Bengtson, Lions on the prowl

COTTAGE GROVE – Cottage Grove High School held its annual Wally Ciochetti Invitational for track & field last Friday, with some of the top competition in Class 4A in attendance. One of those attendees was Cottage Grove junior Carter Bengtson, who set a personal-record 4:06.56 in the boys 1500 to win the race – beating out three of the top six 1500 runners in 4A in the process.