Stafford runner places second MEADE — Stafford Trojan Joel Valadez (17:46.64) placed runner-up at Saturday's Meade cross country meet. Valadez placed third (16:44.1) in last year's 1A state cross country meet at Wamego. MEADE MEET PAWNEE HEIGHTS GIRLS—11—Bailey Boese, 24:43.77 PAWNEE HEIGHTS BOYS—46—Gabrel Anderson, 25:16.76 STAFFORD GIRLS—13—Paige Hadley, 25:11.27 STAFFORD BOYS—2—Joel Valadez, 17:46.64; 43—Eli Vetter, 24:45.92 HAYS TMP MEET LARNED GIRLS—52—Evalinn Link, 32:56.7 LARNED BOYS—33—Jayden Ramirez, 21:51.4; 38—Ryan Hill, 22:26.5; 40—Kayden LaPointe, 22:46.9; 52—Asher Olivier, 24:45.6; 59—Isaac Colglazier, 26:43.1 OTIS-BISON BOYS—37—Jack Holman, 22:14.2