ELKINS – The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers claimed first place in the 10-team Forest Festival Invitational Saturday held at Davis & Elkins College.

The Bucs edged out host Elkins by six points as the Bucs amassed 38 points while Elkins collected 44 points.

North Marion was third with 94, Trinity was fourth with 120 and Lewis County was fifth with 121 points.

Buckhannon-Upshur’s Jordan Gillum took runner-up honors with a time of 18:49.48 while Reis Leonard finished fifth with a clocking of 20:25.78 and Jack Waggy ran sixth with a time of 20:34.65.

Brycen Allen and Logan Wyatt rounded out the B-U scoring with top 15 finishes as Allen ran 12^th with a time of 21:45.04 and Logan Wyatt was 13^th with a time of 21:59.85.

“The boys really ran great as a team and did a good job of grouping up with one another,” remarked Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Taylor Stacy. “Allen and Wyatt stepped up big time and helped our team seal the win.”

The rest of the B-U line-up included Alex Casto in 35^th (24:04.67), Rhett Ammons in 42^nd (24:47.33), Brandon Landis in 62^nd (26:50.94), Lucas Bennett in 63^rd (27:09.37), Nicholas Winters in 67^th (27:55.43) and Ryan Dowell was 68^th (27:58.78).

Charlie Smoak from Elkins claimed the individual title with a time of 18:15.89.

The Bucs will run again Tuesday at Doddridge County.