Alpine Skiing: Girls get the crown in Taylor Falls

TAYLOR FALLS — Maddie Kalenberg and Gaven Hoelzel were the top-finishers for the Brainerd Warriors who finished first and third respectively in the girls and boys races out of 25 teams at the Wild Mountain Invitational Friday, Dec. 20.

“Our teams had a history making day with our girls team winning this event for the first time against a field of 25 other teams, almost entirely from the metro area,” said Brainerd head coach Jim Ruttger. “Our boys, who won this event for the first time last year, finished third out of that same field despite having two of our top three seeds fall.”

Kalenberg placed 11th with a combined time of 1:15.92 for her two runs. She posted the eighth fastest time on her second run. Following her in scoring for Brainerd were Emma Hiebert (13th), Cassidy Chaney (18th) and Erin Hoelzel (28th).

Hoezel clocked a 1:12.75 for the two runs that placed him 12th. Esten Hiebert was right on his heels in 13th followed by Max Darkow (21st) and Anthony Elsenpeter (26th).

Boys team scores: 1-Chisago Lakes 570.5, 2-Stillwater 555.5, 3-Brainerd 536, 4-Minneapolis Southwest 489, 5-Mankato West 488, 6-Minneapolis Washburn 478, 7-Eden Prairie 475, 8-Forest Lake 466, 9-Northfield 424, 10-white Bear Lake 418.5, 11-Chaska 385, 12-BSM 369, 13-St. Paul academy 361, 14-Mankato East 355, 15-Mahtomedi 355, 16-Lake Crystal 324.5, 17-Centennial 308, 18-Mounds View 306, 19-Andover 291, 20-St. Paul Alpine 289, 21-MAST 279, 22-Blaine 276, 23-ANoka 260, 24-Champlin-Coon Rapids 207, 25-NWAST 207

Individual winner: Jamie Mower (Chisago Lakes) 1:07.62

Brainerd results: 12-Gaven Hoelzel 1:12.75, 13-Esten Hiebert 1:12.94, 21-Max Darkow 1:13.96, 26-Anthony Elsenpeter 1:15.22, 27-Brandon Neifert 1:15.30, 123-Cal Madison 1:44.04

Girls team scores: 1-Brainerd 550, 2-Stillwater 540, 3-Mankato West 535, 4-Chisago Lakes 521, 5-Minneapolis Southwest 520, 6-White Bear Lake 477, 7-Eden Prairie 453, 8-Forest Lake 447, 9-BSM 445, 10-Northfield 445, 11-Minneapolis Washburn 443, 12-Andover 381, 13-Mahtomedi 334, 14-Centennial 327, 15-Coon Rapids 323.5, 16-Anoka 314, 17-Mounds View 314, 18-Mankato East 313, 19-MAST 303, 20-St. Paul Alpine 274, 21-Chaska 263, 22-Blaine 254, 23-Lake Crystal 221, 24-NWAST 137, 25-St. Paul Academy 56

Individual winner: Elsa Peterson (Mpls SW) 1:09.91

Brainerd results: 11-Maddie Kalenberg 1:15.92, 13-Emma Hiebert 1:16.03, 18-Cassidy Chaney 1:16.54, 28-Erin Hoelzel 1:18.10, 49-Calia Chaney 1:22.11, 53-Alli Krantz 1:22.96

Next: Brainerd at St. Cloud 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.