by Scott Sacry
The 60th State Class AA, A, B, & C Cross Country Championships will be held at Rebecca Farms in Kalispell on Saturday, Oct. 21st. All the Bitterroot Valley cross country teams will be participating, including Stevensville, Corvallis, and Hamilton in Class A and Darby and Florence in Class B.
In the final warmup before the State Meet, the teams from Corvallis, Hamilton, and Stevensville competed alongside other Western Montana Class A teams in the Western A Fall Classic at the King Ranch Golf Course in Frenchtown on Saturday, Oct. 14th.
In the girls’ race, Corvallis finished 1st and Hamilton finished 3rd. Individually, Hamilton’s Aleigha Child won the event, while Corvallis’s Laurie Davidson took 3rd, Corvallis’s Violet Jessop took 5th, and Corvallis’s Ella Varner took 7th.
In the boys’ race, Corvallis took 4th, Hamilton took 9th, and Stevensville took 12th.
Individually, Hamilton’s Taylor Doleac took 1st and Corvallis’s Jack Davidson took second.