Underclassmen on the Haines High School cross-country team made whopping improvements at last weekend’s regional championship meet in Ketchikan, earning the boys’ squad its first trip to the state championship in six years.

The Haines girls’ team missed qualifying for state by a single slot, edged partly by a spectacular Petersburg squad that ran up a perfect score – capturing each of the race’s first five places.

Five of seven Haines boys set personal season…