WILLMAR - Willmar boys soccer coach Jeff Winter told his team to watch out for Alexandria. Despite their sub-.500 record, they could play spoiler at the top of the Central Lakes Conference standings in the final week of the season. And, the Sept. 4 matchup between the two teams saw Alexandria take a quick 2-0 lead.
The Willmar boys seemed to heed that advice with five first-half goals in a 6-1 victory Tuesday at Hodapp Field.
"We need every point we can get," Winter said. "I reminded them of how that first game went and they definitely came ready to play. They moved the ball well, had nice passes and finished nicely as well. It's good to go up early and play with a lead."
In the first 10 minutes, Willmar built a 3-0 lead with goals from Hamza Muhumed, Cesar Leiva and Carlos Robles. Robles and Leiva both scored another goal before the halftime whistle, and Robles added a second-half point to complete the hat trick.
Leiva finished the match with two goals and two assists, and Kelvin Gomez Padilla added two assists in the victory. In net, goalkeeper Zach Courtney stopped five shots.
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Section 8A seeding takes place Sunday, but Willmar (9-4-1, 7-3-1 CLC) has two more games before getting to postseason play. First, a matchup against CLC foe St. Cloud Tech Thursday in St. Cloud, followed by a home match with Mound-Westonka.
"The next couple games will show us what we got," Winter said. "Hopefully it'll be positive heading into the postseason."
Willmar 6, Alexandria 1
Alexandria (4-11-0)............ 0 1 - 1
Willmar (9-4-1)................... 5 1 - 6
FIRST HALF - W: Hamza Muhumed (Cesar Leiva) 2nd minute ... W: Leiva (Kelvin Gomez Padilla) 8th minute ... W: Carlos Robles (Padilla) 10th minute ... W: Robles (Mohamed Mohamed) 16th minute ... W: Leiva (Robles) 24th minute
SECOND HALF - A: Holden Hanson 64th minute ... W: Robles (Leiva) 64th minute
SHOTS ON GOAL - Alexandria: 7 ... Willmar: 20
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GOALIE SAVES - Alexandria: Zach Wosepka 14 ... W: Zach Courtney 5
DEFENSIVE SAVES - Willmar: Devin Sankey 1
Girls Tennis
NLS 5, LQPV/DB 2
New London-Spicer swept all four singles matchs and also got a victory from its No. 3 doubles team to defeat Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd on Tursday.
Singles
(1) Erin Loterbauer, N, def Anna Hacker 6-2 6-1 (2) Ava Hanson, N, def Addi Oie 6-1 6-1 (3) Izzy Schmiesing, N, def Katelyn Wittnebel 6-0 6-0 (4) April Groff, N, def Jade Bukowski 6-2 6-0
Doubles
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(1) Jessica Sigdahl/Rachel Halvorson, L, def Annika Spors/Ashley Templer 1-6 6-1 10-5 (2) Veda Maharaj/Bree Kallhoff, L, def Morgan Rolighed/Ruby Parsons 1-6 7-6 10-5 (3) Megan Warner/Alex Suchy, N, def Sarah Halvorson/Madelyn Matthies 7-5 6-0 12-10
YME 5, MACCRAY 2
Yellow Medicine East won three singles matches and wrapped up the match with wins in the final two doubles matches against MACCRAY on Tuesday.
Singles
(1) Whitney Tennis, Y, def Missy Marcus 6-3 6-3 (2) Emily Johnson, Y, def Allison Shubert 4-6 6-2 10-8 (3) Katie Burdorf, M, def Chelsea Hoernemann 7-5 6-1 (4) Macie Sik, Y, def Haley Rhode 6-1 6-1
Doubles
(1) Jessica Wellnitz/Teagan Nokleby, M, def Ashley Niemeyer/Cherish Hammer 6-4 6-2 (2) Emilee Speh/Allie Virnig, Y, def Leah Johnson/Emma Rand 7-5 6-2 (3) Brynn Cherveny/Tiana Rupp, Y, def Liberty Niemeyer/Katelyn Handt 6-1 6-1
Melrose 6, BBE 1
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Annika Heieie had the only win for Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa on Tuesday, clinching her number three singles match in a 6-1 loss to Melrose.
The Jaguars are the eighth seed in the Section 5A tournament and will open postseason play Thursday at top-seeded Litchfield.
Singles
(1) Paige Danzl, M, def. Kenzie Thieschafer 6-1 6-1 (2) Jessica Danzl, M, def. Paige Prentice 6-3 6-0 (3) Annika Heieie, BBE, def. Natalie Wilwerding 6-1 6-1 (4) Kirsten Dragseth, M, def. Veronica Jackson 6-4 6-3
Doubles
(1) Allie Toenies/McKayla Schleper, M, def. Chandler TeBrake/Kyle Terhaar 6-2 6-4 (2) Hanna Wiechmann/Camryn Brinkman, M, def. Madison Lee/Claire Eckstein 4-6 6-0 10-6 (3) Chelsey Wieling/Erika Hoppe, M, def. Olivia Thieschafer/Katie Weller 6-3 6-1
Cross Country
Montevideo Invite
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Benson/KMS, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd and Montevideo held down second, third and fourth places in the boys race at the Montevideo Invitational on Tuesday.
Marshall won the boys race and Southwest Minnesota Christian placed first in the girls race.. The Benson/KMS girls team placed third.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Marshall 26 (2) Benson/KMS 59 (3) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 109 (4) Montevideo 140 (5) Ortonville 147 (6) Lakeview 155 (7) Southwest Minnesota Christian 192 (8) BOLD/BLHS 202 (9) Yellow Medicine East 208 (10) MACCRAY/RCW 215 (Inc) Central Minnesota Christian
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Zach Matzner, Marshall, 17:13.13 (2) Quentin Blomme, Marshall, 17:32.87 (3) Rory Shackelford, Yellow Medicine East, 17:40.20 (4) Jenson Meyer, Marshall, 17:43.59 (5) JayEven McGee, Benson/KMS, 17:45.59
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST - (3) Shackelford (40) Tate Schulte 20:15.68 (53) Caleb Jans 21:43.63 (60) Drake Lieser 23:57.09 (61) Luke Kluver 24:30.23 (64) Tyler Nordaune 26:50.31
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BENSON/KMS - (5) McGee (7) Will Magaard 17:53.35 (10) Brady Ascheman 18:04.48 (13) Mike Nagler 18:25.86 (24) Jaron Furney 19:11.57 (26) Jacob Stallings 19:26.47 (33) Landon Thompson 19:53.57
BOLD/BLHS - (12) Nathan Frank 18:19.39 (30) Skylar Senkyr 19:40.50 (49) Blaine Schmoll 21:06.09 (56) Sam Gardeen 22:05.53 (62) Luke McDonnell 26:03.36
MONTEVIDEO - (16) Bryce Nelson 18:30.09 (23) Aaron Roelike 19:11.06 (25) Bryton Nelson 19:18.86 (36) Dain Winters 20:03.92 (42) John VanRavenswaay 20:32.29 (48) Rigo Turrubirartes 21:02.58
LQPV/DB - (17) Darius Fenseke 18:37.92 (19) Kaiden Allpress 18:54.44 (20) Caleb Johnson 19:00.10 (22) Evan Hegland 19:10.09 (31) Brandon Krosch 19:48.94 (35) Gavin Fernholz 19:55.85 (37) Ryder Droogsma 20:06.20 (41) Austin Kallhoff 20:21.71
MACCRAY/RCW - (32) Justin Schrupp 19:51.14 (34) Brandan Hoberg 19:55.52 (47) Richard Vaughn 21:00.06 (51) Tyler Froland 21:28.22 (57) Bryan Larson 22:06.29
CMCS - (39) Levi Lundgren 20:11.55 (58) Cameron Van Der Puy 22:16.80 (63) Jake Abrams 26:18.83
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Southwest Minnesota Christian 29 (2) Ortonville 75 (3) Benson/KMS 80 (4) Montevideo 91 (5) Yellow Medicine East 111 (6) BOLD/BLHS 116 (Inc) Central Minnesota Christian, MACCRAY/RCW
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Carissa Vanderwal, Ortonville, 20:19.41 (2) Mikayla Johnson, SW Minnesota Christian, 21:07.10 (3) Kylie Knollenberg, Yellow Medicine East, 21:42.36 (4) Allie Mittneness, Benson/KMS, 21:48.34 (5) Ella Veldkamp, SW Minnesota Christian, 22:01.41
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST - (3) Knollenberg (23) Kenzie Kotek 24:52.86 (24) Kaitlin Wohlman 25:00.47 (32) Brylea Ruff-Mulligan 25:41.17 (38) Sanjana Pullan 26:24.14 (39) Courtney Winter 26:26.78 (41) Violet Anderson, 26:30.45
BENSON/KMS - (4) Mitteness (10) Natalie Jorschumb 22:48.33 (22) Ana Juarez-Hernandez 24:50.09 (25) Sophia Miller 25:01.88 (27) Katlyn Peters 25:16.96 (42) Kaitlyn Berreau 26:40.61
BOLD/BLHS - (12) Maleia Ryberg 23:09.61 (15) Victoria Garcia 23:45.90 (29) Molly Hildreth 25:20.25 (34) Hanna Larson 25:51.(37) London Prokosch 26:01.09 (40) Grace McDonnell 26:28.25
CMCS - (6) Reegan Duininck 22:21.77
MACCRAY/RCW - (36) Katelyn Tuve 26:00.45
