Four years ago, Coach Dave Martin returned to Sweet Home High School after a 20-year absence to find a cross-country team numbering eight boys and seven girls, some doubling with other sports and all inexperienced in distance running over hill and dale.
During 2021 – the COVID shutdown, there had been six total who finished the season.
This year Martin has 13 boys (nearly the total of his first year) and 17 girls, most of…