In prep cross country, the Salem Wildcats opened their season Thursday at Marion. For the boys, Caiden Beer led the way with his 5th place finish out of 63 runners. Roby Shober was 6th and Hunter Malan 7th. The boys were 4th as a team. On the girls side, Maci Thorsen was 5th out of 48 girls. The Wildcats race again Tuesday at Bryan Memorial Park.
The Christ Our Rock cross country travels to the Bethalto Civic Memorial Twilight.