DeVenney's back in action

ERIE - After spending the last month or so running in a pool, Nathan DeVenney was glad to show what he's got on grass. The Bureau Valley sophomore finished fifth at the Three Rivers Conference meet Tuesday, helping the Storm to their second straight league title. "I told my team that was the happiest fifth place I've ever gotten in my life," DeVenney said. "I mean it. I've been working to try to get a conference trophy for us, and we achieved it today. It was pretty exciting." DeVenney is no stranger to success. A year ago, he finished 33rd at the Class A state cross country meet with a time of 16 minutes, 1 second. That time was bettered by just two other freshmen - Newman's Jake Trancoso (16th in 15:38) and Rockford Christian's Justin Reh