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Sweet Home's girls won their fourth meet in a row, with a first-place team finish at the Stayton Invitational Dec. 29.

The girls won all but one of the their events, Megan Hager, Josie Hewitt, Jamie Seward and Chloe Tyler all finishing first in two individual events.

Senior Brad Wolthuis was the only winner for the boys, who were third behind Newport and Molalla, and ahead of Stayton and Cascade. Wolthuis took the 100 meters after a close second-place finish in the 50.

"We needed a meet to break up the long Christmas break," Coach Doug Peargin said.

"We've put in some long, hard yardage...