cross country

West Fork boys cross country returns to state after five-year hiatus

Published by admin on Wed, 10/30/2019 - 9:35am

MARSHALLTOWN – It has been a minute.

West Fork’s boys’ cross country team ended its five-year state team drought with a runner-up finish at the state-qualifier in Marshalltown on Thursday, Oct. 24 in order to head to Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge on Saturday, Nov. 2.

The Warhawks had two top-15 finishes from Josh Reiter (eighth) and Jakob Washington (11) to help lead coach Mark Twedt’s team to state for the first time since 2014 when they finished state runners-up.

Read more about West Fork boys cross country returns to state after five-year hiatus

Warhawks soar to conference title

Published by admin on Tue, 10/22/2019 - 9:34am

MASON CITY – All five of West Fork’s scoring boys’ cross country team members earned first or second team all-conference on the way to easily winning the Top of Iowa Conference meet held at the NIACC campus in Mason City.

Josh Reiter finished third to lead a trio in the top-10 and first team all-conference honors, which also included Jakob Washington, seventh, and Ren Heimer, ninth.

Second team all-conference honors were earned by Noah Maske (18) and Cail Weaver (27).

Read more about Warhawks soar to conference title

Warhawks impress at home cross country meet

Published by admin on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 9:41am

ROCKWELL – Class 1A fifth-ranked West Fork’s top-five runners know they have something special.

Among them, the lone senior Josh Reiter can’t help but be excited about the thought of what the Warhawks can do in the postseason.

All five of coach Mark Twedt’s scorers finished among the top-12 at its home meet on Monday, Sept. 23 to easily win the meet with 43 points.

“It’s great,” Reiter said. “We’re all proud of what we can do, when we get there and are the first group of people to pass the line, that’s a great feeling to do it together.”

Read more about Warhawks impress at home cross country meet

Warhawk teams claim Belmond Invite

Published by admin on Thu, 09/19/2019 - 12:14pm

BELMOND – West Fork boys made it 2-for-2 in the young season on team titles and the Warhawk girls joined them to sweep the RL Invitational held at Belmond Country Club on Tuesday, Sept. 10.

All five Warhawk boys finished among the top-11 with Jakob Washington third, Ren Heimer fourth, Josh Reiter sixth and Noah Maske eighth. Rounding out team scoring was Cail Weaver in 11th.

West Fork boys scored 32 points for its finish.