The Leopard runners are coming down to the final leg of the season.
With the region race this Saturday, the Banks runners have to prepare themselves for that challenge after coming off of two meets over the past two weeks.
Home race
The Leopard team hosted a six-school race on October 16. The competing schools included Commerce, Habersham County, Towns County, Rabun County and Jackson County.
The Banks boys finished first well ahead of the last place Commerce team. Stacked up against the competition Banks tallied 23 points followed by: Rabun, 73; Towns, 76; Jackson, 95; Habersham, 109; and Commerce, 237.
MainStreet Race
The Leopards were one of the teams invited to participate in the annual MainStreet News race. This year was the seventh running of the race and includes schools inside the MainStreet News coverage area. Hosted at East Jackson, the competitors included teams from East Jackson, Banks, Jefferson, Jackson County, Commerce and Madison County.
The boys finished second and the ladies finished fourth.
For the boys the winning order was East Jackson, Banks, Jackson County, Jefferson, Madison and Commerce. For the ladies Jefferson took the top spot followed by East Jackson, Jackson County and Banks. Madison and Commerce did not have enough runners to score for team points.
The race also provided some personal bests for the Leopards.
For individual results from both races, see Thursday's edition of The Banks County News.
