Good Sports: Yosemite High School cross country running with the best

OAKHURST, Calif. (KFSN) -- With little than 600 students, you could telephone Yosemite High School an underdog.

But don't archer that to the boys transverse state team.

"It's not the size of the canine successful the fight, it's the size of the combat successful the dog," says runner Ford Stegge.

For the past decade, caput manager Kim Lawhon and manager Brad Stegge person created a perennial powerhouse.

"Through our thrust and dedication, we tin spell against Division I schools," Ford said.

Led by Ford, a UC San Diego commit, the Badgers person ran to 4 consecutive Central Section titles.

"When you person a radical of akin radical going towards the aforesaid thing, it truly helps you benignant of thrust toward what you privation to do," helium said.

Stegge isn't the lone DI perpetrate connected the team.

Twins Ben and Jack Olney picked up the athletics close earlier freshman year. Their ma forcing them to motion up for a section moving camp.

The 2 perpetually propulsion each different to beryllium amended than the other.

The affable sibling rivalry worked. The 2 are a bundle woody for the University of San Francisco.

"Most teams volition instrumentality some oregon instrumentality neither, which we were wholly good with," they said. "That was benignant of the full goal."

With astir fractional of the squad headed to the DI ranks, the boys anticipation their travel tin animate the adjacent procreation of Yosemite High runners.

"You privation to enactment yourself up to the highest level, and the easiest mode to bash that is to spot what the champion radical are doing," Ford said.

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