Area Cross-Country: Pillager girls race to 1st

By Dispatch staff report

September 22, 2022 at 8:37 PM

PILLAGER — Lindy Cordes and Emma Reeder finished in third and fourth place individually to lead the Pillager Huskies to first place in the Pillager Invite Thursday, Sept. 22, at Madden’s Resort.

Cordes ran a 22:50.2 followed by Reeder in 23:04.2.

Mia Arroyo of Verndale captured fifth

Pillager’s Braden Hoffer led the area boys with an eighth-place finish in 20:28.2. Verndale’s Michael Uselman placed ninth

Boys results

Team scores: 1-Bertha-Hewitt 15, 2-New York Mills 50

Individual winner: Brady Rach (BH) 18:42.1

Pillager results: 8-Braden Hoffer 20:28.2, 17-Brooks Brichacek 23:06.7, 19-Brenden Brichacek 23:36.2, 21-Jayde Jordahl 24:02.2

Pine River-Backus results: 16-Ethan Burns 22:27.7, 18-Reece Trumble 23:17.1, 26-Dennis Rahm 26:12.1

Verndale results: 9-Michael Uselman 20:47.1, 12-Jacob Sharma 22:08.2, 27-Malachi Ervasti 28:01.2

Girls results

Team scores: 1-Pillager 33, 2-Bertha-Hewitt 45, 3-New York Mills 51, 4-Pine River-Backus 95

Individual winner: Jada Goeson (NYM) 21:53.2

Pillager results: 3-Lindy Cordes 22:50.2, 4-Emma Reeder 23:04.2, 7-Zoe Adams 25:00.8, 10-Elsie Turner 25:37.1, 12-Alainna Dobson 25:46.3, 17-Kylee Wilson 27:40.1, 23-Paige Christle 28:59.2,

Pine River-Backus results:18-Ashlee Crawford 27:50.2, 19-Kenzlee Sawyer 28:34.9, 20-Kelsey Bergem 28:38.7, 21-River Crawford 28:39.7, 22-Jovi Borland 28:45.6, Ava Deplazes 32:28.9

Verndale results: 5-Mia Arroyo 23:13.2, 25-Mia Shaw 30:33.2

Flyer girls 4th

COLD SPRING – Malin Youngberg placed sixth for the Little Falls Flyers girls with a time of 19:48.0 to help the Flyers fourth at the Rocori invitational Thursday, Sept. 22.

Grace LeClair ran a ninth-place 20:00.4 for the Flyers.

Wyatt Baum paced the Little Falls boys with a 10th-place 17:19.4 as the Flyers finished 11th as a team.

Boys results

Team scores: 1-Big Lake 36, 2-Fergus Falls 97, 3-Alexandria 108, 4-Rocori 123, 5-Cambridge-Isanti 128, 6-Foley 171, 7-St. Cloud Tech 201, 8-Annandale 201, 9-Willmar 213, 10-Princeton 242, 11-Little Falls 280, 12-Sauk Rapids-Rice 293, 13-Thief River Falls 300, 14-Fargo South 304

Individual winner: Owen Layton (Big Lake) 15:45.6

Little Falls results: 10-Wyatt Baum 17:19.4, 50-Kobi Cameron 18:36.6, 52-Brayden Paulsen 18:40.1, 78-Antonio Becker 19:59.6, 90-Owen Swisher 22:48.8

Girls results

Team scores: 1-Willmar 49, 2-Alexandria 51, 3-Rocori 84, 4-Little Falls 101, 5-Annandale 122, 6-Fergus Falls 150, 7-Cambridge-Isanti 162, 8-Fargo South 213, 9-Thief River Falls 228, 10-Foley 266, 11-Big Lake 271

Individual winner: Lauren Eilers (Willmar) 19:04.1

Little Falls results: 6-Malin Youngberg 19:48.0, 9-Grace LeClair 20:00.4, 24-Grace Wamre 20:53.2, 35-Valerie Tenold 21:40.5, 41-Ayla Anez 22:09.2, 45-Avery Smieja 22:39.9

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Area Cross-Country: Pillager girls race to 1st

Four area teams were in action Thursday, Sept. 22.

Boys results

Team scores: 1-Bertha-Hewitt 15, 2-New York Mills 50

Individual winner: Brady Rach (BH) 18:42.1

Pillager results: 8-Braden Hoffer 20:28.2, 17-Brooks Brichacek 23:06.7, 19-Brenden Brichacek 23:36.2, 21-Jayde Jordahl 24:02.2

Pine River-Backus results: 16-Ethan Burns 22:27.7, 18-Reece Trumble 23:17.1, 26-Dennis Rahm 26:12.1

Verndale results: 9-Michael Uselman 20:47.1, 12-Jacob Sharma 22:08.2, 27-Malachi Ervasti 28:01.2

Girls results

Team scores: 1-Pillager 33, 2-Bertha-Hewitt 45, 3-New York Mills 51, 4-Pine River-Backus 95

Individual winner: Jada Goeson (NYM) 21:53.2

Pillager results: 3-Lindy Cordes 22:50.2, 4-Emma Reeder 23:04.2, 7-Zoe Adams 25:00.8, 10-Elsie Turner 25:37.1, 12-Alainna Dobson 25:46.3, 17-Kylee Wilson 27:40.1, 23-Paige Christle 28:59.2,

Pine River-Backus results:18-Ashlee Crawford 27:50.2, 19-Kenzlee Sawyer 28:34.9, 20-Kelsey Bergem 28:38.7, 21-River Crawford 28:39.7, 22-Jovi Borland 28:45.6, Ava Deplazes 32:28.9

Verndale results: 5-Mia Arroyo 23:13.2, 25-Mia Shaw 30:33.2

Flyer girls 4th

Boys results

Team scores: 1-Big Lake 36, 2-Fergus Falls 97, 3-Alexandria 108, 4-Rocori 123, 5-Cambridge-Isanti 128, 6-Foley 171, 7-St. Cloud Tech 201, 8-Annandale 201, 9-Willmar 213, 10-Princeton 242, 11-Little Falls 280, 12-Sauk Rapids-Rice 293, 13-Thief River Falls 300, 14-Fargo South 304

Individual winner: Owen Layton (Big Lake) 15:45.6

Little Falls results: 10-Wyatt Baum 17:19.4, 50-Kobi Cameron 18:36.6, 52-Brayden Paulsen 18:40.1, 78-Antonio Becker 19:59.6, 90-Owen Swisher 22:48.8

Girls results

Team scores: 1-Willmar 49, 2-Alexandria 51, 3-Rocori 84, 4-Little Falls 101, 5-Annandale 122, 6-Fergus Falls 150, 7-Cambridge-Isanti 162, 8-Fargo South 213, 9-Thief River Falls 228, 10-Foley 266, 11-Big Lake 271

Individual winner: Lauren Eilers (Willmar) 19:04.1

Little Falls results: 6-Malin Youngberg 19:48.0, 9-Grace LeClair 20:00.4, 24-Grace Wamre 20:53.2, 35-Valerie Tenold 21:40.5, 41-Ayla Anez 22:09.2, 45-Avery Smieja 22:39.9