Junior Katie Kopec, senior Kutoven Stevens, freshman Andrew Burr and sophomore Jade Biitner were the varsity race winners at the 12th Foresthill Wildfire Invitational held Saturday on the adjusted 3-mile Old Mill course at Foresthill High School.
Kopec from Whitney (SJ) was a runaway winner in the girls Division 1-3 (large schools) 5K race, running the course in 18:46 
to win by 47 seconds. Her sister Ava, a sophomore, was fourth in 19:53, and sophomore Grace Scott was ninth (20:37).
Sophomore Anna Soares was second while leading Placer to the team title with 48 points.
Senior Constance O'Neal was eighth overall and second across for Placer (20:23), followed by senior Addison Arsenith, who was 10th (20:54), and sophomore Leah Booth, who was 17th (22:02).
Amaya Aramini, a sophomore from Bishop Manogue in Nevada, was third (19:45).
Stevens, from Yerington (NV) High, was the fastest boy at the meet, winning the large school division in 16:20. Placer senior Wyatt Hamilton was second in 16:54. Whitney beat Placer for the team title, 55-63, led by a 7-8-9 finish by a trio of juniors: Cole Jamieson (17:11), Nick Herrmann (17:15), and Mateo Delgadillo (17:17).
Burr, from Sacramento Country Day (SJ) and one of the state's best in the freshman class, was an eight-second winner over 
Colfax senior Jacob Kolster (17:24) in the small schools varsity boys race. Senior Garrett Reinhard was third (18:15) in helping Colfax to the team title. Junior Joey Petrilla was sixth (18:54), senior Daniel Buettner was 10th, and senior Garrett Arcand was 16th (20:22) for Colfax.
Biitner won the small schools varsity girls race in 20:23, leading Colfax to 24 points and the team title. Casa Roble (SJ) senior Dakota Gibson was second (20:32) and Foresthill (SJ) junior McKenna Lechner was third (20:40).
Junior Carlee McCabe was fourth (20:56) and next across for Colfax folled by junior Gabriella Biitner (22:33), freshman Morgan Toner, who was 10th in 23:04, and senior Kara Dierssen, who was 13th in 24:47.
All photos by James Leash