Badgers see 2 runners make regional cutoff

McCorkle, Watson through as team falls short at district level
ANA SOFIA MEYER | DISPATCH RECORD Lampasas cross country runner Carlos Rodriquez pushes for the final 200 meters of the Class 4A District 24 race Oct. 14, finishing 12th, two spots shy of the regional qualifying cutoff.
ANA SOFIA MEYER | DISPATCH RECORD Lampasas cross country runner Carlos Rodriquez pushes for the final 200 meters of the Class 4A District 24 race Oct. 14, finishing 12th, two spots shy of the regional qualifying cutoff.

The Lampasas Badgers had a clear goal Wednesday morning as they looked forward to their Class 4A District 24 cross country meet: finish within the top 10 runners.

Each of the top 10 finishers punched their ticket to the 4A regional meet in Corpus Christi at the end of the month. By the end of the races Oct. 14, freshman Hadlee McCorkle and junior Cohen Watson had accomplished that goal and finished…