Like parents, like son: Cooper's Van Laningham goes for another cross-country gold

Like parents, like son: Cooper's Van Laningham goes for another cross-country gold

At first, Paul Van Laningham followed his older brother Luke to Cooper’s cross country practices and meets. Van Laningham’s a senior for the Jaguars now, and much of Kentucky follows him. He’s the defending boys Class 3A state champion, and if he wins the biggest-school race in November, he’ll be the first 3A boy to repeat since Greenwood’s Ryan Eaton did it from 2008-09. (Thomas Nelson graduate and Notre Dame freshman Riku Sugie won the last th…