After taking 2nd the previous week at Regionals, the Giants were hoping to have their best race at the IHSA 3A Sectional Meet and qualify for State as...

The State Series kicked off with Highland Park competing at the IHSA 3A (largest class) Grant Regional on the challenging course at the Bulldog Athletic Complex. This was the first step in hopes of qualifying for the State Meet. It was a beautiful wa...

The CSL Invite for cross country includes 12 teams with 6 from both the North and South divisions. The meet is scored separately by division to determine individual award winners and team champions. Highland Park knew coming into the meet that each r...

The Highland Park Cross Country Team competed for the first time in the Loyola Academy Flight Night. The atmosphere was electric and the competition was fierce. The Giants were ready to rise to the occasion and have fun doing so. The meet had music b...

It turned out to be a crazy schedule for the teams involved in the CSL quad meet hosted by Deerfield High School. It was first scheduled for Tuesday. After trying to move things along and combine some races, the meet got canceled due to lightning. Th...

The Libertyville Invite takes place at Adler Park. It provides a true cross country course that challenges runners both physically and mentally. It i...

The Giants competed in their first of two CSL Quad Meets. This one was hosted by Niles North at Harms Woods. They raced against Niles North, Vernon Hills, and Maine East. The course for the frosh-soph was a little short of 2 miles and the varsity co...

The Highland Park cross country team was once again able to participate in an overnight trip to Peoria for the First to the Finish Invite. They had been unable to make this trip the past two years due to COVID. It was an incredible key experience fo...

After a strong start to the season and a ton of improvement shown at the EIU Showdown, the Giants did not perform as well overall at the Hinsdale Hornet/Red-Devil Invite. Despite not having the team outcomes that were hoped for, there were still nume...

Highland Park opened the 2022 Cross Country season with a very competitive meet at the EIU Showdown. This is a meet that includes teams that have at least one coach that went to Eastern Illinois University (where Coach Buti went to school). The meet ...

Sophomore Lukaas Nales competed well at his first IHSA 3A State Track Field Championship in the 400 meter dash. He had the 12th fastest time in the p...

The Giants came into Sectionals with team members performing at their best in recent meets. This meet brought the level of competition to new heights. The HP line-up included numerous young guys getting great competitive experience. The team had some...

After a tremendous team performance at the CSl Invite, many of the Giants then competed in their final meet at Deerfields Open Meet. This gave an oppo...

The CSL North Invite is a meet that the team has had its focus on all season. The Giants worked hard this season to put themselves in position to try and win a championship. The coaches focused on putting together the best possible varsity line-up. T...