DAYTON — As a member of Tongue River High School’s state champion girls track team, Valedictorian Grace Sopko has spent a lot of time running toward a far-off finish line.

She always reached her destination but it could seem painfully far away at times, Sopko said. Her breathing became labored, her muscles became sore and sweat ran down her skin. At times, she lost sight of that far-off finish line.

But even when challenges seemed insurmountable, Sopko kept putting one foot in front of the other. It’s that determination that earned her statewide track honors a week ago. That same determination brought her and 32 other Tongue River High School seniors across the podium to collect their diplomas at the school’s graduation ceremony May 30.

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