The scene was set at Heritage Trails County Park, in Slinger with a North Shore Conference championship on the line. 

It was a great day to run for area girls high school girls cross country teams with temperatures around 55 degrees with sunny skies.

Slinger earned the championship with 37 points, followed by Homestead. The Highlanders finished with 47 points with third-place Cedarburg at 81 points. Hartford Union High School was fourth, with 87 followed by Whitefish Bay (99).

Area runners were named to the first-team all-conference roster, including Slinger's Abby Kurth, Daley Rabideaux and Nicole Haas along with Hartford's Nikki Reinwald.