The best runners from Shelby County got their chance to shine on the biggest stage at the 2023 AHSAA Class 7A Cross-Country State Championship, and many turned in their best times of the season on a fast course at Oakville Indian Mounds Park on Saturday, Nov. 11.
It may have been a hot day on Saturday, Aug. 26 prior to the start of the Spain Park Twilight Meet at Veterans Park in Hoover, but as the sun set and the temperatures cooled, the action heated up on the course as multiple area teams were among the top finishers.