Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Croatt, Vargas finish in Top 15 at War Eagle meet
George Vargas runs to a 14th-place finish at the War Eagle Conference meet to earn all-conference recognition for the first time.
Two Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cross country runners finished in the Top 15 and both varsity teams finished fourth at the War Eagle Conference meet on Oct. 10 at Hawarden.
Juniors Lexi Croatt and George Vargas earned all-conference recognition for their first time. Croatt finished 15th in the girls' race (25:44) and Vargas placed 14th (13th varsity) among the boys' finishers (19:36). Vargas is the first H-M-S male all-conference runner since 2018.
"It was a great day to be a Hawk," said H-M-S coach Kirsten Taylor. "We had our only all-conference athlete from last year graduate, so it was great see...
