ST. JOSEPH – The Niles girls cross country team posted its best effort of the season by finishing third at the Berrien County Meet at Riverview Park Saturday.

St. Joseph won the team title with 25 points, while Lakeshore was second with 78 and Niles third with 97.

Watervliet’s Gabby Tavolacci was the overall winner with a time of 19:15.

Niles was led by Libby Hein’s 22nd place finish and a time of 22:31.

Brandywine was seventh in the boys race, which was also won by St. Joseph. Niles placed ninth.

Michael Robbins was 22nd with a time of 17:53 to lead the Bobcats.

Berrien County Meet

at Riverview Park

Girls team scores

1. St. Joseph 25, 2. Lakeshore 78, 3. Niles 97, 4. Watervliet 102, 5. Lake Michigan Catholic 136, 6. Buchanan 161, 7. Berrien Springs 163, 8. New Buffalo 208. DNF: Bridgman, Coloma, Eau Claire, River Valley

Individual results

Niles

22. Libby Hein 22:31.8, 26. Abigail Gaines 22:56.0, 32. Bridgett Carpenter 23:26.0, 33. Allison Grant 23:26.0, 37, Meygan Rudlaff 23:38.7

Buchanan

39. Coryn Kizer 23:43.8, 46. Andy Frost 23:57.6, 47. Allison Mitchell 24:09.9, 64. Robyn Clark 25:33.9, 65. Gabby Patten 25.42.5

Boys team results

1. St. Joseph 17, 2. Watervliet 60, 3. Lakeshore 110, 4. Bridgman 147, 5. Eau Claire 152, 6. Berrien Springs 155, 7. Brandywine 155, 8. New Buffalo 184, 9. Niles 202. DNF: Buchanan, Coloma, Lake Michigan Catholic, River Valley

Individual results

Brandywine

22. Michael Robbins 17:53.2, 37. James Harrell 18:42.47, 40.Collin Mattiford 18:42.7, 47. Zach Schmidt 18:53.9, 76. Evan Zacharski 20:14.3

Niles

24. Gaberial Trujillo 17:55.2, 41. Noah Hall 19:33.2, 68. Daniel Sierra 19:57.1, 70. Sean Morgan 19:59.7, 79. Charles Leonard 20:26.2

Buchanan

57. Alex Eger 19:31.7, 89. Pat Wheatley 21:10.3, 97. Kyle Zelmer 22:32.2, 98. Matt Mitchell 22:32.4