By Ty Elliott

In the dog days of summer, head coach Carl Hook has his girls’ cross country team warm up through the hallway of the athletic end of the school.  After warmups his squad takes off out towards the road and begin they their training for their upcoming meet. 

All of this training and many other practices have prepared them for their meet tomorrow at Brown County, a meet that Hook said is important to the girls.

“It is a big meet.  There will be several top 25 teams there and semi-state will be there.  We have to run well there,” said Hook.

Competing in a meet like the Brown County meet requires some great runners to compete.  Hook pointed out one of the best runners on the team, junior Alyssa Moore. Moore has her own expectations for the meet.

Moore said this team is getting better at a fast pace.

“We are running great; we are improving quickly,” she said.

Moore said this year’s squad has a different quality than teams in the past.

“We are a super big team; we are really close and we are all like sisters,” she said.

With the Hoosier Hills Conference fast approaching on Oct.1, the Superchicks have set their mark on winning the tournament.  Moore said the loss at HHC last season has fueled this year’s team motivation to win.

“We want to win.  We lost by one point last year.  It is a goal of ours to win,” she said.