Lady Kats qualify for state cross country meet; Hillger advances as individual for boys race

- The Garden City girls’ cross country team is headed back to state after placing second at the Region II-1A championship meet held Monday, Oct. 20, at the Harold Patterson Sports Complex in Arlington.

Freshman Thomas Hillger also qualified for state individually after placing 11th in the boys’ race with a time of 18:43.65.

“They’ve been working since July,” said head coach Dustin Bates. “Most morni…