By Justin Sokeland

WBIW.com

BEDFORD – Running first requires learning to walk. Bedford North Lawrence, in terms of experience, will not have time to take tentative steps. The Stars have to hit the ground on the dead run as the chase for success begins in 2025.

With only one returning veteran who scored among the top five BNL finishers in last year’s IHSAA sectional, the Stars will unveil several new faces in unfamiliar places. Rather than follow, they must lead. Rather than coast in the back, they must accelerate to the front.

BNL coach Nick Boyd is not sulking about the losses, both to graduation and choices. He chooses the opposite approach, one of optimism and opportunity for the unknown to step from the shadows to the spotlight.

“We have a good group of runners who were here last

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