Many will say that qualifying for the State Track Meet in La Crosse is sufficient enough. For some that is one of their goals for the season. The Sugar River Track and Field team had embraced the challenge when they qualified three relays and four individual events. After a short practice at a local high school on Thursday evening, the team visited the quiet stadium to take in the scene of what most of them had never experienced before and what was about to happen on Friday afternoon.

When it was time to leave for the stadium, there was what seemed a quiet confidence on the outside of th...