On track to a friendship that will go the distance

On the day Eagle Grove High School boys track coaches Ben DeMuth and Joe Chamberlin held their track meeting for the 2021 season, Blake Morgan wasn’t there.  He was in the gym, shooting hoops.  He had no intention of going out for the team.  He hadn’t his freshman year.  He went out his sophomore year, but got cut short by COVID.  So why go out his junior year was kind of his thought.  But thanks to the encouragement of friends, he changed his mind and showed up for the first day of practice.  He had no clue that this sport was about to put him on track to developing a bond with a fellow te