SJA's MICHELLE DAIGLE WILL TRY TO LEAD THE STICKERS TO THEIR NINTH STRAIGHT STATE XC TITLE!
St. Joseph's Michell Daigle has been a key figure in the Sticker's success over the last three year. Daigle and her teammates do not know what it is like to leave Natchitoches, LA without a state championship. As soon as SJA won their most recent state championship, head coach Mark LaHaye did not waste any time in letting his runners know where their competition would come from in 2024--the Mt. Carmel Cubs.
If SJA is going to make it nine in a row, they are going to half to do it without five of their top seven from 2023. Mt. Carmel did not lose a single senior to graduation off of last year's team, but there are some question marks regarding their No. 1 runner as Catalina Reichard, who won the Division 1 state championship in 2023 missed the entire track and field season with a knee injury.
No female had a better 2023 cross country season than Reichard. Even though her fastest time (17:23...