Christian Hershberger is the top returning placer for Frontier Academy from last year's state meet, where he placed third in the high jump. Photo by Paul Jaeger.
"Ah," you're thinking, "Frontier Academy was pretty good last year, but they graduated way too many top producers to be a title contender this year."
Maybe. And maybe not.
It is true that Frontier Academy graduated a lot last spring.
But, it's also true that this is an established program and now able to handle a few minor matters like graduation of key athletes. Wrap your mind around the idea that Frontier Academy is likely to be one of 3A's better teams this spring.
They'll have new coach, and that will be a hurdle to overcome, but this should be a very good team. And, it's a team with some state-placing kind of talent coming back.
You'll notice that first at the high jump pit, where Christian Hershberger will open the season with the #2 ranking in 3A. Hershberger is also a pretty capable long jumper, but he'll need to find anothe...
