Time is ticking, both on the race clock and the calendar; athletes have entered championship season. County, league/conference, and regional championships lie ahead in the next two weeks for local Blue Water Area cross country teams. Here's a recap of the last week of race action from across our area, which included so many great performances that we doubled up the Runner of the Week honors. Runners of the Week Charlie Fields, North Branch Sophomore Won the County Press Inv

Columbus Park, MAC Red, Birch Run, and Portage: Week 7 Cross Country Recap

Langolf, Nivala Win MCCAA East Runner of the Year Honors; MCC Sweeps Championship Titles With a big week for our local community colleges, more high school league matchups and local invitationals, the weather cooled down, but the performances heated up as we head into the last full month of cross country racing for the Blue Water Area. Athletes of the Week After stating in a podcast episode last week that her goal was to break sub-20 this season, New Haven’s Emma Reimer dropp

Week five of cross country action in the Blue Water Area consisted of invitational wins, school records, and 82% of the runners on the Top 30 List earning new season or personal bests. This past weekend, athletes competed at the Mid-Season Spectacular at Goodells Park, the Hanson’s Invitational at Parkway Christian, and Anchor Bay traveled to the Jackson Invitational, which churned out some of the most elite times in the state - and the nation - for the season thus far. It

Josh Macri, Saige Cole Win First BWAC Jamboree; New Haven Boys and Emma Reimer win MAC Blue; Macri and Chloe Boright Sweep Autumn Classic It was a busy week on the grass (and mud) for local cross country athletes, with league jamborees on Tuesday and invitational races over the weekend. There were many individual and team wins and lots of personal improvements, with 68.5% of athletes on the top 30 times list seeing their season bests over the course of this week. In fact, t