Extreme heat resulted in shortened races for both the BOLD-BLHS and MACCRAY-RCW Cross-Country teams as they opened the 2026 season last Thursday at the Lac qui Parle Valley-Dawson Boyd meet at the Appleton Golf Course. BOLD-BLHS’s Liam Schlueter led the varsity boys group, finishing in third place with a time of 14:38.24.