City
- T7 – Hough (9)
- T7 – West Henderson (9)
- 9 – North Buncombe (8)
- 10 – Providence Day (7)
- 11 – Hickory Ridge (6)
- 12 – A C Reynolds (5)
- T13 – Mooresville (3)
- T13 – West Stokes (3)
In the Boys division, Daniel Boone HS was clear winner, with 38 points, convincingly ahead of No. 2 Watauga (20). Watauga scoring was accounted for by Will Bradbury’s No. 1 finish in the Senior Boys race, Grady Gates No. 3 finish in the Sophomore Boys, and Calvin Zwetsloot’s No. 6 finish in the Junior Boys.
- 1 – Daniel Boone (38)
- 2 – Watauga (20)
- 3 – West Henderson (17)
- 4 – Lake Norman (15)
- 5 – Hough (10)
- T6 – North Buncombe (9)
- T6 – University School of Johnson City (9)
- 8 – Providence Day (8)
- 9 – West Stokes (6)
- T10 – A C Reynolds (5)
- T10 – Hickory Ridge (5)
- T12 – Ardrey Kell (4)
- T12 – West Cabarrus (4)
- T14 – McDowell (3)
- T14 – West Forsyth (3)
