Fort Calhoun senior Jacob Rupp races to the finish line Thursday at Fort Atkinson.
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Fort Calhoun senior Jacob Rupp, a 2020 state medalist, finishes Thursday's district race at Fort Atkinson. He and the Pioneers again compete for state gold this Friday in Kearney.
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Fort Calhoun's Jacob Rupp guts out a run Thursday at the Washington County Fairgrounds.
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The Fort Calhoun Pioneers' Jacob Rupp runs Tuesday in Plattsmouth.
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Fort Calhoun's Gage Nixon, from left, Lawson Tjardes, Lance Olberding, Jacob Rupp, Travis Skelton and Ely Olberding start Tuesday's race in Plattsmouth.
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Fort Calhoun junior Jacob Rupp competes Friday at Kearney Country Club.
Fort Calhoun Pioneers Lance Olberding, middle right, and Jacob Rupp run in a group early on Friday at Kearney Country Club.
Fort Calhoun's Jacob Rupp, left, and Lance Olberding run Friday during the NSAA State Cross Country Championships in Kearney. Rupp earned a state medal in 13th place.
Fort Calhoun's Jacob Rupp runs Thursday at Sycamore Farms.
Fort Calhoun's Lance Olberding, left, and Jacob Rupp, right, run with Douglas County West's Ryan McArdle on Thursday at Sycamore Farms near Waterloo.
Fort Calhoun junior Jacob Rupp runs Thursday at Fort Atkinson.
Bears freshman Jacob Rupp, right, runs Thursday at Otte Blair Middle School.
Fort Calhoun senior Jacob Haggar, left, and Blair's Jacob Rupp race to the finish line Thursday during the Plattsmouth Invite at Rhylander Park. Haggar edged out Rupp to finish 12th in the boys' race.
Blair freshman Jacob Rupp runs Thursday during the EMC Meet at Otte Blair Middle School.
Blair's Jacob Rupp runs Thursday at Boys Town.
Blair freshman Jacob Rupp runs to the finish line Friday during the NSAA State Cross-Country Championships at Kearney Country Club.
Athlete of the Week Jacob Rupp finished third at last week's district cross-country meet, earning his fourth state trip. The Fort Calhoun Pioneer was nominated alongside Arlington's Hailey O'Daniel and Dawson Fricke of Blair.