The Sabetha Golf Course was the setting of this year’s local Class 3A cross country Regional, as teams from across the corner of the state converged to attempt to qualify for next Saturday’s State Meet in Lawrence.
The Hiawatha cross country team, under Coach Becky Shamburg, has reached the time of the season that they live for.
The Red Hawk cross country season continues to move as quick as Hiawatha’s runners, with just one final race ahead before the postseason begins, after the team had a successful outing at Thursday’s Perry Lecompton Invitational, held at Hummer Park.The varsity boys team earned a sixth place finish as a group.
Just two meets remain before the Hiawatha Red Hawk cross country team enters the most important stretch of the season.
There were promising signs at Hiawatha’s opening meet of the cross country season, but in week two, the results were far more than promising, as the girls took first and the boys took third on Thursday at Holton.For the middle school boys, Eastan Sheldon took fourth overall to lead the team, followed by Braylon Kuehn in 29th, Tristan Gibbs in 52nd, and Kellen Boye in 54th for the Red Hawks.