A Closer Look At The Weekend's Biggest Upsets

Sam Worley talks after a breakaway win in the boys Class 6A state meet one year after not qualifying for the championship.

Texas State Championships

Full Results & Coverage

#14 Sam Worley, #18 Alex Maier over #9 Reed Brown, #24 Daniel Bernal

The boys Class 6A individual battle was so loaded that we made it the Tasty Race of the Week. One year after not failing to qualify for states due to illness, Sam Worley became the Texas state cross country champion. Daniel Bernal made the first move, but Worley and super sophomore Alex Maier pulled away to finish in 14:40.82 and 14:43.33. Bernal was third in 14:49.72, while Brown faded to fourth in 14:56.61.

Watch the 6A boys race:

#23 Julia Heymach over #12 Ashton Endsley, but bubble London Culbreath clocks fastest time of the day - again

The last time they met --at the McNeil Invitational on Oct. 1-- Ashton Endsley distanced Julia Heymach, 16:50.65 to 17:04.99. Endsley was undefeated all season and looked poised to win her first Texas state title on Sunday. However, Heymach pulled out the guns for the championship and defended her 6A title, 17:12.78 to 17:16.15. 

But the best female distance runner might possibly be a freshman in Class 5A. At McNeil, McKinney North's London Culbreath clocked a faster time than either Endsley or Heymach in 16:48.59. At state, she did the same thing with a 17:06.72 solo effort. All three girls could possibly meet in the same race for the first time at the NXN South Regional this weekend.

Watch the 6A girls race:

#10 Keller girls over #9 Southlake Carroll

Keller and Southlake Carroll have traded spots back and forth all season in the national rankings. Southlake Carroll took the upper hand at regionals, but the Keller Indians set themselves up nicely for NXN South with a 40-point win at the Texas state meet: final tally, 44 to 84 points.