Bear Facts » Cross Country

There are only a few things that athletes can take into their most high-stakes competitions: a good mindset, knowledge from practice, teammate’s support, and finally, their uniforms. Several as...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2023/12/15/uniforming-opinions/

Mastering a sport can take years and years of training and preparation. Some students at LZHS have been playing their favorite sports since they were practically babies. Other students, meanwhile...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2023/10/06/late-for-the-game/

As fall sports begin their seasons, many athletes come together to showcase all of the hard work they put in over the summer. From sleep-away summer camps to school-provided summer camps, athlete...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2023/10/06/hard-work-in-summer-heat/

Seven of the boys cross country team members and two members of the girls team drove cross country — or at least across state lines — to compete in the Nike Cross Regionals (NXR). When Nike c...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2021/12/17/xc-takes-on-nxr/

After an unpredictable time due to COVID, girls tennis, boys and girls golf, and boys and girls cross country fall seasons have come to an end. Even though there was unpredictability throughout t...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/tennis/2020/11/18/fall-sports-recap-2020/

Although there is no IHSA state cross country meet this year due to COVID-19, boys and girls cross country will still have the chance to compete at the highest level at the ShaZam Racing champion...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2020/11/07/boys-girls-cross-country-to-compete-at-shazam-state-meet/

Despite earlier hesitations to extend fall sports’ postseasons due to COVID-19, the IHSA board of directors voted in late September to allow cross country and golf to finish their seasons with ...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2020/10/08/ihsa-extends-golf-and-cross-country-postseasons/

For student-athletes in Illinois, many did not find out if they were going to have a season until a week before the season started. And when they did find out, it was to discover their sports wou...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/tennis/2020/09/09/fall-sports-roundup-8-10-9-8/

COVID-19 has taken something away from everyone; for many high schoolers across the nation, it has taken away the possibility of a normal sports season.  With athletes devoting hours of their ti...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2020/09/01/competitors-v-covid-19/

The phrase “going to State” indicates a student is one of the best athletes or performers. It may take years for students to participate and compete in State. But Booke Johnston, freshman, is...

https://www.lzbearfacts.com/sports/2020/01/07/running-to-the-top/