Top-ranked ML boys impress with runner-up at Curtis Invite

Medical Lake’s boys’ cross country likes the view from the top and the challenge it appears to present.

The state’s No. 1 ranked 1A team scored an impressive runner-up finish at last Saturday’s Curtis Invite in Tacoma, a feat that followed their first Northeast A League wins Tuesday in Newport.

Medical Lake’s boys beat both Freeman and Newport by identical 15-50 scores while the girls beat Newport 15-50 but fell to Freeman 27-28.

At Tacoma, the Cardinals got a sixth place finish and key points from junior Micah Dingfield who clocked a time of 16 minutes, 14.67 seconds. Domenic Rehm logged a 16...