November 5, 2009 in Sports

Johnston leads latest NC success

Indians vie Saturday for fourth straight title
Mike Vlahovich mikev@spokesman.com; (509) 927-2180
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North Central’s Ben Johnston, right, won the 3A regional meet at Wandermere last Friday.chrisa@spokesman.com
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“Being on the tightrope is living. Everything else is waiting.” – Karl Wallenda That statement, by the patriarch of a high-wire family, is one quoted by coach Jon Knight as it applies to North Central cross country. “To compete is to risk, but don’t be afraid of that,” Knight said. NC’s Indians, led this year by Ben Johnston, compete Saturday for their fourth straight state title. After graduating three seniors who all finished in the top five during last year’s meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, envisioning this possibility took a certain amount of optimism and entailed new …

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