Haines High School cross-country teams ran with partial squads at their season opener meet in Skagway Sept. 5, bringing up the rear in an invitational meet that included teams from Skagway, Mount Edgecumbe, Thunder Mountain and Juneau-Douglas.
The local harriers – some in their first competition – battled fierce winds on a J-shaped course that ended with a steep trail climb up to Dyea Road from downtown. “That hill is known to be a crusher.…