MEDICAL LAKE — Medical Lake head cross country coach Gene Blankenship went into his team’s first Northeast A League meet March 13 at Deer Park with many unanswered questions.

After his boys and girls teams came away each with a pair of wins, albeit the girls ran virtually unopposed, he’s got a much better idea of where things stand.

The Cardinal boys took a topped Riverside 20-36 and recorded a 15-43 win over Deer Park. The girls claimed identical 15-50 wins over the same two schools as neither fielded what is considered a full team of five. Riverside ran three and Deer Park two as s...