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Fun with Pumpkins

The Glasgow Headstart kids made the short jaunt Common in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
to the Milk River Activity Center on Monday to Highwood, Illinois, tried to set the record on
team up with some pumpkin carving, and some October 31, 2011, with an unofficial count of 30,919
very creative jack-o-lanterns were made. All the but did not follow the Guinness regulations, so
pumpkins were raised right there in the Milk River the achievement did not count. Then, on October
Activity Center’s garden! 19, 2013, Keene broke the Boston record and
Now here’s an interesting jack-o’-lantern reclaimed the world record for most lit jack-o’-
tidbit: For a long time, Keene, New Hampshire, lanterns on display (30,581). The town has now
held the Guinness Book of World Records for broken the record eight times since the original
most jack-o’-lanterns carved and lit in one place. attempt! Keene (population was 23,047 at the
The Life is Good Company teamed up with Camp 2020 census) is home to Keene State College,
Sunshine, a camp for children with life-threatening whose students make up a substantial portion of
illnesses and their families, to break the record. A the city’s population, and Antioch University New
record was set on October 21, 2006, when 30,128 England. It hosted the state’s annual pumpkin
jack-o’-lanterns were simultaneously lit on Boston festival from 1991 to 2014.
 4D Chess: Biden Offers The
Palestinians $100 Million In
Exchange For None Of The Hostages
Enjoy now, TEL AVIV — In a stunning move sure to be taught
at universities in politics and diplomacy classes for
snow likely generations to come, President Joe Biden has brokered

next week
a deal to send $100 million of U.S. taxpayer money to
the Palestinian Authority in exchange for none of the
hostages currently being held by Hamas.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 75. West wind 13 to 17 mph, “Here’s the deal,” Biden mumbled to the gathered
with gusts as high as 24 mph.
media. “Nobody’s ever done anything like this. We’re
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. West northwest going to send 100 million…billion trillion…100
wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
thousand…all of the…the…100 million dollars to…
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 14 to 17 to the…to the folks that…those folks there. Philistines.
mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Planetfiends. Palestines. Palestinians. And in return, I
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. North have asked for none of the people being held hostage by
northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming northeast after Hamas to be released. I worked hard on this deal and
midnight.
held firm until they agreed to take it. I showed them
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. East southeast who’s boss. Marginzarfinabit…”
wind 6 to 11 mph. The deal, which was quickly agreed to by the
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. East Palestinian Authority, is believed to provide much-
wind 9 to 11 mph. needed humanitarian relief to the Palestinian people
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. East wind 6 to 9 by funding the purchase and assembly of more rockets,
mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. bombs, and small arms. “Our people are starving and
Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly after thirsty,” said Palestinian Authority spokesman Omar
midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind 9 Hassan Bakalakadaka. “This influx of funding from the
to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. United States will go a long way toward paying for further
Monday: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with violent acts to be perpetrated against Israeli civilians.
a high near 49. North northeast wind around 14 mph, with Thank you, President Biden, and death to Israel.”
gusts as high as 21 mph. Biden has promised the Palestinians he will
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, authorize another $100 million after the first $100
with a low around 30. Northeast wind around 11 mph. million is spent, in exchange for nothing whatsoever.
Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a At publishing time, the White House stressed that
high near 45. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as the administration was more than willing to take the
20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Palestinian Authority at its word that none of the $100
Tuesday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 26. million would be used for all of the things the Palestinian
Wednesday: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Authority always uses money for, such as weapons and
horrific acts of terrorism. ~ Babylon Bee
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Netters get two big W’s, host Wolf Point today
By Mike Brandt They just played so aggressively. It was a great confidence
It’s crunch time for the volleyball teams as they enter builder for them.”
the final weekend of the regular season. Wolf Point has Senior Tatum Nyquist led the Scotties with 9 of 13 kills
clinched the top seed in District 2B. The Wolves enter the and 2 of 5 aces. Hunter had 7 of 16 blocks, Joely Chappell
weekend with a 9-0 and 9-3 record. Fairview and Glasgow 20 of 78 digs, and Macy Martin 29 of 23 assists.
are tied for second with 6-2 records. The Warriors (10- Codi Nagle had 16 of 19 kills for the Red Devils, Emma
3) will host Glasgow (8-5) Friday night. The Scotties host Buckley 2 of 3 blocks and 4 of 8 aces, Jaylene Silha 23 of 85
Wolf Point Tonight on Senior Night. C Squad was to get digs, and Liz Hatfield 17 of 27 assists.
underway at 1:00 this afternoon. Martin served up an ace to start the match against Poplar.
Malta (4-9, 4-5), Harlem (2-9, 1-8) and Poplar (2-9, Hayden Green had a kill that gave the Scottieds a 5-1 lead.
0-9) each have one match left. Chappell ‘s kill made it 9-3 and her second kill made it 10-
Poplar gave the Scotties all they could handle Friday 7.
night. Glasgow managed to squeak out a sweep, defeating But the Indians, playing good ball, rallied to tie the
the Indians 25-22, 25-12 and 28-26. first set at 11. Chappell recorded her third kill for a 13-11
The Scotties were coming off of an emotional win lead. Poplar would take its first lead at 16-15 and led 19-16
over Class A Glendive Thursday night. Glasgow had fresh before the Scotties fought back to tie it at 19. Page had a
legs and arms compared to the last time the Scotties played block that kept the game tied at 20. Poplar led 22-20 when
the Red Devils. In the last meeting on Sept. 23 the Scotties Nyquist scored on a kill and Glasgow took a 23-22 lead.
had played two matches with Wolf Point and Malta. Both Nyquist’s ace for the win.
matches went five games, which had the girls tired and The Scotties had to battle back in the second set,
going up against a hard hitting and taller Glendive squad. down 5-3, Green had a block.but the Indians would take
The Red Devils swept the Scotties. a 9-5 lead. Chappell’s dig, Nyquist’s ace, and two kills by
The Scotties came into the Thursday night match with Chappell had the Scotties in front 15-11. The Scotties
fresh bodies. This time it was the Scotties coming away coasted to the win.
with a four-set win, 25-18, 25-13, 15-25 and 25-17. The Glasgow again had to battle back in the third set,
win came on Pink Night where Glasgow raised $743.16 falling behind 11-7. Chappell’s three straight kills had the
for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Scotties to within one, 11-10. The game was tied at 11
“It was pretty special for so many reasons. It’s nice to when Poplar took a 14-11 lead. Chappell had another kill
always avenge a loss. That always feels good,” said Glasgow for a 15-14 lead.
coach Brooke Martin. “They played so unbelievably. Glasgow would fall behind 22-17, forcing the Scotties
They absolutely owned the match. They were blocking on to rally again. Page had an ace and Green two blocks to
offense the entire time. They were swinging hard. Glendive tie the set at 23. Nyquist’s kill kept the score tied at 24.
didn’t know what hit them. Halle (Hunter) and Gina Chappell scored the match winning kill for a 28-26 victory.
(Page) covered their block timing, which we practiced the Chappell finished with 14 of 29 kills and 18 of 56 digs.
last couple of weeks. They have that figured out and have Green had 7 of 13 blocks, Nyquist 3 of 7 aces, and Martin 3
been really, really great at the net. Glendive couldn’t put aces and 23 of 29 assists.
anything down on us. We were digging unbelievably well. The weekend was a little tough on the Scotties as
Hitting the ball into their blocks and using their blocks. Hunter injured her ankle in the Glendive match and was
out for the Poplar match. Chappell was injured in the
FRIDAY Poplar match and again Monday night in practice.
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and getting exhausted. So we are trying to do practice
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differently and we’re not conditioning. We’re just trying to
rest their bodies.
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As Cross Country Season Ends Saturday, Let’s Take a Tour of Courses
A Feature Story Inspired By Four Coaches A very big thank you to all the coaches and activities
by Mike Stebleton, Daniels County Leader directors who provided information, particularly the
This long story began when it was not even planned aforementioned “core four” who really put all of this in
to be a long story. motion through their great descriptions. Another big
A few years ago while reading cross country articles thank you to the school superintendents, secretaries and
in some of the weekly newspapers the Daniels County business managers taking our phone calls when school
Leader swaps with — we send them our weekly edition was not in session during June and July, answering the
for free each week and they send us their weekly edition basic question: “Does your school have a cross country
for free each week — the light bulb flicked on in the old course?”
noggin. There were at the time and still are today for Last but certainly not least, a huge shout out to
the most part, four cross country coaches who would coach Riley Dennis, who ran cross country/track at
include a somewhat in-depth description of the course Montana State University-Northern in Havre and is
their teams competed on the previous week. currently approaching his eighth season as
Those coaches are: Ashley Emmons of the Powder Ronan High School cross country coach. Via telephone
River County Hawks high school program in Broadus he toured the Leader through the western Montana
via the Powder River Examiner newspaper; Ashley courses and certainly delivered the goods (he is married
Hammond of the Whitewater Penguins high school to Scobey native Chye Handran, which is how he was
program via the Phillips County News in Malta; Andrew discovered as a source through his mother-in-law Liana
McKean of the Glasgow Scotties junior high program Handran).
(now a Glasgow High School assistant coach starting Before the starting gun goes “bang” here is a quick
this season) via the five-days-a-week BS Buzz and history about the sport of cross country in Montana
Glasgow Courier; Thea Solberg of the Malta Mustangs/ by way of the MHSA website. Boys’ cross country
M-Ettes via the Phillips County News in Malta. was initiated as a fall sport in 1964 with two classes of
The thought was type these descriptions of the competition, A and B. Those were expanded to AA,
courses in eastern Montana into the Leader laptop A, B and C so as to mirror basketball classifications.
computer so they are always on hand and ready to be used The state meets have been held in October since the
in future cross country articles if need be. Somewhere beginning. Girls cross country has been a sanctioned
along this path earlier in the year the light bulb flicked sport in Montana since the fall of 1971. It was one
on again: do a feature story on all the Montana High of the few sports that had four classifications at its
School Association (MHSA) cross country courses and inception, because boys competition was already in
publish it in the Daniels County Leader in mid-August place. Both boys and girls cross country started as
2023, right before the season begins. As May 2023 was 2-mile races, increased to 2.5 miles and are now 3.1-
winding down there was a mad-dash of telephone calls mile treks (5 kilometers). Going into this 2023 season
to all kinds of schools throughout Big Sky Country, there are: 16 Class AA teams representing 17 schools
finding out which ones had cross country courses and (Montana School for Deaf and Blind is co-oping with
which did not, because once May ended it would be Great Falls High); 23 Class A teams representing 25
hard to track down coaches. It was so frantic on the schools; 36 Class B teams representing 37 schools; 58
phone making calls to schools one right after another Class C teams representing 64 schools. The first day
for hours that at one point a call was made to Bozeman of practice throughout the state is Friday, August 11,
High School and the very nice lady said: “We talked to which officially starts at 12:00 a.m. while the first day
you yesterday.” of competition is Thursday, August 24. No individual
In all honesty not every cross country course in shall compete in any MHSA contest until she or he has
Montana is listed here. Even though numerous attempts a minimum of eight days of cross country practice on
were made there are a few missing due to not making eight different days (no practice permitted on Sunday),
contact with those in the know that have courses — five prior to the date of the first allowable contest.
by our count. Simply put, the connection with the right Enjoy your run/walk/run-walk through the
person was never made in those cases. That being said, courses, with 38 of them being held on golf courses. On
the vast majority are certainly listed here. your mark, get set, go!
 Anaconda — Its race is held on the Anaconda Country Club Golf Course, been seen. It later enters Joe’s Trail on the town’s perimeter and then goes along city
which officially opened in 1917 in the community of Opportunity along Interstate 90 streets. Later in the race runners go up the backside of Matterhorn and once cresting,
near mile marker 206. The Anaconda Company owned a copper smelter in the city runners coast downhill to the finish line at the school track they started on. Coach Perry
of Anaconda and built the 9-hole golf course for its employees. Unbeknownst to the says “it is a great course for spectators.”
Anaconda Company at the time — 106 years ago — this location would be hosting Centerville — It’s called the Centerville Gulch Trail Run and the first 1.5 miles
a cross country meet. It is a totally flat track around the course with Mill Creek flowing of it are all uphill!
right through it with cottonwood, pine and willow trees scattered about. Circle — The Town and Country Meet starts and ends at the football field
Arlee — It’s called the Fish Hatchery Run with the course running along the southwest of the townsite. After going up a hill runners pass by the rodeo grounds
Jocko River, with the fish hatchery right next to the river. “A lot of the smaller schools then into the city, loop around the park, cross over the Redwater River and then to the
show up for this meet,” said Ronan Coach Dennis. cemetery. The harriers turn around and retrace the path they just ran and head back to
Belgrade — The course runs through the Gallatin Regional Park, which is a the football field for the finish.
figure-eight loop. Colstrip — Races are held on the Ponderosa Butte Public Golf Course, which is
Big Timber — The Overland Golf Course, nestled at the base of the Crazy right next to Colstrip High School on the north edge of the townsite. It features a big hill
Mountains, plays host to the Crazy Mountain Classic, which goes Saturday, September at the end of the race.
30, this season. It’s mostly flat with a few inclines and declines. Corvallis — “It’s extra simple,” says Ronan Coach Dennis, “completely around
Billings — The Billings Invitational is held at Amend Park and goes Friday, the school complex. The starting line is on the soccer field and runners make three loops
August 25, this season. Eagle Rock Golf Course, a beautiful layout carved out of the around the course.”
prairie, has also hosted meets, including the Shepherd Invitational. Riverfront Park Culbertson — The Culbertson meet has the start and finish line at the
has also hosted some cross country meets. Pioneer Park, right by Billings Senior High Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, which are on a pavement surface. They also journey
School, has also hosted races and features some hills. through a residential area and, to the north of the fairgrounds and airport runway, run
Boulder — The course starts on a paved road in the city limits east of Veteran’s on a dirt path.
Park. One-half mile into the race the runners have to get up a “deceptively hard hill, a Cut Bank (Mike Reynolds Time Trials) — The races are held at the Cut Bank
300-foot elevation change,” said Karson Klass, head coach of the Jefferson County High Golf Course southwest of the city out by the big Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad
School cross country program. Once the runners are at the top of the hill they are one- trestle. Part of the course runs along Cut Bank Creek to the trestle where the runners
third of the way into the race, or about one mile in. From the 1-mile mark to the 2-mile turn around and head back to the clubhouse area. The whole course is undulating, with
mark it is all basically down hill, about an 80-to-100 foot elevation drop. “It’s a great a gentle uphill climb to the finish line at the clubhouse.
place for runners to open up their stride,” said Coach Klass. At the start of the 2-mile Darby — It conducts its invitational meet on the Hamilton Golf Club’s 18-hole
mark the harriers have to negotiate another incline in the 150-to-200 foot elevation course. Pick up your reading pace and one can discover more details about it under the
range. Once hitting the crest they get a look at what is next, which is another 80-to- Hamilton heading.
90 foot elevation drop back into town where they finish the race on pavement. “It’s a Deer Lodge — The Powell County Invitational is held at the Grant-Kohrs Ranch
different kind of race,” said Coach Klass. “Fifty percent road and 50 percent trail.” National Historic Site, once the headquarters of Johnny Grant’s 10-million-acre cattle
Box Elder/Rocky Boy — In 2022 their combined invitational meet was held empire. Runners traverse an all-flat dirt path through a park-like setting chronicling the
at Beaver Creek Golf Course west of Havre. “It is a fairly level course giving runners a history of cattle ranching in the American West. Cascade Coach Perry says “It’s a great
good opportunity to really test themselves,” wrote Sports Editor Kody Farmer in the spectator’s course and the scenery is spectacular.”
Blaine County Journal, News-Opinion newspaper of Chinook. Dillon — The meet, set to go this season on Friday, September 15, is run on the
Bozeman — Bozeman Gallatin High School runs its races on the Cottonwood Sleepy Hollow Golf Course a few miles north of Dillon. It is a beautiful layout and has a
Hills Golf Course, which is nestled in the heart of the beautiful Gallatin Valley. It is good share of ups and downs for runners to traverse.
mostly a flat track for the runners but does feature some ups and downs. Bozeman High Eureka — Lincoln County High School conducts its meet on Indian Springs
School holds its races on the Bridger Creek Golf Course, which is on the south end of the Ranch Golf Course near Eureka. The cross country course weaves over rolling hills
Bridger Range and has plenty of gentle inclines and declines for runners to traverse. stemming right from the base of the Rocky Mountains and features multiple elevation
Broadus — This race is on the Rolling Hills Golf Course, located three miles changes and spectacular views.
northwest of Broadus at the intersection of Highways 59 and 212. It features six Fairview — The course is located at Sundheim Park, about three miles east
deceptively long inclines and declines for the runners who do two laps around the of Fairview at the bridge going over the Yellowstone River in North Dakota (the town
course. of Cartwright, N.D. is actually closer to the course than Fairview). The course starts on
Browning — The Browning Invitational is held on the East Glacier Golf a blacktop trail, loops around the campground, makes its way under the end of the
Course at East Glacier Park Village. “It has a lot of aspen trees and is one of my favorite bridge, and then out to some dirt roads winding around sugar beet fields. If there is
courses,” says Ronan Coach Dennis. “It’s right next to the lodge and the runners make a congested start, it means a runner needs to explode at the beginning to get a good
one loop around it.” It’s mostly a flat surface with slight inclines and declines spread position early.
about the course. Frazer — Located three miles west of the townsite along Indian Highway at
Butte — Butte High School conducts its meet on the Highland View Golf Clark’s Hill overlooking the beautiful Missouri River, which the athletes run parallel
Course, an old-style course built in 1939 with the Berkley Pit in view a mile or two away. to twice for a short stretch, this intimidating hilly course could possibly be the fan-
Butte Central High School conducts its meet at Fairmont Hot Springs Golf Course, which friendliest in Montana. A spectator can view nearly the entire race from atop the hill
is mostly a flat running surface but with some gentle inclines and declines sprinkled where the start/finish line resides on the northeast corner of the course. “Frazer is not
throughout the 18-hole course. an easy course with two long, gradual hills and one short steep hill (Heart Attack Hill)
Cascade — Stephanie Perry, heading into her seventh season as head coach leaving runners breathless as they get to the top,” said Malta Coach Solberg. “The long
of the Badgers’ program and raised in a family of runners, had a team but needed a (gradual) downhills proved to help the runners lengthen their strides and push with all
course to host a meet. Now she has one, meaning the Cascade Invitational is set for their strength as they worked their way back to the start/finish line. It’s a tough hilly
Saturday, September 16. The course begins on the school’s oval track in a bowl covering course.”
200 meters, veers up onto the perimeter of the football practice field, enters a utility “What a great course!” wrote Whitewater Coach Hammond in 2021. “This
road and then ascends a hill called Matterhorn, where the entire city of Cascade can definitely took some strategizing on the runner’s part to run a good race. Many runners
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did a good job of attacking the uphill and using the downhill to recover and cut some hosted state meets for many years” before the MHSA began holding the state meet at
time. It’s a beautiful course to run.” various courses starting a decade ago. “It’s a great spectator course,” said Zintz.
One last thing about the Frazer Classic, near the end of the 5-meter race the Hobson — The Titan Cross Country Invitational starts at the school and goes
harriers have to run north back up the route in which they ran south downhill to start straight through town and eventually the runners have to go up a 200-meter steep hill,
the race. The gradual incline near the end of the race on the west side of the course is says Whitewater Coach Hammond. The runners make two loops around it. At one point
approximately 606 meters long (the Leader paced it off last year). Once reaching that the athletes have to jump over a tiny little creek.
point runners make a sharp turn east for the final straightaway to the finish line, which Joliet — “The Joliet course starts on the oval track and runs through a couple
is approximately 584 meters of a very gentle descent. Leader tip: if one owns a pair of streets throughout the town, but that definitely did not seem to bother any of the
binoculars bring them to this course and zoom in on the vast majority of the races! If one runners,” said Powder River County Coach Emmons.
judges by the length of this description, it’s easy to see it is this writer’s favorite cross Kalispell — Rebeeca Farm, which will host the 60th annual All-Class State
country course. Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 21, 2023, features many rolling hills and is
Frenchtown — King Ranch Golf Course, located in the Missoula Valley, hosts a 2-loop course. The starting line is in a huge field but then all the action funnels into
the race starting on hole one. It is mostly flat and runs along the Clark Fork River. a more-narrow lane. The final 400 meters of the course are downhill to the finish line,
Runners make two loops around it. which is highly likely a Godsend for the runners. When Montana’s 2023 cross country
Glasgow — Held below Fort Peck Dam at the downstream campground runners gather at this location on the third Saturday of October the running order is
but still widely known as Kiwanis Park, the Nemont Invitational course is all flat and scheduled to be: Class C boys, 11 a.m.; AA boys, 11:25 a.m.; C girls, 11:50 a.m.; AA
extremely fast. The first part of this race since being moved there was on a gravel girls, 12:20 p.m.; A boys, 12:50 p.m.; B boys, 1:15 p.m.; A girls, 1:40 p.m.; B girls,
surface with some cactus causing problems for the runners in previous years before 2:10 p.m. When it is not hosting a high school cross country meet, it is a world-class
turning into an asphalt path the rest of the way. This is a race where most runners Equestrian Triathlon venue where horse and rider negotiate a course jumping over
post their best time of the season. A truly amazing fact about the Glasgow High School barriers.
girls’ cross country program is it was the Class A state champion for eight consecutive Laurel — The Locomotives cross country track is located on the 18-hole Laurel
seasons: 1973-74-75-76-77-78-79-80. After a dozen-year drought of not capturing the Golf Course, which, to an extent, is mostly an all-flat surface with some slight inclines
state title and dropping down to Class B, the Lady Scotties won another eight state and declines.
titles: 1993-2005-07-08-10-11-12-13! Lewistown — The Fergus County High School Golden Eagles host their meet
Glendive — Cottonwood Country Club’s golf course hosts the Dawson County on the Pine Meadows Golf Course, which is a 9-holer featuring plenty of sharp ups and
High School meet. It features some great elevation changes and is surrounded by downs the harriers have to get through. Fans can watch it in real time this season on
mature cottonwood trees. Friday, September 15.
Great Falls — Anaconda Hills Golf Course is where the Great Falls Invitational Libby — The Libby Wilderness Run is conducted at the Flower Creek Cross
is held, with its location in the northeast corner of the city (the community of Black Country Ski Area. It is cut out of a forest featuring flat sections and some ups and downs.
Eagle, to be exact). The cross country course, which many consider one of the toughest “It’s a cool course for the new runners,” said Ronan Coach Dennis. This season’s event is
in the state, features drastic elevation changes on a number of difficult hills. Eagle Falls scheduled for Saturday, September 16.
Golf Course, formerly known as R.O. Speck Golf Course until 2001, hosted the All-Class Livingston — The course is two and one-half loops running along a city-owned
State Meet in 2019, where runners competed on snowy and slushy conditions. park property that includes a baseball/softball park. It travels past an ampitheater and
Hamilton — The course is located east of the city on the Hamilton Golf Club the running surfaces include gravel, grass, asphalt and a rubberized all-weather track.
layout and the harriers make two loops around it. It is mostly a flat surface with a few Lockwood — Runners traverse up the “L” hill behind the Lockwood High
gradual inclines and declines but with stunning scenery. Athletes (as well as spectators) School in the east sector of Billings, as well as around the softball complex. “Lockwood
get to take in the views of the Bitterroot and Sapphire Mountain ranges to the west and was the most brutal course we’ve ran,” wrote Powder River County Coach Emmons. “It is
east, respectively, while running their race. The land on which the races are run were a four-lap course and two of the laps had a hill that even the varsity boys had to walk up
once owned by Marcus Daly, a Montana Copper King (note: the meet used to be held on bent over pushing on their knees!”
the grounds of the Marcus Daly Mansion). Malta -— Sponsored by the Malta Athletic Club, many coaches have
Hardin — Gas Cap Hill is a notoriously long, tough climb for runners. In 2022, commented the race at Marian Hills Golf Course on the south end of the city limits
with the weather forecast calling for very hot temperatures approaching triple digits, is always a challenging one. “It has all the components and is a fun course,” said
race coordinators had a person standing at the top of the hill spraying runners with Whitewater Coach Hammond.
water to cool them off as they approached the summit, said Powder River County Coach “This is one of the more challenging courses the student-athletes will run on,”
Emmons. Heat is often a factor on this course due to it usually being held early in the said Malta Coach Solberg. “It has every surface possible from flat grassy straight-aways,
season when it is still officially summer. dirt roads, gravel hills and an occasional mud puddle to maneuver around.”
Harlem — The Harlem Golf Course “is completely flat,” said Whitewater Coach One of the neat features about Malta’s rolling-hill course is that it does not
Hammond. The 1.55-mile course (for junior high kids) is also a very fast course. It’s a repeat, it is one continuous winding lap to run on.
course where runners of all grades can post their fastest time of the season. Miles City — The Miles City Stampede races are held on the Town & Country
Havre — Conducted on the oasis-like Prairie Farms Golf Course northeast Club Golf Course, which is flat, fast and virtually all grass.
of Havre along the Milk River, the course is surrounded by prairie and agricultural- Missoula — The Mountain West Classic is run on the University of Montana
harvested fields and has a mix of gravel and grass to run on. One section of the course Golf Course. If a high school girl or boy cross country runner wants to continue the sport
features a narrow dirt trail, where runners can get cut off. Competitors make two laps at the college level, this is the meet they have to compete in because many college
around the course. “It was a really good, flat course to run on,” said Glasgow Scotty scouts are in attendance. This meet, which attracts around 2,500 competitors, is hosted
harrier Kyler Holinde. The finish features a long straightaway. by the Missoula Running Club and Mountain West Track Club, which are not affiliated
Helena — Home of the 7-on-7 Classic Meet at Bill Roberts Golf Course, “It’s a with any Montana high schools.
two-loop course at about 1.55 miles per loop,” Helena High School Activities Director “It is a deceptively hilly golf course” with the start being a gradual incline, said
Jesse Zintz told the Leader on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. “There’s a gradual up-hill start, Glasgow Coach McKean. The surface consists of mostly grass with small sections of dirt
mostly grass. It’s a very undulating course. None of the hills are too big or too steep and trail.
they aren’t overly demanding. There’s so much great tradition about this course since it continued on back page
 “There is a monster hill” about 1.75 miles into the race said Chinook head coach Course, takes a slight drop down and takes a left turn onto the No. 7 fairway. Then it
Kendal Harwood. “It can mentally break some people.” follows a path on the outer rough of holes No. 1 (a slight downhill), 4, 5 (all flat) and 6
As brutal as it can be, the hill can be attacked and used to a runner’s advantage (climbs to the clubhouse). It then traverses the outer rough along holes 7, 8 and 9. From
to pass other competitors. On a dirt trail it is about 400 meters up and then about 400 there the race gets back on Golf Course Road heading north, re-enters the north gate of
meters down where it re-enters the golf course and retraces the path the runners ran Pioneer Town, heads west a short distance, goes over the 1913 Tande Bridge, comes up
the first mile. Pioneer Avenue and ends just west of the Dirty Shame Saloon.
Whitewater Coach Hammond wrote in October 2021 after the All-Class State Shelby — Its invitational is held at the lush and flat Marias Valley Golf Course
Meet was held on it: “There were girls that walked and there were girls that cried five miles south of Shelby along the Marias River where there are many trees sprinkled
getting up that hill.” At the 3-mile mark it veers off a bit and finishes on a fairway throughout with the runners making two loops. “Mile two is always hard as you have
across from the starting line. Teams from all over the Pacific Northwest show up and to settle into a steady pace and plan your strategy so that you push yourself yet save
this upcoming season it is scheduled to be conducted on Saturday, September 23. something for the final mile and the necessary kick you need to finish your race,” said
The course is scheduled to host the MHSA’s 61st annual All-Class State Meet Saturday, Malta Coach Solberg.
October 26, 2024, with the order of races being Class C boys, AA boys, C girls, AA girls, A Sidney -— Long and tough explains the cross country route on the Sidney
boys, B boys, A girls and B girls. Country Club 18-hole golf course. It features a one-half-mile-long gradual hill at the
Plentywood — The race, usually held during the last week of the regular start. It’s a longer-than-normal course with challenging terrain and hilly conditions.
season but changed to Saturday, September 16 this season, has a little bit of everything “It is a mix of flat terrain with hairpin turns, and a challenging hill dropping to a long
when ran on the Plentywood Golf Course, including plenty of inclines and declines finish,” said Glasgow Coach McKean. It is extra tough for the middle-school runners who
on a mostly grass surface. Plentywood also has an auxiliary course to use if need be, have to cover 1.8 miles as compared to the general 1.5- or 1.55-mile races. “It’s the
as was the case during the 2019 and 2021 seasons when the golf course was just too longest and toughest course of the year,” said McKean.
soggy following heavy rains, which would have taken a brutal beating if the races were Sunburst — The race starts at the football field on a road above a ledge then
held on it. The auxiliary course starts on the Lincoln Field football grass heading north it is pretty much downhill the first half mile into town. The course then runs along side
and makes a right turn onto the oval track where runners cover 570 meters. Runners the outskirts of which is pretty much flat. The last half mile or so is back to the school
depart the track in the southwest corner of the facility and climb up a short but steep and ends with one lap around the 400-meter track.
hill heading northwest while getting out of the bowl and then run through a few blocks Thompson Falls — “It’s beautiful, on the Rivers Bend Golf Course, which is
of a residential area. They turn north onto a gravel road leading to the Bolster Dam right along the Clark Fork River,” said Ronan Coach Dennis of his favorite course. “It starts
campground/boat ramp area on the northwest side of the reservoir. About halfway on one tier of the course then jumps up to the next tier. It has a lot of old pine trees and
along this road they turn around and follow the same path back to Lincoln Field. fur trees around it.”
Polson — The Polson Invitational is run on the Silver Fox Golf Course in Pablo Three Forks — The Headwaters Invitational is conducted on the Headwaters
at Salish Kootenai College. “It’s a fun one,” said Ronan Coach Dennis. “It’s all on the golf Public Golf Course, which is pretty much a flat track for the runners.
course, mostly flat, surrounded by trees and mountain views and at one point you have Townsend — The Rusty Raisland Memorial Meet is scheduled to run Saturday,
to jump over hay bales.” October 14, on Old Baldy Golf Course. One word describes the course: FLAT!
Poplar — The meet, scheduled for 10 a.m. September 2 this season, is Twin Bridges — The Falcons of head coach Stacy Dale host their meet on
conducted at the Medicine Bear Complex a few miles east of Poplar (turn north off the walking path at the town’s fairgrounds. The race starts at Jessen Park, goes under
Highway 2 at the roundabout). The course has a little bit of everything. The student- Highway 41, then crosses the parking area near the rodeo grandstand. It heads south
athletes run on some pavement then on a dirt road heading north down a somewhat on a walking path and loops through the grandstand area again, then goes back to the
short but steep hill followed by a couple hundred meters of flat terrain before turning area where the race started. There are many opportunities for spectators to see most of
west and following the Poplar River. Once going as far west as they can the runners turn the race. While it is a flat course it is a fast course.
around and run the same road they were just on, but on the return trip they go up the West Yellowstone — When there is not snow on the ground the Rendezvous
hill, which by this point of the race can be grueling. Once tackling the run up the hill it is Ski Trails is not hosting cross country skiers but instead cross country runners, says Bailee
back on the pavement that later turns into a small plot of grass to finish the race. “This is Parker, head coach of the West Yellowstone Wolverines. The race starts and finishes on
a tough one because you run on every surface possible from blacktop to gravel road out the ski trail’s biathlon range and in between it goes into a trail through the woods
to a dirt road on the prairie and then back to blacktop and cement and finish on grass,” featuring an all-dirt path with some overgrowth and many hills in it. The course is 1.5
said Malta Coach Solberg. The hill has been described as “short and painful.” miles long so the race is a two-looper. The 2023 Wolverine Classic on this course is set for
Red Lodge — Headquartered out of the fairgrounds, this course has proven to Saturday, October 7. An interesting aside: Bailee Parker was the Class C state champion
be popular with runners as it winds through the hills and near a stream, but is mostly a in the 2015 season, running a 17:46.09 on Eagle Falls Golf Course in Great Falls, which
flat course. was 1:12.83 faster than runnersup BreElle Wacker of Winnett-Grass Range. Four seasons
Ronan — Its race is called the Canal Bank Run on the North Crow Course and later in 2019 her sister, senior Averi Parker, captured the Class C state title on the same
is the meet where a 4-wheeler runs along the irrigation canal to scare off the bears so Eagle Falls Golf Course in Great Falls, albeit over a grass surface covered with snow and
the athletes can run their races (true story!). It is hosted by Ronan High School on a back slush. Averi defeated Plentywood freshman Annie Kaul 20:11.16-to-20:23.29, just over
road along the Mission Mountains, completely back up in the trees. a 12-second margin. Led by the Parker sisters, the Wolverines captured Class C state
Roundup — This race runs through Pine Ridge Golf Course on Roundup’s north titles in 2014, 2017 and 2018.
side, where there are plenty of inclines and declines in the topography the runners have Whitefish — Its race is held on the Whitefish Lake Golf Club’s course and runs
to negotiate. along Grouse Mountain Lodge. It is kind of a hilly course going back into the trees.
Saint Ignatius — It starts at the high school, winds around the sports Runners make two loops around everything. It is a tough course with the stretch run
complex, goes into town on paved streets and through a neighborhood. Then it is back always being fast because it is a gradual downward slope to the finish line.
to the sports complex where runners make two loops around. Note: Saint Ignatius and Wolf Point — It’s held at Airport Golf Course located east of the city, which is
Charlo are in a cooperative agreement for cross country in the 2023 season. flat, grassy and green.
Scobey — On the western outskirts of the city the race starts at Pioneer Town,
which depicts the homesteading era, and comes out onto Golf Course Road heading Postscript — Best of luck to all the teams and individual runners at State, the most
south. It goes by the east side of the golf-cart storage building at the Scobey Golf wonderful sport where everybody is cheering fore verybody! — mike