West Fork boys cross country team returns to state after five-year hiatus

Published by admin on Mon, 06/22/2020 - 10:26am

MARSHALLTOWN – It has been a minute.

West Fork’s boys’ cross country team ended its five-year state team drought with a runner-up finish at the state-qualifier in Marshalltown on Thursday, Oct. 24 in order to head to Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The Warhawks had two top-15 finishes from Josh Reiter (eighth) and Jakob Washington (11) to help lead coach Mark Twedt’s team to state for the first time since 2014 when they finished state runners-up.

“It went as I expected,” Twedt said of his team’s performance, “but we need to be tighter (as a pack) at state..."

The full story appears in the Oct. 31 print editions of the Sheffield Press and Pioneer Enterprise.

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