International Falls Broncos

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The 55^th Hial Pike was held at The River Golf Course yesterday.  For the girls, Abbi Hutchinson from International Falls was the overall champion as she finished in 21 minutes and 10 seconds.  She was followed by 7^th grader Lola Hall who placed 5^th, Nora Sullivan 10^th, Dianne LaVoy 13^th, and Loralai Ford 20^th.  The Broncos had a team score of 44 which put them in 2^nd place behind Ely who had a score of 32.

Abbi Hutchinson who was in 2^nd place midway through the race says she was reading the girl in 1^st

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Lola Hall says it was a pretty good day for her.

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Senior Nora Sullivan says the hill was tough

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For the Fort Frances Muskies girls, they were led by Miranda Wilson, who placed 12^th, Leah Seguin (Sa-quin) 15^th, Payton Dolyny (Doll-a-knee) 16^th, Chloe Dolyny 18^th, and Alexia Gate 35^th for a team score of 84 which placed the Muskies fourth.

On the boys side, the Broncos were led by Camden Deedrick in 16^th place.  Christian Kostiuk took 24^th, Lachlan Reiners 33^rd, Paxton Sivonen 36^th, and Max Youso 37^th for a team score of 113 which took 5^th place.  Ely won the Hial Pike title with a score of 26 followed by Mesabi East with 48 and Fort Frances with 74.

Falls Sophomore Brendyn Scholler says it was a difficult race.

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Trent Wilson from Fort Frances was the overall champion and says he was battling a kid from Ely most of the race.

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Other finishers for Fort Frances were Rex Tolton in 17^th, Jackson Marchant 23^rd, Graham Coates 25^th, and Ben Gosman 27^th.

The Bronco cross country teams are off until next Tuesday for the Iron Range Conference meet.