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Mathews harriers defeat Gloucester and Denbigh

The Mathews Blue Devil boys’ squad completely dominated 5A Gloucester High School (50 points) as well as 4A Denbigh High School (75 points) with a perfect score of 15 points in cross country action last Wednesday.

The girls’ squad won their race as well, defeating Gloucester 24-31. The boys improved their record to 11-0 and the girls improved to 10-1.

"Gloucester has a very solid program with great coaching, so this was a big win for our team," coach Drew Greve said about the Blue Devils’ win.

History was also made last Wednesday at Beaverdam Park, as both of the Mathews High School jayvee records were broken. Caleb Carson now holds the record for the fastest 5K time run by an eighth grade boy, coming in at 19:20. Emma Hudgins buried the old girls’ record, beating it by almost a minute with her time of 22:54. Hudgins would be in the varsity top seven if she were eligible.

The boys’ squad won with a sweep on Wednesday, with Justin Adams (17:42, fi...

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