Mooresville won the boys county track meet, and it was hardly a surprise.
Loaded with exceptional distance runners, sprinters and field athletes, the Blue Devils scored 250 points. To put that in perspective, Statesville finished second with 95 and West Iredell was third with 87.5.
There are plenty of reasons why the Blue Devils won convincingly, and have won every meet they've been in this year.
Members of the 2006 cross country championship team now run distance for Mooresville. The Blue Devils also have Jamel Allison, who won a state title in the triple jump last year. He's a mortal lock to win all three jumps - long, triple and high - in the conference meets.
But the No. 1 reason for Mooresville's dominance is the middle school program. Basically, the Blue Devils have a middle school feeder - no other county school does.
That's two extra, crucial years to teach the fundamentals of the sport. And it's paying off.
You can click here to read about the Mooresville boys track team, and click here to read Brian Meadows' story on the girls event, which Mooresville also won.
Also, our R&L Game of the Week video footage is available at the top of this page.
Regan Hill and Jess Norman both took some really good pictures, available here in a slideshow.
I'll have a recap of South Iredell's performance in Thursday's R&L. The Vikings did quite well for being the only 2A school at the six-team meet.
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