DAYTON — “State champs!”

The Lady Eagles track and field team cheered to supporters out their school bus windows with the 2A State Championship trophy on board, traveling back from Casper after the three-day meet. For the first time in 33 years, the Tongue River High School community had reason to line the street from Ranchester to Dayton with police cars, fire trucks and personal vehicles in celebration the night of May 22.

Not since 1988 had Tongue River’s girls outdoor track and field program brought a state championship trophy home, and the 2021 Lady Eagles team boasted a 2A East Regional Championship for the first time since 2008 prior to claiming the first-place state trophy. Seven athletes would later be named All-State worthy competitors, but the final 10 minutes of that bus ride Saturday night jumped to the minds of Tongue River seniors when deciding what they will remember the most about this track and field season.

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