HEM coach excited for season

Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School head track coach, Jackie Jones, is excited about the team being fielded this year.

“We are returning athletes with good regional and state experience this season,” Jones said. “Our boys had a third place finish at regional and a fourth place finish at state last year and on the girls side, we were just short of a regional plaque placing fourth.”

She said the team did have a large number of freshman this year that means there still are some unknown quantities.

Jones said both boys and girls have set goals for this year.

“The boys want to be hi...