Maci races for a gain during flag football action. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)

Poplar’s cross country team opened its season by competing at meets in Billings and Wolf Point on Friday, Aug. 28. At the Billings Invitational, Poplar’s boys placed 14th in the team standings with 406 points. Bozeman topped the standings with 67 points. Leading the Indians was Jaycee Hilkemann with a time of 16:58.8 for 30th place. Jayden Eder finished in 59th place at 17:34.5. Issac

by Nikki Rush. The Red Hawks came as close as 21-18, but another kill by Handran helped the Spartans pull away for the win. In the second set, the Spartans needed to go into comeback mode after falling behind by a 7-0 margin. Kills by Rouse and Halle Cromwell pulled the Spartans to 9-5. Later, Scobey cut the margin to 14-13 on kills by Handran and a spike by Ava Stentoft. A tip and another