Eagles team takes second at conference cross country

The Eagle Grove boys cross country team made a great accounting for themselves at their first-ever North Iowa Conference cross country meet last Thursday in Belmond. The purple and gold not only took second place in the final team standings, but had two runners earn All-Conference honors as well.

“At the beginning of the season, I told the guys that one of our goals would be to place in the top four of the conference and I thought throughout the season that we had a chance of making that happen,” said head coach Ben Demuth. “I was not sure about Osage, as we had not seen them due to the Belmond meet being cancelled. The guys responded real well by bringing home a runner-up effort. We knew it would be tough to catch Garner. But to place ahead of Osage was nice.”

Read the full article in the Oct. 23 edition of the Eagle.