Needing to finish in the top half of the field as a team last week at the sectional meet at Hidden Cove Golf Course in Holbrook to advance to the Division III State Cross Country Meet, Snowflake placed 12th in the 15-team field.
Tuba City won the team crown with 73 points, just ahead of second place Page, which had 76. Ganado finished third with 83.
Santiago Hardy of Chinle won the 3.1-mile race with a time of 15:59.
McKay Flake led the Lobos, placing 59th with a time of 19:26. Manasseh Flake was 67th in 19:54; Crew Perkins, 70th in 20:04; Keaton Flake, 72nd in 20:08; Tanner Austin, 86th in 20:51; Daniel Peterson, 90th in 20:58; and Jarret Gardner, 99th in 22:35.
Makennah Mills of Prescott took the girls’ individual crown with a time of 19:53.
The Lady Lobos did not have enough runners to qualify a team score. They were led by Brynn Nichols, who placed 63rd with a time of 24:11. Hope Bateman placed 69th in 24:21; Heather Whipple, 89th in 27:58; and Aspynn Seymore, 93rd in 31:22.
