On the heels of Goessel’s first girls’ cross-country state championship, third-year coach Brian Lightner was named 1A girls coach of the year at the Kansas Cross Country Track and Field Coaches Association’s winter coaching clinic in Junction City.

Two Bluebirds earned individual medals as Goessel outpaced Ingalls by five points at the state meet in October at Wamego. Goessel sent both boys’ and girls’ teams to state in 2015.