WATERTOWN — Great Plains Lutheran's boys and girls cross country, volleyball and football teams are each looking to piece together successful seasons again in 2025.

Here is a preseason look at each of the Panther teams:

Cross Country

Head Coach — Alex Mielke, third year.

2024 Highlights — The Panthers , especially the boys, enjoyed their share of success last fall. GPL's boys finished second in the Eastern Coteau Conference, won the Region 1A title for the first time since 2015 and took 14th as a team in the state Class A meet. The girls were fourth in the ECC and sixth in Region 1A.

Top Returnees — Boys: The Panthers return four runners who ran in the state meet, including junior Sam Manian (fifth in ECC, seventh in region and 66th in state), senior Carter Hinners (seventh in

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