CAMP RIPLEY - The Brainerd Warriors boys' and girls' Nordic ski teams each finished sixth Tuesday in the Little Falls Invite at Camp Ripley.
The Brainerd girls posted a team score of 104 while the boys posted a score of 108.
Pat Mangan was the high finisher for the Warrior boys, coming in at seventh with a time of 15:32. Katherine Mueller was the high finisher for the Brainerd girls, finishing seventh at 17:20.
Other high Warrior finishers were Amanda Finstad at 15th with a time of 18:35 and Tyler Vanderlinden at 17th with a time of 16:23.
Boys team scores: 1-St. Cloud Tech 48, 2-Alexandria 50, 3-Bemidji 51, 4-Ottertail 54, 5-Little Falls 60, 6-Brainerd 108, 7-Cathedral 116, 8-Detroit Lakes 145, 9-Willmar 193, 10-Buffalo 210, 11-Mora 219, 12-St. Johns 238
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Individual winner: Conrad Robert (Ottertail) 14:49
Brainerd results: 7-Pat Mangan 15:32, 17-Tyler Vanderlinden 16:23, 34-Ross Duval 17:29, 50-Peter Lindman 18:38
Little Falls results: 8-Luke LeBlanc 15:34, 12-Phil Prosapio 16:07, 16-Kyle Czech 16:23, 24-Drew Geisenhof 16:52, 33-Adam Kempenich 17:27, 41-Alex Houle 17:55, 45-Noah Hecht 18:20
Girls team scores: 1-Little Falls-18, 2-Bemidji 58, 3-Ottertail 64, 4-Cathedral 78, 5-Alexandria 101, 6-Brainerd 104, 7-Buffalo 136, 8-St. John's 157, 9-Mora 166, 10-St. Cloud Apollo 170, 11-Willmar 194, 12-Detroit Lakes 222
Individual winner: Missy Erickson (Alexandria) 16:31
Brainerd results: 7-Katherine Mueller 17:20, 15-Amanda Finstad 18:35, 39-Jenna Ruzich 21:00, 43-Rachel Howard 21:14, 45-Kacie Bahr 21:15
Little Falls results: 2-Melissa Kempenich 16:51, 3-Jackie Thelen 17:00, 5-Molly Binger 17:06, 8-Kayla Meyer 17:35, 11-Beth Hauer 17:46, 19-Megan John 18:57, 27-Erin Larson 19:35,
Next: Brainerd vs. Bemidji at Buena Vista Ski Area 10 a.m. Saturday, LF vs. TBD at St. Cloud-Greystone Trails 11 a.m. Saturday
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Kempenich second for host Flyers
CAMP RIPLEY - The Little Falls Flyers girls' Nordic ski team's Melissa Kempenich finished second Tuesday in the Little Falls Invite at Camp Ripley with a time of 16:51.
The Flyer girls, who won the invitational with a score of 18, had four top-ten finishers including Kempenich. Jackie Thelen finished third, Molly Binger fifth and Kayla Meyer eighth. Beth Hauer finished 11th and Megan John 19th for Little Falls.
Leading the way for the Flyer boys, who finished fifth with a score of 60, was Luke LeBlanc, who finished eighth with a time of 15:34. Phil Prosapio finished 13th and Kyle Czech 16th.
