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Scobey Runners Host Own Invite Friday Morning

Scobey Runners Host Own Invite Friday Morning
HERE IS WHAT THE BOYS' VARSITY RACE at Saturday's Poplar Invitational looked like in the early stages of the 3.1-mile run. Not shown is the leader at the moment this photo was snapped, who was Wolf Point senior Peyton Summers, ahead of the pack by about 40 yards. He eventually widened the gap and won with a time of 15:47.74, which was 42 seconds ahead of runnersup Raylando Red Eagle of Poplar. Below, Scobey freshman Emylee Harrold reaches the bottom of a short hill about one-fifth of the way into the race. - Leader Photos, mike
Scobey Runners Host Own Invite Friday Morning
HERE IS WHAT THE BOYS' VARSITY RACE at Saturday's Poplar Invitational looked like in the early stages of the 3.1-mile run. Not shown is the leader at the moment this photo was snapped, who was Wolf Point senior Peyton Summers, ahead of the pack by about 40 yards. He eventually widened the gap and won with a time of 15:47.74, which was 42 seconds ahead of runnersup Raylando Red Eagle of Poplar. Below, Scobey freshman Emylee Harrold reaches the bottom of a short hill about one-fifth of the way into the race. - Leader Photos, mike

The Scobey cross country teams are playing hostess and host on Friday, September 8, when conducting the Scobey Invitational.

The 3.1-mile run for the high school kids will start and finish in Pioneer Town while the 1.5-mile jaunt for the middle school kids begins on Golf Course Road, about halfway between Pioneer Town and the golf course.

The first race scheduled is the varsity boys at 10 a.m. and followed by the varsity girls, junior high boys and junior high girls.

In addition to the local Spartans, registered to run in the girls’ and boys’ high school races are the Brockton Warriors, Circle Wildcats, Culbertson Cowgirls/ Cowboys, Dodson Coyotes, Frazer Bearcubs, Plentywood Wildcats, Richey-Lambert Fusion and Mon-Dak Thunder (Westby-Grenora).

The middle-school races feature teams from Barbara Gilligan (Brockton), Circle-Redwater, Culbertson, Dodson, Frazer, Frontier (Wolf Point) Plentywood, richey-Lambert and Scobey.

The varsity races begin in the south end of Pioneer Town and make a sharp turn south onto Golf Course Road. Competitors run along side the golf-cart storage building and then run along side the No. 7 fairway. They then traverse the outer section of holes 1, a sleight downhill before leveling, 4 and 5 (totally flat) and 6 (climbs to clubhouse). The harriers then make a loop around holes 7, 8 and 9 before ge...

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