When the lightning alerts cleared and HC boys XC could assess the course, their smiles said it all upon return: This was going to be fun. No pressure. Just run. With just :27 between HC's 1st and 5th runners, the Wildcats claimed 3rd place among 22 teams. Noah Hernandez (10), Bennett Duffy (14), Grant Zuzich (16), Caleb Cornett (19), and Nathan Sandberg (22) all placed in the top 25 and finished under 18:00. Dawson Boyer also knocked :20 off of his PR in a time of 21:21.