By Sam Conner The Winslow High School cross country team will begin its 2012 season at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at the Hopi Invitational at Polacca. Hopi High School is a perennial cross country power, and it is likely that other powerful cross country teams will also attend. The Peaks Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 1, in Flagstaff is the team’s second meet. That meet will be run at a time to be announced later. The Ray Wherley Invitational will be held at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8, in Prescott. The Four Corners Invitational will be held on Saturday, Sept. 15, in Flagstaff, with the time to be announced later. Winslow will host the Dave Conatser Invitational at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Unless dual meets are added later, this will be the only cross country meet held in Winslow. On Friday, Sept. 28, the Winslow team will participate in the Desert Twilight Meet at Gilbert, with the time to be announced later. The Jack Bockle Invitational will be held on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Coconino High School in Flagstaff, with the time to be announced later. On Friday, Oct. 12, the cross country team will be in Tuba City for the Bud Davis Invitational, which is set to begin at 10 a.m. The final meet of the regular season will be the Holbrook Invitational on Friday, Oct. 19, with the starting time to be announced later. The sectional meet will be held on Friday, Oct. 26, in Holbrook and the state meet on Saturday, Nov. 3, in Phoenix, with times to be announced later.