The Liberal cross country teams opened their season on a hot
afternoon at the Meade Golf Course Thursday. The Liberal
boys took second and the girls placed third. Alex Lopez
won the meet. Edwin Murillo was fifth while Aaron Barbosa
was 11th and Daniel Amparan was 14th. Audrey Gilmore paced
the Liberal girls taking ninth place. Hallie West was 10th
followed by Reece Hay (14th), Abigail Michel (16th), and
Pamela Bolavor (20th). Stanton County’s boys and girls
both won the meet. The Southwestern Heights girls were
second. This was the first meet under coach Stan Kachel
who won nine state championships as a track and cross
country coach at Hooker. Liberal runs at Hesston on
Thursday.
