ST. MICHAEL — By the slimiest of margins, the Bemidji High School boys cross country team is headed back to the state tournament.

The Lumberjacks finished with a team score of 74 on Thursday at the Section 8-3A Championships in St. Michael. Not only did one team trail closely behind, but four of them did.

The Bemidji boys edged out Alexandria by three points and Brainerd by four points. BHS had an 11-point edge over St. Michael-Albertville, the host school, and a 16-point cushion over Moorhead. All five schools had at least one top-10 finisher.

The top-five fastest times are calculated for the team score. Tanner Johnson took eighth place at 16:41.1, while Caleb Knott and William Ames tied for 10th at 16:48.6.

Blake DeWitt finished in 16th with a time of 16:58.6. Deven Bentler, the fift

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