The Lord Botetourt and James River cross country teams will be competing in the annual “Knights Crossing” meet at Green Hill Park in Roanoke County Saturday. The meet is hosted by Cave Spring High School.

This year’s Knights Crossing will be the largest ever, according to Cave Spring girls coach Laurence Loesel. As of last week there were 67 high schools entered along with 52 middle school and seven elementary schools. In addition to many teams from Virginia there will be schools from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia at the meet.

The high school races are divided into the “Red” division for larger schools and out of state teams while the “Black” division is for smaller schools. The “White” races are for all runners who are not in the top 10 of their teams.

The schedule of events is as follows:

7 a.m. Course Opens

8 a.m. Open 5K Race for men and women

9 a.m. Elementary School Championship 1K Race

9:30 a.m. Girls Middle School Championship 3K Race

10 a.m. Boys Middle School Championship 3K Race

10:30 a.m. Girls Red Race 5K – Top 10 runners per team

11:15 a.m. Boys Red Race 5K – Top 10 runners per team

The “Black” race is for smaller schools and all private schools

11:45 a.m. Girls Black Race 5K – Top 10 runners per team

12:30 p.m. Boys Black Race 5K – Top 10 runners per team

1:15 p.m. Girls White Race 5k – unlimited

2 p.m. Boys White Race 5k – unlimited

Next Wednesday, Sept. 13, the Lord Botetourt team will host Salem at Greenfield, and on September 16 both LB and River will run in the “Clash with the Titans” meet at Hidden Valley High School.