X-C Program Spared the Chopping Block
Coach and athletes ARE challenged to recruit more runners
August 24, 2017
WAITSBURG – In spite of a miniscule turn-out, the Waitsburg School Board voted to retain the district's cross-country program in hopes that numbers will increase in 2018-19 when Waitsburg will participate in a full athletic combine agreement with Dayton High School.
"This is really that gap year. We don't know what's to come. It would be a shame to eliminate the program. Looking at past practice, if it goes away, it's going away for good," said district superintendent Jon Mishra.
The exit of five graduated seniors in 2016 left a gaping hole in what has been a successful program with small, but...
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