Runners on the HHS girls cross country team gather at the Class 3 District 2 Championships meet last Saturday at Plato. With a fourth-place showing at the event, the Lady Tigers earned a berth in this week’s Class 3 State Championships at Columbia. From left, Jessyn Allen, Kristen Ely, Natalie Clinton, Lilly Kincaid and Allie Benoist. Credit: SUBMITTED PHOTO

For the first time since the Houston High School cross country program was rebooted in 2019 (after being absent since the early 1980s), an entire team from the school will compete at a state championship meet.

You can read this story + 2 more free this month

This story is on us. Create a free account to keep reading.

Create free account
Sign in

Doug Davison is a writer, photographer and newsroom assistant for the Houston Herald. Contact him by phone at 417-967-2000 or by email at ddavison@houstonherald.com.