GC Sports | Bulloch County GHSA State Cross Country Championship Results

The Portal Panthers, Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets, and Statesboro STEAM Academy Dragons recently traveled to Carrollton for the GHSA Cross-Country State Championships. Check out all the results.

Pictured L to R (Coaches) - Sarah Chester (Athletes): Savannah Arnett, Anahi Sanchez-Reyes, Kaylin Warren, Macy Chester, Hilda Reyes, (Head Coach) Shannon Davis, (Coaches) Jenn Scott.Portal Middle High Athletics

Bulloch County Schools Showed out at the GHSA Cross Country State Championships on Saturday, November 9, in Carrollton, GA to run the 5K.

Portal Panthers (A, Division 2, Region 3)

The Portal Panthers had both their women’s and men’s teams present at the state championships. This season was an awesome feat for head coach, Shannon Davis, and her assistant coaches Jenn Scott, Sarah Chester, and Matt Haddock.

WOMEN OUT OF 118

8	SAVANNAH ARNETT	23:50.19
44	ANAHI SANCHEZ-REYES	27:50.31
58	MACY CHESTER	28:39.91
68	HILDA REYES	29:27.54
90	KAYLIN WARREN	31:13.07

portal-corss-country-men — Pictured L to R: (Coaches) Jenn Scott, Sarah Chester (Athletes) Owen Purcell, Hayden Scott, Cannon Thompson, Mason Barnes, Cayden Minick, Rhett White, (Head Coach) Shannon Davis, and Bruno Navarro.

MEN OUT OF 151

45	CANNON THOMPSON	20:51.52
69	BRUNO NAVARO	22:03.76
79	MASON BARNES	22:22.85
84	OWEN PURALL	22:42.36
101	RHETT WHITE	23:20.83
103	HAYDEN SCOTT	23:24.70
111	CAYDEN MINICK	23:44.27

Athletic Director Justin Chester had this to say about the team: “These kids put in the work all summer long and stayed the course throughout the entire season."

Coach Shannon Davis is retiring after this year, so her team’s success this season was quite the send off.

Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets (AAA, Region 3)

The Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets had both their women’s and men’s teams present at the state championships as well. The Yellow Jacket’s Women’s team finished 16th overall out of 24 teams. The Yellow Jackets Men’s team finished 13th overall out of 24 teams.

seb-cross-country-women — Pictured L to R: Emmery Strickland, Ella Faith Rountree, Justine Wu, Ansley Burnham, Jazmine Wilson, Madeline Langes, Addy Price

Individual results for the Yellow Jackets with their placement and times are as follows:

WOMEN OUT OF 159

10	EMMERY STRICKLAND	21:21.20
60	ANSLEY BURNHAM	24:03.35
112	ELLA FAITH ROUNTREE	26:20.44
114	ADDY PRICE	26:23.96
133	JAZMINE WILSON	28:35.25
144	MADELINE LANGES	30:35.44
145	JUSTINE WU	31:19.72

seb-cross-country-men — Pictured L to R: Dawson Calhoun, Garner Pitts, Trey Sirmans, Noah Burnham, Kendall Griffith, Seth Redman, Nelson Kirkland

MEN OUT OF 167

54	SETH REDMAN	19:09.39
70	NOAH BURNHAM	19:39.75
72	TREY SIRMANS	19:43.53
91	GARNER PITTS	20:11.32
97	KENDALL GRIFFITH	20:19.93
132	NELSON KIRKLAND	21:20.28
145	DAWSON CALHOUN	22:37.53

Assistant Coach Josh Burnham talked about this year's team.

"They've had a solid season with boys taking region champs and girls being region runner up in the region 3-AAA," Burnham said. "Coaches Laurie Pitts and Janelle Aldridge have done a great job working with this group. The boy's team are graduating a crew of 5 senior boys."