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<< Previous   of   Next >> Molly Van Wagner / For The Herald  (click to enlarge) Mitchell Briggs (left) reacts alongside his Jackson teammates after seeing the results of Saturday’s state 4A cross country meet, where the Timberwolves placed second for the second year in a row.   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • Mountlake Terrace outmuscled in trench warfare 11/8/09   HIGH SCHOOL SCORES AND SCHEDULES: By sport: BaseballBoys basketballBoys golfBoys soccerBoys swimmingBoys tennis Boys trackBoys wrestlingCross countryFootballGirls basketballGirls bowlingGirls golfGirls soccerGirls swimmingGirls tennisGirls trackGirls wrestlingGymnasticsSoftballTrackVolleyballWrestling By date: November 22 November 23 November 24 November 25 November 26 November 27 November 28 November 29 November 30 December 1 December 2 December 3 December 4 December 5 December 6 December 7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 13 By school: Archbishop Murphy Arlington Bothell Cascade Cedar Park Christian-Everett Cedarcrest Concrete Coupeville Darrington Edmonds-Woodway Everett Friday Harbor Glacier Peak Grace Academy Granite Falls Highland Christian Prep Jackson Kamiak King's La Conner Lake Stevens Lakewood Lopez Island Lummi Lynnwood Mariner Marysville-Pilchuck Meadowdale Monroe Mount Vernon Christian Mountlake Terrace North Sound Christian Oak Harbor Orcas Island Shorecrest Shoreline Christian Shorewood Snohomish South Whidbey Stanwood Sultan Tulalip Heritage    • Stadium map By league: Cascade Conference Non-conference Northwest 1A/2B Northwest 1B Northwest 2B Wesco Wesco 3A Wesco North Wesco South STANDINGS: Select league Cascade Conference baseball Cascade Conference boys basketball Cascade Conference boys soccer Cascade Conference boys wrestling Cascade Conference football Cascade Conference girls basketball Cascade Conference girls soccer Cascade Conference softball Cascade Conference volleyball Northwest 1A/2B baseball Northwest 1A/2B boys basketball Northwest 1A/2B boys soccer Northwest 1A/2B boys wrestling Northwest 1A/2B girls basketball Northwest 1A/2B girls soccer Northwest 1A/2B softball Northwest 1A/2B volleyball Northwest 1B boys basketball Northwest 1B boys soccer Northwest 1B girls basketball Northwest 1B girls soccer Northwest 1B volleyball Northwest 2B football Wesco 3A Football Wesco North baseball Wesco North boys basketball Wesco North boys soccer Wesco North boys swimming Wesco North boys tennis Wesco North boys track Wesco North boys wrestling Wesco North football Wesco North girls basketball Wesco North girls soccer Wesco North girls swimming Wesco North girls tennis Wesco North girls track Wesco North softball Wesco North volleyball Wesco South baseball Wesco South boys basketball Wesco South boys soccer Wesco South boys swimming Wesco South boys tennis Wesco South boys track Wesco South boys wrestling Wesco South football Wesco South girls basketball Wesco South girls soccer Wesco South girls swimming Wesco South girls tennis Wesco South girls track Wesco South softball Wesco South volleyball CONTACT THE HERALD Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.) E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com Kevin Brown, Sports Editor kbrown@heraldnet.com   Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 History repeats for Jackson boys cross country team The highly touted Timberwolves finish second at state for the second consecutive year, this time behind Ferris By Mike Cane Herald Writer PASCO — Another year as the favorite. Another second-place trophy. Another Spokane team was the villain. For the second straight year, the Jackson High School boys cross country team came into the Class 4A state meet ranked No. 1 in Washington and seemingly primed to end the Spokane teams’ decades-long grip on the big-school team title. But as in 2008, Jackson came in with historic expectations and left wondering what could have been. In a showdown of top-10 nationally ranked teams, Ferris of Spokane dominated and ran away from Jackson in the Class 4A boys race on Saturday during the 2009 State Cross Country Championships at Sun Willows Golf Course. On a windy, increasingly overcast afternoon, Ferris prevailed with authority in the 4A team battle, tallying 68 points compared to Jackson’s 100. In cross country, each team’s five-fastest runners score team points based on their placing. The lowest cumulative team score wins. The individual 4A champ was Central Kitsap senior Shane Moskowitz, the 2008 runnerup. He won on Saturday in 15:06, a victory margin of 16 seconds. Leading all local individuals, Oak Harbor junior Tyler King placed fifth thanks to a blazing final mile. Ferris — ranked No. 1 nationally in the preseason and currently No. 9 in America in the Harrier Super 25 poll — packed five runners in the top 30 individuals on the 3.1-mile (5,000-meter) course. Meanwhile, Jackson — ranked No. 1 in the Super 25 — had three runners in the top 17 (junior Sean Roe, 12th; senior Mitchell Briggs, 15th; senior Connor Frederickson, 17th). But its final two scoring runners placed far behind Ferris’ fourth and fifth runners. “They were solid,” Jackson’s Roe said of Ferris. “They out-ran us, kind of like Mead did last year. It’s kind of an unfortunate reoccurrence in events.” Since 1988 big-school boys state cross country titles have been won only by Mead, University and Ferris. Last year Mead beat Jackson by eight points. During the initial start the race was marred by a huge pileup near the top of the first hill. A little more than 100 meters in, runners from one end appeared to wedge toward the middle, setting off an avalanche of falling athletes. An official fired a gun, signaling a restart. Several runners, including three from Cascade High, got trampled and scraped by other runners’ metal spikes. While medical workers attended to bloodied kids, including Cascade junior Aaron Campbell, officials delayed the restart for about 17 minutes. Runners tried to stay loose and warm up again but it was an odd mental disruption. “It was hard to get going and psych ourselves up again,” Jackson’s Briggs said. After praising Ferris, Jackson coach Eric Hruschka noted that his Timberwolves had some bad luck on Saturday beyond the restart. Senior Nathan Calacat, one of Jackson’s five-best runners all year, woke up sick on Saturday and placed 100th, last among Jackson’s seven competitors. “We’re not going to be able to win without our top five guys running a great race,” Hruschka said. Oak Harbor’s Tyler King knows how sickness can derail a season or an important race. He recently struggled with the flu and bronchitis but recovered enough to place sixth at districts. Feeling better than he has in awhile, King broke through at state with a fifth-place performance. He passed five runners in the final mile and had a personal-best time of 15:33, a massive improvement on his 16:05 (22nd place) last year at state. “With a mile left I was in (10th place) and my legs just felt alright and I said, ‘You know, now is the time to go for it if you’re going to go for it,’” said King. In response to King’s recent illness, Oak Harbor coach Eric Peterson altered King’s training, reducing the junior’s workload in practice. Peterson wasn’t sure how things would turn out at state. “We knew that it was either all or nothing here,” Peterson said. To King and his coach’s delight, it was definitely all. In the team standings, Cascade took 14th, Lake Stevens 15th. Cascade’s leader was senior Dylan Hopper (34th, 16:09). Mike Cane: mcane@heraldnet.com. Check out the prep sports blog Double Team at www.heraldnet.com/doubleteam. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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