Drew Hawkins is a state qualifier in boys cross country again. The Hardin-Central senior punched his ticket for state with his 30th-place finish at Class 1 District 4 competition Oct. 28 at Platte Ridge Park. Per Missouri State High School Activities Association rules, the top 30 runners qualified, including runners on schools that qualified as a team. Hawkins, who finished the 3.1-mile race in 20 minutes, 19.29 seconds, “did what was necessary to secure a spot for state,” Hardin-Central coach Jenni Scott stated Monday via email. “This was a difficult meet for him not only because of (the) weather, but (also for) not having … (run) or competed the last several weeks,” Scott wrote. A dual-sport fall athlete, Hawkins was sidelined after suffering a concussion while playing varsity 8-man football for the Norborne Hardin-Central 8-man coop. Concussion protocol still precludes Hawkins from playing football, he said while decked out in street clothes near the end of football practice…