TITLE HOLDERS: Fernandina Beach High School Pirates. Left to right, front row: Shelby Kittrell, Jessica Schwec, John Nickel, Mary Michael Gleason, Sara Amos, Miranda Rabant. Standing: Jessica Sapp, Chris Castro, Kevin McEntee, Coach Mark Durr, Jazz Tomassetti, Henley Cavendar, Jack Tomassetti.	MAKING HISTORY: Yulee High's first cross-country team. Left to right, front row: Chastity Vail, Danielle Ward, Vickie Vail, Ali Timmins, Abi Peebles; back row, Coach Chad Brosius, Joey Johnson, Brent Constantine, Noah Timmins, Alex Hallmark.

Nassau County cross-country championships

THE RACE BEGINS: Along Fernandina Beach's Greenway.

The Fernandina Beach High School cross-country squad came away with the Nassau County championship title Oct. 19, edging the West Nassau High Warriors of Callahan, 27-32.

Fernandina's Kevin McEntee and Shelby Kittrell were the first boy and girl across the finish line. Amelia Island Runners Jazz and Jack Tomassetti of FBHS placed second and fifth, respectively.

Hilliard's squad placed third with 66 points.

Competing for the first time in the annual county championship race was the cross-country squad from the new Yulee High School. While they didn't field enough runners to qualify for the standings, they made history as the first Hornets ever in the event.

The 3.1-mile course was run along the Egans Creek Greenway in Fernandina Beach.