by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi
Draper Washington celebrated his 10th anniversary as coach of the Lancaster High School indoor track and field team by leading the boys team to its first Class 1 state championship Thursday, March 6, at Liberty University.
Lancaster High School boys indoor track and field members react Thursday, March 6, after the announcement that they won the Class 1 state meet at Liberty University. Photo by Bill Kramer
Washington collected his fourth state title at LHS. He’s won three Class 1 outdoor track and field championships.
Since Lancaster started competing in indoor track 10 years ago, both the regional and state meets have been a combined Class 1/2 event. They split the Region A meet into 1A and 2A this year and Lancaster claimed both the girls and boys trophies two weeks ago.
The LHS boys team went on to pick up a second trophy in as many weeks when they edged runner-up Galileo by two for the state crown.
The Red Devils outscored 19 other teams with….
