By Fred Kroner Heritage eighth-grader Kiara Jones placed 13th on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the girls’ 225-runner IESA Class 1A cross-country state meet. She ran the 2-mile course at Normal’s Maxwell Park in 12 minutes, 51.8 seconds. Among eighth-graders in the race, Jones was the No. 6 finisher. Jones ran […]
By Fred Kroner One boy and one girl from Heritage Junior High secured berths in the IESA Class 1A state cross-country meets. Eighth-grader Kiara Jones left no doubt about her advancement by winning the junior high sectional race on Saturday (Oct. 9) at St. Thomas More, in Champaign. Her 2-mile […]
By Fred Kroner Sophomore Zach Ruwe placed sixth and Heritage was the runner-up on Saturday (Oct. 2) in the boys’ Lincoln Prairie Conference cross-country meet in Arthur. Ruwe’s 3-mile time was 17 minutes, 7.29 seconds. He ended sixth in a 46-runner field. Heritage’s other participants were: Robert Holloman (13th in […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks placed fifth as a team in the 60-runner Paxton-Buckley-Loda junior high boys’ cross-country race on Tuesday (Sept. 21). Bourbonnais was the team winner with 46 points, followed by Tri-Point (52). Heritage had a composite score of 92 points. Christian Paul was the Heritage leader, […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage’s Zach Ruwe ran his personal-best on Saturday (Sept. 11) and finished ninth in the 92-runner Paxton-Buckley-Loda Cross-Country Invitational. Ruwe completed the 3-mile course in 17 minutes and 18 seconds. Two other Hawks finished the race in less than 19 minutes. Hunter Montgomery was 26th in 18:37 […]
By Fred Kroner Led by individual champion Zach Ruwe, the Heritage boys’ cross-country squad captured team honors on Wednesday (Sept. 8) in the Cumberland County Invitational at Neoga. Ruwe ran the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 31.64 seconds. Four of his teammates secured top-10 placements. Hunter Montgomery was third in […]
By Fred Kroner Two boys and two girls from Heritage Junior High School competed individually in the Chrisman Cowchip Chip cross-country invitational on Friday (Sept. 3). There were separate races for each gender for students in eighth-, seventh- and sixth-grade. Heritage eighth-grader Kiara Jones ran third out of 76 competitors […]
By Fred Kroner Heritage secured top-10 placers in both the boys’ and girls’ junior high races on Saturday (Aug. 28) at the Doc Acklin Race, in Paris. Kiara Jones was second in the 30-runner girls’ race. Her 2-mile time was 14 minutes and 17 seconds. In the 48-runner boys’ race, […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage Hawks placed seventh on Saturday (Aug. 28) in the 10-school Saber Corn Classic cross-country meet at St. Thomas More, in Champaign. Individually, Zach Ruwe finished in eighth place in a 78-runner field with a 3-mile time of 17 minutes and 57 seconds. Other Heritage placers […]
By Fred Kroner Five Heritage runners competed in the Saber Corn Classic cross-country meet on Saturday (Aug. 21) at St. Thomas More. There were 2-mile races for each age group and each gender. Among eighth-grade girls, Kiara Jones was second out of 87 participants with a time of 14 minutes […]
