BONNERS FERRY — Priest River High senior Capri White finished sixth out of 26 runners with a season-best time of 23 minutes, 58 seconds to lead the Spartans at the Bonners Ferry Invite held Saturday at Bonners Ferry High.

Senior Kyla White also cracked the top 10, finishing eighth in 25 minutes, 41 seconds while junior Alannah McLaimtaig was 10th in 26 minutes and 14 seconds for Priest River, which finished third out of three scoring teams in a close race decided by six points.

Newport High senior Aimee Busby won the race in a new personal best time of 21 minutes, 14 seconds. Bonners Ferry, which won the team title, was led by sophomore Kylie Calderone, who finished third in 21 minutes, 42 seconds.

For the boys, junior Daniel Gunkle was sixth out of 26 runners in a time of 19 minutes 55 seconds and Tadhg McLaimtaig, the meet's second fastest freshman, finished seventh in 19 minutes, 56 seconds for the Spartans, which were just one runner shy of compiling a team score.

Bonners Ferry High senior Ethan Cowell won the race in 18 minutes, 43 seconds to help the Badgers defeat Kellogg by one point.

Priest River will return to action Saturday for the Can-Am Invitational hosted by Kettle Falls High.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bonners Ferry 38. 2, Newport 40. 3, Priest River 44.

(Top 10, locals)

1, Aimee Busby, Newport, 21:14; 2, Olivia Collins, Newport, 21:29; 3, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 21:42; 4, Juniper Stevenson, Kootenai, 23:13; 5, Hazel Stevenson, Kootenai, 23:40; 6, Capri White, Priest River, 23:58; 7, Gia Roemer, Bonners Ferry, 24:13; 8, Kyla White, Priest River, 25:08; 9, Sophia Peaker, Newport, 25:41; 10, Alannah McLaimtaig, Priest River, 26:14; 14, Maiyu Smith, Priest River, 27:49; 16, Abagail Shaulis, Priest River, 27:57.37; 18, Breelynn Duran, Priest River, 28:48; 19, Sakura Smith, Priest River, 30:19.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bonners Ferry 27; 2, Kellogg 28. 3, Newport 73.

(Top 10, locals)

1, Ethan Cowell, Bonners Ferry, 18:43; 2, Shadrach Creswell, Kellogg, 19:07; 3, Jonathan Bollschweiler, Bonners Ferry, 19:18; 4, Alex Cassidy, Kellogg, 19:25; 5, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 19:47; 6, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River, 19:55; 7, Tadhg McLaimtaig, Priest River, 19:56; 8, Gordon Woelfle, Bonners Ferry, 20:31.30; 9, Buck Coe, Kellogg, 20:31.58; 10, Brecken Miller, Bonners Ferry, 20:34; 12, Maxwell Hewitt, Priest River, 22:13; 17, Jonathan White, Priest River, 24:14.