Medical Lake had the opportunity to make hay in the fading sunshine during last Wednesday’s Northeast A League cross country meet with a thin roster of runners from Newport.
But not wanting to run all over an undermanned team, Cardinals’ head coach Gene Blankenship found this race to be the perfect time to offer both rewards and rest to some of his runners. The state’s No. 6 ranked 1A team, Medical Lake, still rolled to a 15-47 win in the boys’ race and the girls also earned a win as no Newport racers scored.
“Newport only fielded five (runners), I thought they’d field eight,” Blankenship said...
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