Estancia boys win title

YUCAIPA - Estancia High freshman Humberto Rojas finished ninth and

teammates Michael Casillas and Danny Vargas also were in the top 12 to

pace the Eagles boys cross country team to another Division III title at

the Yucaipa Invitational Saturday.

Estancia’s boys have won the team title four of the last five years. The

only interruption came when the Eagles did not attend the meet.

Rojas battled the intense heat and hilly conditions to clock a 17:12.

Casillas was 11th in 17:28 and Danny Vargas (17:34) was 12th.

Luis Segoviano (20th in 18:04) and Abe Inouye (21st in 18:08) also scored

for the Eagles, who totaled 73 points, two fewer than second-place

Granite Hills.

Estancia’s girls, paced by junior Liz Huipe’s fifth-place effort (20:27),

finished third as a team, five points behind second-place Twentynine

Palms.

Stephanie Melendez (13th, 21:44), Janet Cahuantzi (15th, 21:58), Maria

Arroyo (16th, 22:16) and Katelyn Aronson (25th, 23:31) also scored for

the Eagles.

Both teams return to Pacific Coast League action Thursday when they host

Costa Mesa.