The Haines High School cross-country team scrapped its trek to Ketchikan last month due to lack of a male chaperone to accompany the squad.

The Glacier Bears would have left Haines on a Thursday morning and returned on a Monday evening for the Saturday, Sept. 19, meet that coincided with the area moose hunt and end of the summer tourism season.

“It’s just really poor timing,” said assistant coach Alixanne Goodman.

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