JOURNAL SPORTS

NATCHITOCHES – Parkway’s Panthers are the strongest local team  that will compete today in the Ochsner Health LHSAA State Cross Country Championships, hosted by Northwestern State annually since 1992.

Parkway is led by junior Brennan Robin, fourth individually as a sophomore in the Division I race last year as the Panthers took fourth in team standings. Robin is the highest ranked runner not from New Orleans in the field, with a 14:46 best time in the three-mile this fall.

Over 1,100 runners will compete with thousands more supporters attending.

The first race begins at 9 a.m. with the Division I girls race, and the boys Division I starts at 11:15. The final of 10 races in five divisions goes off at 3:45.

The three-mile course begins west of the NSU soccer complex and will conclude inside the Walter P. Ledet Track Complex.

The top 25 times for the day for boys and girls, regardless of division, will be awarded All-State honors.

Tickets cost $12 cash and $14 if paying with a card, as the ticket cost $12 plus a $2 processing fee, with the gates opening at 8 a.m.

Live results will be available, provided by MileSplit Louisiana.