DAYTON — Little Cypress-Mauriceville’s Eli Peveto captured first-place at the Dayton High School Cross Country Invitational with Bridge City’s Graydon Glover right behind him in second over the weekend.

The Cardinal boys walked away with the first-place team trophy. LC-M finished in fifth place and Orangefield 12^th.

LC-M’s Peveto covered the 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 44.2 seconds. Glover garnered second with a 18:13.1.

Other Bridge City times and places included Ruben Valencia (fourth, 18:24.7), Kyler Morse (eighth, 18:32.1), Isaiah Maldonado (25^th, 19:24.9), Edward Doan (31^st, 19:46.4), Adam Mattia (47^th, 20:21.4), and Kollin Smith (71^st, 21:21.6).

Other LC-M times and places included Rayce Piper (10^th, 18:41.4), Blake Kresser (28^th, 19:38.1), Cameron Blanchard (54^th, 20:36.1), Jackson Baeze (56^th, 20:43.0), JC Copely (87^th, 22:05.9), and Brad Coutre (112^th, 23:16.4).

Joseph Casto led Orangefield, finishing 42^nd with a 20:04.4. He was followed by teammates Luke Pennington (57^th, 20:47.3), Julian Montayo (75^th, 21:29.2), Robby Kearns (82^nd, 21:51.5), and Drew Worthy (89^th, 22:13.0).

On the girls’ side, Bridge City finished third as a team while LC-M was 12^th.

Hamshire-Fannett’s Camille Harris took first-place on the 3,200-meter course, running a 13:32.0.

Brittany Fonville paced the Lady Cardinals, finishing 10^th with a 14:59.6. She was followed by teammates Caitlin Denison (14^th, 15:16.6), Katy Torbett (25^th, 15:59.8), Brinley Bell (54^th, 17:03.01), Izzy Brooks (67^th, 17:26.6), Valeria Martinez (70^th, 17:45.1), and Riley Douglas (85^th, 18:34.0).
Olivia Keltz led LC-M, finishing 22^nd with a 15:51.2. She was followed by teammates Kylon Gillis (63^rd, 17:22.0), Rylee Locke (91^st, 19:04.03), Alora Jones (102^nd, 20:06.04), and Meghan McKinley (107^th, 21:07.04).