The final cross country meet ended with the boys team taking ninth at state on Oct. 31. They competed in a pool of 15 teams and finished with 195 points.

Sophomore Zachary Hopp only missed medalling by 11 seconds, and took 25^th with a time of 17:23. He was followed by freshman Allen Zollinger with a time of 17:56 in 47^th. Senor Dylan Schmitt took 64^th in 18:19, followed by freshman Hunter Olsen in 67^th with a time of 18:27.

Sophomores Caden Cunningham and Alex Tinkel took 73^rd and 99^th respectively with times of 18:37 and 19:31. Rounding out the Indians individual scores was junior Chantz Taliaferro with 105^th place in 20:12.

“All season long, our boys have run with a lot of heart,” Coach Jerold Harris said. “They ran extremely hard at regionals to qualify for state.”