MANISTIQUE — After finishing near the middle of the pack in their cross country opener, the Manistique Emeralds are hoping to move up during the course of the season.

The boys tied for fifth with Crystal Falls Forest Park and the girls shared fifth with Escanaba and Norway in Tuesday’s Larissa Vartti Memorial Invitational near Munising Tuesday.

Sophomore Kavin Jackson paced the boys in 11th place, covering the 3.1-mile course in 20:28.

The Emeralds, who are running in today’s Wildcat Open at Northern Michigan University, have nine boys and four girls on their roster.

“We have a very young team,” coach Rebekah Gilroy said. “There were a lot of nerves. Some kids had never run a 5-K at all. I thought we did all right. There was a different field of people running. The competition was a li

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