Harlem runners shine

Harlem High School has a new state champion.

Harlem senior Brad Cichosz captured the 2019 Class B Boys State Cross Country Championship Saturday afternoon in chilly Great Falls.

At the tough Eagle Falls Golf Course, which had overnight snow, and featured cold temperatures Saturday, Cichosz crossed the finish line in the Class B boys race in 17:08.7, which was nearly four seconds ahead of Glasgow's Wilson Overby, who placed second. Cichosz' finish helped the Wildcats to a ninth-place finish at the state meet.

Cichosz is the second Hi-Line runner in the past three years to win a cross country st...