Carson boys, girls sweep state cross-country titles
Carson boys, girls sweep state cross-country titlesBy Justin Lawson RENO -- The Carson boys' cross-country team didn't need any more pressure. It was already fighting history having not won a state title since a string of three consecutive from 1989-91 and its lead runner, Richard Shroy, was trying to match his brother who had won an individual title just three years ago.But the added pressure came from its own classmates: the girls' team. The Carson girls put on a dominating display by overcoming a huge deficit just last week in the regionals to clinch a team state title Saturday at Rancho San Rafael Park.It took every last stride that was left in the boys' team, but the Senators matched the girls' feat by edging Centennial of Las Vegas and added one more caveat: an individual state title for Shroy."I took it over with about maybe a quarter-mile left," said Shroy, who edged Galena runner Bryan Jordan by less than five second on a full-out sprint down the final stretch. "I thought it was going to be