By John Rittenhouse
The pool to draw talent from for the Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth cross country program has expanded.
Two years after joining forces with Ellsworth, the H-BC-based program will include Edgerton Public School athletes in 2002.
A new three-way sharing agreement between the districts has the girls' and boys' cross country teams competing under the tag H-BC-E-E this fall.
Patriot coach Tom Goehle is not only excited about the Edgerton addition, he also is looking forward to working with a strong nucleus of runners who are returning from record-setting boys' and girls' teams in 2001.
With that in mind, Goehle will stage his first practice session at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at H-BC High School.
All boys and girls in grades 7-12 are welcome to participate, and sixth-graders will have the option to participate any time before school starts. They also can wait to join the team when the school year begins.
Athletes will be given a practice schedule on Aug. 12 that indicates the times, dates and locations of future practices as the teams will be practicing at a variety of places next month.
Goehle said a car pool will be leaving Ellsworth High School at 5:30 p.m. for the first practice.
Contact coach Goehle at 962-3623 with any questions.