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Girls X/C team finishes 27th at State

Dylan Wehmeyer, Senior Staff Reporter • Nov 10, 2022

The girls cross country team placed 27th at the IHSA 3A State meet on Saturday, Nov. 5 at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. While the race conditions were unlike any the girls had experienced all season --...

Boys X/C season ends at Sectionals

Dylan Wehmeyer, Senior Staff Reporter • Nov 2, 2022

The boys cross country season came to an end at the Normal Sectional on Oct. 29 after the team finished 14th. With 393 points, Community trailed Oswego High School, the last of the seven teams to qualify...

Lady Iron X/C wins Big 12 Conference meet; Boys team takes 2nd

Marielsie Iglesias, Senior Staff Reporter • Oct 22, 2022

The girls cross country team won the Big 12 Conference title Saturday, Oct. 15, at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, finishing 10 points ahead of the Normal West Wildcats. Community’s boys placed 2nd in the...

Cross country teams take 2nd at Intercity

Libby Price, Ruth Oliveros-Gallardo, Christian Hofmann, Zachary Knox-Doyle, BJ Dumas, and Brayden Blackwell • Oct 6, 2022

For the second straight year, Community’s boys and girls varsity cross country teams finished 2nd at the Intercity meet at Maxwell Park, Thursday, Sep. 22. Girls Varsity Normal West won...

Lady Iron cross country head into Intercity meet with 2 team wins

Anna Dunne, Libby Price, and Christian Hofmann • Sep 21, 2022

The Lady Iron cross country team head into Thursday’s Intercity meet with two team victories in their first three meets of the season. Community took 1st at the NCHS Co-Ed Open Sep. 2, beating Olympia...

Boys cross country: Trio leads team to 2 victories ahead of Intercity

Anna Dunne, Senior Staff Reporter • Sep 21, 2022

The trio of Joey Yaros (’25), AJ Ince (’26) and Jack Thomas (’24) have led the Ironmen cross country team to two team victories and a 2nd place finish this season. In the opening meet of the...

Boys, girls cross country finish 2nd at Intercity

Dylan Wehmeyer, Senior Staff Reporter • Sep 24, 2021

The varsity boys and girls cross country teams finished 2nd in the Randy Sharer Intercity meet Tuesday, Sept. 21, with each race decided by a tiebreaker. Varsity Boys After Community and U-High's...

Crossing finish lines, crushing records

Lady Iron cross country finishes 3rd at Sectionals

Olivia Plangger and Eli Schneider • Nov 9, 2020

The Lady Iron cross country team concluded their history-making season by finishing third at IHSA Sectionals on Saturday, October 31. Running their home course, Maxwell Park, with an undefeated...

In It for the Long Run

Freshman Ali Ince leads Lady Iron towards victorious season

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief • Oct 30, 2020

Her first 5K was when she was six. Her first State title was in seventh grade. So was her record-setting second. But the former junior high track and cross country standout is in uncharted territory, as the IHSA 3A Granite City Regional race marks a new level of competition for the freshman cross country runner.

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Lady Iron cross country: season of firsts

Eli Schneider, Senior Staff Reporter • Oct 2, 2020

The Lady Iron cross country team heads into Saturday's Peoria Notre Dame Invitational amidst a historic season. A Normal Community girls cross country team, since 1979 when the IHSA records began, has...