Cross Country: MCA pairs punch state ticket

NEW LONDON - Two Morris/Chokio-Alberta boys and girls runners qualified for the Minnesota State Cross Country Meet during the Section 6A Championships on Thursday at the Little Crow Country Club.

The Class A state meet is Nov. 3 at St. Olaf College in Northfield.

MCA's Solomon Johnson placed eighth and teammate Noah Stewart placed ninth to earn state spots.

The Tigers' Maddie Carrington was the area's top scorer with a fifth-place finish. Teammate Meredith Carrington placed 11th.

The West Central boys team claimed the section championship, with Staples-Motley placing second and Morris/CA finishing third.

The Staples-Motley girls teams on the section crown, with West Central placing second. Morris/CA was the top area team, placing fifth.

Section 6A

Championships

Boys

Team scoring

(1) West Central Area 54 (2) Staples-Motley 90 (3) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 130 (4) Melrose 158 (5) Holdingford 164 (6) Breckenridge-Wahpeton 186 (7) Osakis 212 (8) Albany 220 (9) Ottertail Central 224 (11) Paynesville 250 (12) Litchfield 258 (13) Pierz 304 (14) New London-Spicer 346 (15) Royalton 354 (16) St. John's Prep 501 (17) Parkers Prairie 507 (18) Sauk Centre 519 (19) Brandon-Evansville 529 (20) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 532 (21) Minnewaska 613 (22) Border West 655 (23) Pillager 748

Individual

TOP FIVE - (1) Emmet Anderson, Staples-Motley 15:53.6 (2) Jacob Bright, West Central Area 16:02.6 (3) Zach Haire, Breckenridge-Wahpeton 16:07.2 (4) Hunter Klimek, Staples-Motley 16:21.0 (5) Christopher Borash, Royalton 16:29.0

STATE QUALIFIERS - (3) Haire (5) Borash (6) Hunter Gowin, Breckenridge-Wahpeton 16:34.0 (7) Preston Poepping, Melrose 16:34.4 (8) Solomon Johnson, Morris/CA 16:34.8 (9) Noah Stewart, Morris/CA 16:35.5 (13) Jake Andres, Pierz 16:54.9 (14) Carter Grove, Osakis 16:57.2

Morris/CA - (8) Johnson (9) Stewart (25) Ben Hernandez 17:30.2 (41) Bradley Rohloff 17:53.5 (47) Jared Boots 18:09.9

Benson/KMS - (15) JayEven McGee 17:05.3 (33) Brady Ascheman 17:42.9 (38) Will Magaard 17:48.7 (69) Michael Nagler 18:41.3 (79) Jaron Furney 18:48.5

Paynesville - (30) James Pritchett 17:04.6 (31) Andrew Zwiefel 17:41.1 (37) Ryan Thomes 17:48.4 (70) Kadin Ludwig 18:41.4 (82) Collin Frieler 18:55.7

Litchfield - (27) Ben Ammermann 17:36.9 (34) Tyler Peterson 17:43.9 (50) Devin Steinhaus 18:16.2 (73) Owen Boerema 18:44.1 (74) Andrew Jodeman 18:44.4

NLS - (49) Diego Rojas 18:16.0 (64) Caden Lien 18:31.3 (72) Carter Andresen 18:43.3 (78) Luke Knudsen 18:48.2 (83) Ty Bisek 18:56.2

Minnewaska - (80) Isaiah Testa 18:52.4 (123) Maeson Tank 19:51.6 (129) Nick Ankeny 20:13.3 (136) Aiden Tank 20:35.3 (154) Jaden Anderson 23:10.6

Girls

Team scoring

(1) Staples-Motley 54 (2) West Central Area 56 (3) Eden Valley Watkins/Kimball 86 (4) Albany 113 (5) Morris/CA 201 (6) Pierz 217 (7) Sauk Centre 221 (8) Paynesville 262 (9) New London-Spicer 291 (10) Breckenridge-Wahpeton 305 (11) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 319 (12) Ottertail Central 341 (13) Minnewaska 348 (14) Royalton 359 (15) Osakis 360 (16) Melrose 385 (17) Pillager 386 (18) Benson/KMS 392 (19) Litchfield 479 (20) Brandon-Evansville 570 (21) Border West 577

Individual

TOP FIVE - (1) Kira Sweeney, Staples-Motley 19:16.7 (2) Lexi Bright, West Central Area 19:29.1 (3) Kyanna Burton, Staples-Motley 19:30.9 (4) Teagan Nelson, West Central Area 19:45.5 (5) Maddie Carrington, Morris/CA 19:49.2

STATE QUALIFIERS - (5) Carrington (6) Carissa Andres, Pierz 19:50.4 (8) Sophia Kluver, Sauk Centre 19:51.1 (9) Erin Borash, Royalton 19:52.0 (10) Libby Yozamp, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 20:05.0 (11) Meredith Carrington, Morris/CA 20:10.1 (13) Olivia Kuechle, Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 20:20.1 (15) Rachael Neu, Albany 20:24.2

Morris/CA - (5) Ma. Carrington (11) Me. Carrington (46) Caryn Marty 21:52.8 (70) Crystal Nohl 22:35.9 (72) Katya Lackey 22:39.2

Paynesville - (29) Macy Carlson 21:06.5 (32) Ellie Zimmermann 21:13.1 (33) Natalie Lieser 21:17.3 (80) Erica Gaebe 22:56.9 (90) Paige Frenchick 23:14.0

NLS - (40) Stella Depuydt 21:29.8 (51) Grace Gratton 22:03.6 (62) Raeann Holmquist 22:22.2 (69) Maddie Bisek 22:34.0 (73) Jaden Coahran 22:42.8

Minnewaska - (31) Sydney Hagen 21:12.8 (59) Kristen Glover 22:16.2 (83) Elsey Hagen 22:59.8 (88) Teagan Stark 23:12.1 (91) Karra Hanson 23:15.1

Benson/KMS - (20) Allison Mitteness 20:49.4 (49) Natalie Jorschumb 21:59.4 (100) Sophia Miller 23:32.8 (111) Ana Hernandez 24:06.2 (116) Katlyn Peters 24:17.3

Litchfield - (82) Camryn Iverson 22:59.3 (85) Tayler Jutz 23:04.4 (104) Vail Kaping 23:47.7 (105) Courtney Carlson 23:49.7 (108) Ruby Radunz 23:59.2

Section 3A

Championships

LUVERNE - St. Olaf College has been like a second home to the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd cross country teams.

Taking first place at the Section 3A championship on Thursday, the LQPV/DB boys are headed to state for the fourth straight year after a team score of 31 points. The girls, placing second with 99, behind section champion Luverne's 51, will go to state for the sixth straight fall.

Mike Kvaal and Zeke Sather placed 1-2 to lead the charge for LQPV/DB. Yellow Medicine East's Rory Shackelford also qualified for state as an individual, finishing in a tie for sixth.

Isabel Schirm was the top runner for the LQPV/DB girls, finishing in fifth, followed by Grace Heglund in sixth.

The Class A state cross country championship will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3 at St. Olaf College in Northfield.

Boys

Team scoring

(1) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 31 (2) Redwood Valley 83 (3) Luverne 92 (4) Murray County Central/Fulda 139 (5) Canby/Minneota 158 (6) Pipestone 186 (7) Mountain Lake/Comfrey 194 (8) Montevideo 266 (9) Windom 287 (10) Jackson County Central 297 (11) Springfield/Cedar Mountain 310 (12) Ortonville 317 (13) Heron Lake-Okabena 377 (14) Lakeview 381 (15) Southwest Minnesota Christian 402 (16) BOLD/BLHS 430 (17) Yellow Medicine East 457 (18) Ellsworth 492 (19) MACCRAY/RCW 499 (20) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 532 (21) Wabasso 561 (Inc) Central Minnesota Christian

Individual

TOP FIVE - (1) Mike Kvaal, LQPV/DB 16:49.4 (2) Zeke Sather, LQPV/DB 16:41.6 (3) Jayson Peyrel, Redwood Valley 17:05.6 (4) Justin Clarke, MCC/Fulda 17:06.6 (5) Mitchell Buerkle, Springfield/CM 17:06.8

STATE QUALIFIERS - (4) Clarke (5) Buerkle (T6) Rory Shackelford, YME 17:10.0 (T6) Dalton Piotter, Mt Lake/C 17:10.0 (12) Dalton DeSollar, Luverne 17:19.20 (13) Jared Josephson, C/M 17:20.1 (14) Brayden Tofteland, Luverne 17:23.6 (15) Ryan Blomgren, Mt Lake/C 17:26.0

LQPV/DB - (1) Kvaal (2) Sather (8) Griffin Johnson 17:11.5 (9) Mason Brehmer 17:12.9 (11) Eean Allpress 17:18.9

Montevideo - (40) Bryce Nelson 18:33.0 (46) Aaron Roelike 18:46.5 (47) Dain Winters 18:46.9 (58) Bryton Nelson 19:11.6 (75) John VanRavenswaay 19:38.1

BOLD/BLHS - (34) Nathan Frank 18:22.6 (65) Skylar Senkyr 19:27.1 (104) Cole Visser 20:51.9 (109) Blaine Schmoll 20:59.4 (124) Sam Gardeen 22:11.8

YME - (6) Shackelford (80) Tate Schulte 19:47.7 (114) Caleb Jans 21:14.1 (133) Drake Lieser 22:47.9 (136) Luke Kluver 23:05.7

MACCRAY/RCW - (72) Justin Schrupp 19:33.8 (79) Brandan Hoberg 19:43.3 (107) Richard Vaughn 20:56.5 (120) Bryan Larson 21:32.6 (130) Tyler Froland 22:26.9

CMCS - (81) Levi Lundgren 19:48.3 (105) Cameron Van Der Puy 20:52.6 (111) Timothy Brouwer 21:04.7 (134) Jake Abrams 22:54.7

Girls

Team scoring

(1) Luverne 51 (2) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 99 (3) Murray County Central/Fulda 111 (4) Pipestone 115 (5) Canby/Minneota 115 (6) Redwood Valley 128 (7) Southwest Minnesota Christian 204 (8) Mountain Lake/Comfrey 243 (9) Springfield/Cedar Mountain 273 (10) Windom 287 (11) Adrian 322 (12) Yellow Medicine East 341 (13) Ortonville 341 (14) Wabasso 357 (15) Montevideo 382 (16) BOLD/BLHS 394 (17) Heron Lake-Okabena 434 (Inc) Central Minnesota Christian, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Lakeview, Jackson County Central, MACCRAY/RCW

Individual

TOP FIVE - (1) Morgan Gehl, MCC/Fulda 17:48.0 (2) Tenley Nelson 18:18.2 (3) Grace Drietz, C/M 18:56.7 (4) Regan Feit, Luverne 19:55.8 (5) Isabel Schirm, LQPV/DB 20:04.8

STATE QUALIFIERS - (1) Gehl (3) Drietz (7) Catherine Buffie, RV 20:14.8 (8) Maddie LeSage 20:25.2 (9) Carissa Vanderwal, Ortonville 20:26.1 (12) Gracie Bucher, Windom 20:36.6 (13) McKenzie Ruether, C/M 20:38.2 (14) Jonna Strasser, Pipestone 20:39.9

LQPV/DB - (5) Schirm (6) Grace Hegland 20:08.6 (11) Anika Fernholz 20:35.1 (38) Alex Stitt 21:50.5 (41) Taylor Shelstad 22:01.1

YME - (20) Kylie Knollenberg 21:13.2 (72) Kenzie Kotek 23:35.3 (73) Sanjana Pullan 23:38.7 (98) Kaitlin Wohlman 25:19.9 (100) Courtney Winter 25:33.0

Montevideo - (63) Addie Opdahl 23:11.7 (81) Hailey Dirksen 24:06.4 (85) Leah Anderson 24:12.7 (86) Lauren Hanna 24:13.9 (87) Hayley Voller 24:26.9

BOLD/BLHS - (60) Victoria Garcia 22:53.5 (67) Maleia Ryberg 23:16.6 (89) Molly Hildreth 24:39.5 (99) Hanna Larson 25:31.2 (105) Grace McDonnell 26:14.1

CMCS - (29) Reegan Duininck 21:31.1

MACCRAY/RCW - (93) Katelyn Tuve 24:53.9

1/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Minnewaska's Sydney Hagen (165) runs ahead of Paynesville's Ellie Zimmermann during Thursday's Section 6A championship meet in New London.

2/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Paynesville's James Pritchett (left) and Andrew Zwiefel close out their race at the Section 6A championship meet Thursday in New London.

3/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Benson/KMS's JayEven McGee nears the finish line as he placed 15th at 17:05.3 at Thursday's Section 6A championship meet in New London.

4/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Morris/CA's Maddie Carrington leads a pack of runners towards the finish line, finishing fifth and clinching a state spot at the Section 6A championship meet at Little Crow Country Club in New London.

5/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Litchfield's Ben Ammermann looks for room to maneuver during the Section 6A championship meet Thursday in New London.

6/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Benson/KMS runner Allison Mitteness was the team's top finisher in 20th place at the Section 6A championship meet Thursday.

7/7: Joe Brown / Tribune Morris/CA runners Solomon Johnson (left) and Noah Stewart run step-in-step toward the chute as both qualified for state at the Section 6A championship meet at Little Crow Country Club in New London.