Putting an exclamation point on her late-season emergence as a top-notch cross-country runner, freshman Clara Hoyt of Brookfield (second from right) posted a 30th-place finish out of more than 150 entrants in last Saturdday’s Class 2 state-championship meet at Columbia, running a 21:45. (JENNIFER SMITH/LCL PHOTO)
COLUMBIA — Delayed a year by injury, but not derailed, sophomore Samantha “Sam” Sharp of Brookfield High School began carving her own chapter of state-level…