There were no real surprises in the final Desert Valley League boys cross country meet Wednesday, with Cathedral City High finishing second for the third time this year.

The Rajahs' Chris Sanchez won the race which helped give Indio the overall No. 1 spot in the final standings after winning all three league meets.

“Cat City's been coming on and improving, but we've been just a little bit better,” Indio head coach Becky Baker said. “Our 5, 6 and 7 runners are good for us, Cathedral City drops off after their No. 4 and that makes a difference.”

Joining the Rajahs and Lions in the postseason will be La Quinta.

Sanchez won Wednesday's meet in 16 minutes, 30 seconds, just seven seconds ahead of second-place Ricardo Nevarez of Cathedral City. It's the second race in a row the pair have finished one-two.

“It was pretty close, I didn't really feel good — I had a stomach cramp and I fell on the first sharp turn and hurt my hand,” Sanchez said. “I led the whole race but in the last stretch around the corner, (Nevarez) got close so I ran pretty fast on that last stretch.”

Sanchez finished three seconds ahead of Nevarez in the last DVL race and that was after he got lost on the course. He has yet to win a DVL meet without having some sort of mishap during the race.

“I was trying to reel him in little by little, and closer to the end I was getting closer, but it was too late,” Nevarez said. “It's a hard course to run (in 15 minutes) because of the hills and inclines, and all the grass.”

The Rajahs, Lions and Blackhawks will all head to Mt. SAC Nov. 14 for the first round of the CIF postseason.