The Haines boys finished close behind small-school competitors but the Glacier Bear girls had a tougher time of it during a wet and grueling cross-country race Friday in Skagway.

Juneau, Thunder Mountain, Sitka, Mount Edgecumbe, Skagway, Hoonah and Haines competed.

Wind, rain and a steep, uphill finish added as much as two minutes to runners’ times, said coach Liam Cassidy. The course started at the White Pass railyard and ended climbing the ridge behind Yakutania…

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