George, Ia (Northwest Iowa Now) – A few KICD area schools attended the George-Little Rock XC Invitational at Otter Valley Golf Course in George.

In the Girls Race, Elyse Zwart of Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley ran 20:57.19 to finish first. Sioux Center then took 2nd through 8th with their runners, dominating the team score.

Sioux Center would win with 20 points, all 7 runners were int he top 10. Okoboji took 3rd with 77 points.

For the Boys Race, Evan Osler of Okoboji won with a time of 17:42.84. Trigg Heimdal went 4th, and Lane Larson went 5th for the Pioneers at 18:09.18 and18:12.51 respectively. Ben Byers of Sibley-Ocheyedan took 7th at 18:35.77, followed by his teammate Cale Reiter who finished 8th at 18:44.18. Ryker Ballis of Okoboji finished 10th at 18:57.69.

Okoboji edged out Sioux Center in a terrific battle at the top of the team standings with a 31. Sibley-Ocheyedan was 3rd at 64, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn was 4th.