A perspective often excluded from cross country recaps is that of the high school spectator. Crowds comprised of parents, siblings, students and local fans are what fill once-deserted, postseason golf courses and parks with energy, life and expectations. After runners are dropped off at buses in the early hours of race day, spectators dress in their spirited colors and pack the car, armed with directions to the course of the day.
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It’s hard to fathom toeing the line on a cold November morning, while you’re in the middle of a long run on a hot summer day. It’s hard to fathom outkicking a rival competitor in the final stretches of a race, while your ragged body is churning through one last set of intervals in early September.
GARDNER — St. John's placed five runners in the top 20 and captured its fifth straight Division 1 Central Mass. championship Saturday at Gardner Municipal Golf Course. The Pioneers finished with 62 points, Nashoba (69) was second and Shrewsbury (82) third. Those teams advance to the state championship Saturday at Franklin Park in Boston.
GARDNER — It was another cross-country conquest at the Gardner Municipal Golf Course for Blue Raider Nation Saturday. For the fifth straight year and the eighth time in the last decade, the Hopedale Blue Raider boys won the Central Mass. Division 2 championship. Hopedale, with 62 points, was followed by Whitinsville Christian (78) and Parker Charter (158).