Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Banner County Cross Country adds three new runners

The Wildcats Cross Country team lost Courtney Knisley to graduation, but Cheyanne Knisley will join Deven Sullivan in leading the newcomers to the sole athletic team out of Banner County Schools.

Newcomers Lily Teeple and Katharine Blankenship will benefit from the leadership of nine-year veteran coach Kari Gifford as well.

Gifford lists motivation as one of the key strengths in each of her athletes and she said she will expect quality guidance from her returning runners.

Banner County will not have a volleyball or football team this year, as numbers were just too low, though the school is...