Fort Benton girls power past the 9C field

For the second straight year, the Fort Benton girls dominated the District 9C track meet and in the process, they put the rest of Class C on notice.

The Longhorns, who won the District 9C and the Northern C Divisional championships a season ago, took the first step toward successfully defending both, as they cruised to the 9C crown with 221 points Wednesday at the Havre Middle School track.

Chinook finished second with 141 points and North Star was a distant third with 67. Big Sandy also had a solid day, notching a fourth-place finish after a total of 50 points, followed by Turner with 12, Che...