MOULTON — St. Bernard’s girls are whipping up some kind of streak at Oakville Indian Mounds.

Nine months after escaping the familiar site with a state title, the Saints marked their 2015 return Saturday by heading home with another big-time team trophy.

Defending state champ Ivy Edge sped to eighth, and Liz Medina made a rare impact as the squad’s sixth runner to help St. Bernard squeak by Westminster-Oak Mountain for the small-school crown at the Chickasaw Trails Invitational in a team race that was initially too close to call.

Both squads closed out the 5K with 90 points. The title ultimately went to the Saints, however, due to Medina’s 42nd-place result being six spots better than Westminster’s sixth-best runner.

St. Bernard coach William Calvert has fond memories of having meets come down to a sixth runner. It’s how he won his first state title in 1990, when Cullman narrowly took the tiebreaker over Fort Payne.

His current girls squad has now won four straight races at Oakville Indian Mounds. As Calvert pointed out, it’s hard enough to win one.

He and the ladies will take them any way they come — even if it takes a sixth speedster.

“You never know,” Calvert said. “Actually, at the 800 mark, I told our sixth runner this is going to be close. ‘Every runner you pass is going to make a difference.’

“I guess that was a prophetic statement.”

Edge’s eighth-place run (20:14) paced St. Bernard on a day Leahrose Mami suffered a late stitch and fell from around ninth to 16th (21:06) in the last mile. Katelyn Cowie (21:24) and Jaden Edge (21:29) were 20th and 21st, respectively. Adrian Smith was 31st (22:00).

“Our young girls really stepped up as I thought they would,” Calvert said. “They’re a talented bunch.”

The Saints’ boys had reason to celebrate as well. Even with No. 1 runner Steven Mami off taking the ACT, the unit managed to top local rival Cold Springs by two points for runner-up honors.

Casey Guthery (17:27) and Will Sciaroni (17:30) filled the void at the top with 11th (17:27) and 13th (17:30). Marco Tona (18:24) and Andrew Sweeney (18:26) stuck close in 40th and 42nd. Caleb Guthery was 54th (18:45).

“It was a good day for us,” Calvert said. “If Jack State would’ve beat Auburn, I would’ve been celebrating into the night.”

Jared Stanley (ninth, 17:23) led Cold Springs, followed by Kramer Crider (24th, 17:58), C.J. Lang (36th, 18:15), Mason Harris (45th, 18:30) and Trentan Williams (47th, 19:36).

The top five for the Eagles’ girls, who grabbed ninth, were Ashleigh White (23rd, 21:33), Sadie Terry (26th, 21:39), Alyssa Jackson (29th, 21:55), Abi Burrow (89th, 24:28) and Rachel Haynes (105th, 24:56).

Holly Pond’s boys were 21st behind quick runs by Jacob Drane (39th, 18:23) and Parker Smith (65th, 18:49).

The Broncos’ girls were 23rd. Anna-Marie Kusz was 52nd (23:23).

Over in the large-school competition, Fairview’s girls were separated by just 42 seconds from their first counting runner to their fifth. Kelsi Davis (125th, 23:20) and Emma Gardner (126th, 23:21) put the Aggies on their way to 21st. The effort was rounded out by Kennedy Chambers (137th, 23:56), Tamra Buckelew (138th, 24:02) and Alex McDonald (139th, 24:02).

West Point’s Deanna Waldrep was 176th (25:59).

Fairview’s boys were 26th. Reece Walker was 99th (18:22) and Jerrami Browder, 164th (19:29).

West Point was 28th. Joey Riggs had the highest large-school local result in 76th (17:55). Jesse Farrell was 118th (18:42).

The breakdown for each varsity race Saturday is as follows: small-school girls, 26 full teams, 200 runners; small-school boys, 32 full teams, 256 runners; large-school girls, 32 full teams, 229 runners; large-school boys, 36 full teams, 246 runners.