EUREKA — The Iola eighth-grade cross country runners picked up a pair of runner-up medals at the Eureka meet on Tuesday.
Trenton Varney and Josie Plumlee each posted strong times to earn those finishes. Varney ran a 5:48 mile while Plumlee ran her mile in 6:23.
Varney charged to an early lead in the seventh-grade boys race, but a runner from Sisk Middle School in Douglass kept pace with Varney and he was able to pass the Iola runner by the three-quarter mile mark and held off Varney to take the win.
Brett Morrison finished 11th with a 6:28 and Brett Willis took 17th…
