The Festus boys and girls cross country team performed very well at the prestigious Greg Wilson Classic held in Johnson County, Kansas over the Labor Day weekend.  The Junior Varsity girls placed third.  Coach Bryant Wright says the girls raced hard and did well with some very tough competition.  The JV boys had the best

Here are links to several stories, videos and interviews concerning Saturday’s double state cross country championships. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Article The Leader Article MSHSAA Video–Girls Team MSHSAA Video–Boys Team Video of the Class 3 Boys Finish Max McDaniel Interview Video of the Class 3 Girls Finish Class 3 State Wrap Up  

Less than 24 hours after both his boys and girls cross country teams won state championships, head coach Bryant Wright shared his thoughts on the feat. Q:  Four in a row on the guys side!  That’s impressive.  But with only one experienced runner back on the team this year, how in the world did you

Here are reactions from every athlete on the state championship girls cross country team.  The girls won the title by two points on Saturday in Jefferson City, defeating second place Herculaneum, 108-110. Elizabeth Harness, sophomore:  None of us really thought we had much of a shot at winning going in.  We were ranked sixth, and

“Honesty is the best policy.”  The old and popular idiom is something that one doesn’t naturally attach to the sport of cross country.  But it applied Saturday in Jefferson City.  After the Festus girls cross country team came away with an unlikely Class 3 State Championship, the girls were not shy in admitting they didn’t