Freshmen twins Hattie Lyons (top photo) and Nathan Lyons (bottom photo) punched their tickets to the 2026 Cross Country Championship with their performances at the Class 3, District 2 Meet in Clever on Saturday. Hattie Lyons took 9th place in the girls’ race in a time of 21:01.10, and Nathan Lyons took 13th place in the boys’ race with a time of 17:08.30. Both will run in the Class 3 championship race on Friday at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia. The girls’ race begins at 11 a.m., and the boys’ race begins at 11:45 a.m. In other district results, Peyton Anderson was 77th for the boys race with a time of 20:33.20. For the Lady Wildcats, Lydia Cupps took 42nd in 24:03.30 Molly Cox was 43rd in 24:07.70, Brooklyn Krallman finished 67th in 29:57.60, and Elizabeth Fohn was 70th in 35:03.70. As a team, the Lady Wildcats finished in 8th place. Contributed photos