Blankenship hopes to check state cross country title goal off the list

If one of his Medical Lake teams emerge from their scramble over the 5,000 meters that make up the course at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco and claim a state cross country championships Saturday, Gene Blankenship will be able to cross a big item off his “To-Do” list.

No “bucket list” for Blankenship who is an avid runner and ought to be far away – he hopes at least – from kicking the bucket.

“My burning desire is to win a state championship in the state of Washington,” Blankenship, the Cardinals 71-year-old head coach said. It’s something he’s done pretty regularly in the past in California....