Hounds, Lady Hounds stand tall against elite teams at Coach Wood Invite

CROSS-COUNTRY HOUNDS
  • Competing against teams mostly from the Atlanta area, four Lady Greyhounds set season-best times at Saturday’s Coach Wood Invitational in Whitesburg. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    Competing against teams mostly from the Atlanta area, four Lady Greyhounds set season-best times at Saturday’s Coach Wood Invitational in Whitesburg. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
  • The Greyhounds placed fourth among AAAA teams and seventh overall at Saturday’s Coach Wood Invitational. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
    The Greyhounds placed fourth among AAAA teams and seventh overall at Saturday’s Coach Wood Invitational. BRAD HARRISON/Staff
  • One game after coming off the bench for Toledo, former Greyhounds quarterback John Alan Richter won in his first start for the Rockets last Saturday. COURTESY OF TOLEDO ATHLETICS
    One game after coming off the bench for Toledo, former Greyhounds quarterback John Alan Richter won in his first start for the Rockets last Saturday. COURTESY OF TOLEDO ATHLETICS

    The original plan for Jones County’s lead up to the GHSA state sectionals on their home course Nov. 2 was to get rest coming off of fall break and head to Bleckley County next weekend.

    But when the Coach Wood Invitational, a field filled with teams from the Atlanta area extended last-minute invite, it was an opportunity that head coach Geoff Moore could not pass up.

    So instead of running on a more s…