Burns-Pine Bluffs runners open XC season, head to Gering Friday

Runners from Pine Bluffs and Burns started their cross country season in Casper Friday, Aug. 24 with reason to be hopeful about the upcoming year.

“This is a great baseline time and hard meet to gauge the rest of the season from,” coach Ashley Rousseau said in an email.

Friday marked the first year the team has competed at the 3A level due to the large size of the team that features runners from both Burns High School and Pine Bluffs High School.

Piper Perez just missed out on a top-20 finish coming in at 22nd with a time of 23:20.

“The rest of our varsity ladies ran comparable times to their...