Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Making a statement in the standings

Top 20 runners lead H-M-S at South O'Brien meet

Competing in their second races of the week, three Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn cross country runners finished in the Top 20 at the South O'Brien meet on Sept. 29.

Bryce Dodge led the Hawk boys with a 15th-place finish, running the course at Paullina in a time of 18:31. George Vargas was right behind, finishing 16th with a time of 18:34.

Damian Dodge came in next, finishing 40th with a time of 19:53. He was followed by Aiden Bush, 45th, 20:12; and Blaine Finster, 52nd, 20:40.

H-M-S finished sixth out of 10 boys' teams, scoring 153 points.

Sioux Central was the champion with 59 points, MMCRU was runn...