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Logansport Cross Country TeamOpens Season In 3-Way MeetCo?IaffirtKinCde°rSis jSS|”SSth was the ^ctiQnalr^e frnm par ear. Kinder's glow- champion last spring, and has11 high school athletes who “have shown more enthusiasm and are in better shape than any team I’ve ever coached,’’ he says*The 196B version of the LHS cross country runners will premiere Tuesday afternoon at 4 pm. at the football stadium when they take on Lafayette Central Catholic and Pioneer. The meet will feature the 2-mile Indiana record holder and State Champion, Mark Bir, of CentralCatholic. . ,Bir singed the track jast spring in the 2-miJe run in 9.12 to walk off with the state crown.But, Kinder remains very optimistic about the first meet.Logansnort will send six delegates through their paces Tuesday including two boys who have never participated in the sport before.The veterans include Jeff Berkshire, a senior; John Layman, senior; John Ulery, senior, and Joe Smith, senior. TheHigh School record of 10.13 twice during practice. Smith has turned in times of 10.08 and 10.07 since Aug. 1. The record is currently held by Ulery.The team will be. starting the season with a 10-meet winning streak since they went undefeated last year in their regular season.Logansport ended last- year second in the NCC behind State Champion Muncie, and finished second in. the local sectional.Kinder’s, optimism is aided-by the return of the nucleus of last year's squad, and says “If we get past 'Central Catholic,' we could well go undefeated this year.”“Enthusiasm on this team is unbelievable,” Kinder says. “We’ve been practicing . three times a week all 'summer, and twice a day since Aug. 1, and they still go out and run on their own.”Smith has logged nearly 400 miles since last spring, and fournewcomers are Paul Beedle, a I boys, Berkshire, John Mattson, junior, and Dee Moon, a sopho-lBeedle and Mark Neal haveregistered nearly 300 miles since then.The Logansport team also has a little more to shoot for this year. Kinder has coached the local team for 22 years, and is seven short of -100 wins going into this season. %Other credentials Logan 'willbe taking into the season in-elude the NCC Champion and state' finalist last year' in are half-mile run Berkshire.. Berkshire is currently running sec ond to Smith.Tuesday’s meet will also in-cuide a junior varsity. affair. Running on the JV’s currently for Logansport are Neal, a junior; Corbin Berkshire, a junior; Mattson, a junior; Jack Goris a Freshman and Bob Sosh a freshman.Although seven members , are allowed to run at one time during a varsity meet, because of the lack of numbers on the Logansport team, Kinder will send only six against the Opening opponents. ; i - s“We’re hoping more will: come out'when school starts,” Kindersays. f-'Kinder believes Muncie to be the top contender the locals willface during the regular season, but adds, “they’ve lost several of their top boys.Commenting on the enthusiasm and potential of this year’s team, Kinder said simply, “It’s very unusual.”THE SCHEDULE Sept. 3 CENTRAL CATHOLIC, PIONEER, .4 p.m.10 KOKOMO HAWORTH, NORTHWESTERN, .4 p.m.12 At West Lafayette, 4p.m.17 CASS; CASTON, 4 p.m. 19 LAFAYETTE JEFF, 4p.m.24 At Delphi, 4 p.m.26 At Frankfort, 4 pm. Oct. 1 Logansport Invitational, 4:30 p.m.. 3 At Twin Lakes, 4 p.m.' 5 Twin Lakes Invitational, 11 a.m:8 Central Indiana Meet, here, 4 p.m.10 NCC Championships at Muncie, 4 p.m.12 Shortridge Invitational,I p.m. . ••• •,*15 KOKOMO, 4 pm.18 Sectional at Logansport, 4 p m; ’■26 Regional at Fort Wayne,II a.m.
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Logansport Pharos Tribune and Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sun, Sep 01, 1968
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