CROSSLAKE - Tony Fitzer of Pequot Lakes won the boys race and the Patriot boys and girls teams were victorious in the Pequot Lakes Invite Thursday.
Fitzer finished the 5,000-meter course in 19:14. Teammate Reid Pierzinski was runner-up. All seven Patriots finished in the top 10 and Pequot recorded a perfect score of 15 points.
Ari Lemieur of Crosby-Ironton was the girls winner at 23:32.
Boys results
Team scores: 1-Pequot Lakes 15, 2-Pine River-Backus 60, 3-Crosby-Ironton 67, 4-Pillager 111
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Individual winner: Tony Fitzer (PL) 19:14
Crosby-Ironton results: 9-Sam Roberts 21:28, 10-Tucker Ringhand 21:30, 15-Griffin Severson 22:05, 17-Ethan Cady 22:30, 24-Peter Nierenhausen 23:47, 25-Elijah Severson 23:53, 32-Sam Smith 25:59
Pequot Lakes results: 1-Tony Fitzer 19:14, 2-Reid Pierzinski 19:31, 3-Jacob Tschida 20:12, 4-Cody Huss 20:20, 5-Marty Fitzer 20:28, 7-Levi Palmer 20:49, 8-Cam Boller 21:08
Pillager results: Brennen Bordwell 22:54, Jared Eng 25:14, Zacc Gilbertson 25:16, Zeke Gilbertson 25:22, Anthony Janson 26:44
Pine River-Backus results: 6- Luke Downie 20:30, 10- Josh Sechser 21:43, Konrad Bueckers 22:05, Torry Hirschey 22:20, Luke Sechser 23:14, Nick Ackerman 23:19, Troy Fetter 23:27
Girls results
Team scores: 1-Pequot Lakes 28, 2-Crosby-Ironton 47, 3-Pine River-Backus 55
Individual winner: Ari Lemieur (C-I) 23:32
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Crosby-Ironton results: 7-Miranda Berg 26:09, 8-Annie Goodwin 26:17, 20-Madeline Nierenhausen 35;57, 21-Ella Dwyer 35:58
Pequot Lakes results: 2-Grace McGuire 23:44, 3-Jannah Hall 24:19, 5-Kenzie Nelson 25:49
Pillager results: Emily Kautz 29:57, Heather Joslin 30:28, Vanessa Peterson 35:19, Lacie Hines 40:23
Pine River-Backus results: 6-Sidney Lodge 26:05, 10-Shayna Moore 27:15, Cheyenne Swenson 30:41, Brianna Adkins 31:17, Laura Oates 31:11
Next: Crosby-Ironton at Bagley Invite Sept. 22; Pine River-Backus Invite Sept. 15.
Pioneers' Andres 11th
HOLDINGFORD - Pierz's Jake Andres placed 11th at the Holdingford Invitational on Thursday with a time of 18:30.37.
Boys results
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Team scores: 1-West Central-Evansville 32, 2-Holdingford 74, 3-Maple Lake 78, 4-Albany 96, 5- MACA 139, 6-Royalton 146, 7-St. John's Prep 160, 8-Sauk Centre 161
Individual winner: Rylee Nelson (WC-E) 16:54.85
Pierz results: 11-Jake Andres 18:30.37, 16-Matt Janson 18:54.18, 46-Drew Dieterle 21:20.14
Girls results
Team scores: 1-Maple Lake 59, 2-Holdingford 64, 3-Sauk Centre 72, 4-MACA 92, 5-West Central-Evansville 94, 6-Albany 100, 7-Royalton 176
Individual winner: Alli Ruprecht (Holdingford) 20:09.17
Pierz results: 41-Sam Winscher 26:25.33
Next: Pierz at Mora Invite Sept. 15.
