In the first cross country race of his career last year, Laurel s Tyler Mogan won the season-opening Billings Invitational at Riverfront Park by six seconds.

Practice for the fall high school sports season at School District 2 begins next week.

Distance runners Layne Lantis and Rio Frame have signed NCAA national letters of intent to compete for Montana State Billings next year.

CHICAGO — Zach Perrin of Kalispell Flathead has been named the 2012-13 Gatorade Montana boys cross country runner of the year.

CHICAGO -- Bigfork sophomore Makena Morley has been selected as the 2012-13 Gatorade Montana girls cross country runner of the year for the second straight year.