Freshman Emma Whitton became Sweet Home’s first state meet qualifier in cross-country since 2018 with a second-place finish at the Oregon West Conference Championships, hosted by Philomath Saturday, Nov. 2.
It was a day of triumph and, well, tragedy for the young Huskies, who have steadily improved over the past few years after the program reached a very low ebb following the COVID schools shutdown.
The Sweet Home boys team finished fourth after being projected…