Kingfisher placed 16th in the second-to-last race of the small school state cross country meets last Saturday.

As the afternoon temperatures were climbing, the Lady Jackets notched 387 points in the Class 4A meet in which the state championship was ultimately won by Byng.

The Lady Pirates scored 96 points to edge runner-up Bridge Creek by 10.

KHS was led by senior Mattie Slezickey, who placed 34th out of 142 runners in the two-mile race.

Slezickey ran the course in 13:14.42 and was 29th out of the runners who scored points for their teams.

Addison Price was 93rd and scored 77 points as the fellow senior finished in 14:33.13.

Kellyn Young and Lily Lunsford were 106th and 107th, respectively.

Young finished in 14:47.18 and scored 89 points while Lunsford, a senior, scored 90 points and completed her last race in 14:49.25.

Slezickey and Lunsford were both part of teams to reach state four consecutive years.

Hinsley Brodrick completed Kingfisher’s scoring as she was 120th overall and accounted for 102 points. She crossed in 15:17.25.

Taya Rodd was 135th in 16:34.52 and Gisselle Ponce 137th in 17:12.21 for the Lady Jackets.