​Friday afternoon on Oct. 30 served as the first of two potential coronations for the Knappa cross country team. Astoria, Seaside and Warrenton also had their district meets and state qualifying was up for grabs. And finally, Astoria’s volleyball team bumped, set and spiked its way into the 4A quarterfinals after pulling off an upset.Knappa cross country teams double upOne result was set before runners even took off, but the other made Friday, Oct. 30 a golden day for Knappa’s cross country team.With the state cross country championships fast approaching on Saturday, Nov. 7, high schools across Oregon took part in their respective district meets. For Knappa, this meant staying local. Knappa was the host team for the 2A/1A-SD1 District 1 Championships at Fort Stevens State Park on Friday afternoon.For those in attendance the highlight was expected to be the Knappa boys team. It wasn’t a question of if they would win districts, the question was how dominant would they be? That question would have to wait a little while, since the girls took to the course first.Due to rain and fall weather moving in, the racers had to deal with some wet spots and also a wind tunnel as they ran by the water.The Knappa girls came in ranked No. 2 behind Paideia Classical Christian. Only one girls team could qualify, so the race was between the Loggers and Paideia with Southwest Christian potentially playing the spoiler.The Lady Loggers entered 2026 with just five girls. This was enough for the Loggers to score in most races. On top of that, one of the Loggers runners played another sport this fall. Sophomore Teagan Bryan ran for Knappa middle school, but has since taken up volleyball in high school. This meant she could only practice once a week during volleyball season. According to coach Amanda Isom, this was the first time she had all five of her girls competing at the same time.Fans of the Knappa girls were on pins and needles over the next half hour in anticipation of what the final results would be.A pack of three consisting of Southwest Christian athlete Chloe McNair, Vernonia runner Addilyn Draeger and Knappa’s Emma Jackson soon separated themselves from the pack. The trio came through the first lap locked together. Soon, the freshman McNair gapped her two senior counterparts and was cruising to victory. Jackson and Draeger had a battle of the Loggers down the stretch with Jackson edging Draeger for second. That’s when the waiting began.Next for Knappa was freshman Bristol Weichal. Weichal came home in seventh place, to book her ticket to state as an individual. Junior Zoey Lackey was the third Logger runner in 11th place. A little over a minute later Bryan crossed the finish line in 23rd place and Danni Finn finished in 27th for the Loggers.It didn’t take long for Knappa fans to calculate that the girls team had gotten the lowest score and officially booked their ticket to state as a team. This is the second time in three years the Knappa girls have