WILLMAR - One Willmar cross country team maintained its place atop the Central Lakes Conference. Another one returned after a six-year hiatus.
For the first time since 2012, the Cardinal girls and boys are both conference champions after Tuesday's CLC championship meet at Eagle Creek Golf Club.
"All seven of our boys were All Conference or honorable mention. And last week, Sartell beat us here pretty easily, so that was a huge turnaround," said Willmar head coach Jerry Popp. "The girls, they had a good day but not a great day. If the girls pull it all together, they'll be pretty formidable."
Thanks to a 2-3-4 finish from Serena Monson, Leah Hansen and Heidi Schmitz, the Willmar girls won their seventh straight CLC championship with 40 points, holding off Alexandria (52) and Rocori (56).
"We've been going back-and-forth a lot," Monson said about the competition between teammates. She ran a time of 19 minutes, 21.7 seconds, bested only by Sartell's Ingrid Buiceag-Arama's 19:18.2.
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Monson added, "We all push each other and it's nice having that push."
Popp said of Monson, "In the last four meets, she's been our number one runner. She's steadily coming on."
Hansen's third-place time was 19:31.7, followed by Schmitz at 19:40.3 as the trio, along with Lyndi Koosman (15th, 20:30.8) were named All-Conference for finishing in the top 15. Amel Dayib (16th, 20:41.4) and Elsie Duininck (22nd, 20:59.5) were honorable mentions for placing 16th-25th.
The Willmar boys showed off the power of the pack as well with a 3-4-5 finish that helped the Cardinals to 34 points, holding off Sartell with 64 and Alexandria with 76 to win the CLC after three straight years of finishing as the runner-up.
Leading the Willmar pack was Fuad Bashir with a third-place time of 17:10.5. Mason Wendt was fourth at 17:18.5, followed by Hudeife Mire at 17:19.5. Sauk Rapids' Sam Ringger won with a time of 16:43.8.
"It was kind of cold, but it was amazing to run with my teammates," Bashir said. "It was kind of tough (with the wind and hills) but it's fine if you work hard. ... Coach tells us to go hard and stick with the leader."
Adnan Muhumed (ninth, 17:28.5), Colin O'Farrell (13th, 17:36.6) and Harley Anez (15th, 17:39.5) made the All-Conference cut while Cael Carlson (24th, 18:05.5) was pegged as an honorable mention.
Along with the pair of varsity wins, Willmar teams won five of the six races on Tuesday.
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"Varsity is obviously an emphasis but our emphasis is top to bottom. We don't ever want to say we have to rebuild, we reload," Popp said. "(The) only way that happens is having those JV and middle school programs behind you. We have a 7th-through-12th-grade program."
On Monday, some members of the team will run at the Left Wright meet in Crystal before the top runners on both squads will compete in the Section 2AA championship on Thursday, Oct. 25 at Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista.
Central Lakes Conference Championship
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Willmar 34 (2) Sartell 64 (3) Alexandria 76 (4) St. Cloud Apollo 83 (5) St. Cloud Tech 152 (6) Sauk Rapids 183 (7) Brainerd 186 (8) Rocori 192 (9) Fergus Falls 200
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Sam Ringger, Sauk Rapids 16:43.8 (2) Liebon Mohamed, St. Cloud Apollo 16:49.7 (3) Fuad Bashir, Willmar 17:10.5 (4) Mason Wendt, Willmar 17:18.5 (5) Hudeife Mire, Willmar 17:19.5
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Willmar - (3) Bashir (4) Wendt (5) Mire (9) Adnan Muhumed 17:28.5 (13) Colin O'Farrell 17:36.6 (15) Harley Anez 17:39.5 (24) Cael Carlson 18:05.5
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Willmar 40 (2) Alexandria 52 (3) Rocori 56 (4) Sartell 80 (5) Fergus Falls 157 (6) Brainerd 171 (7) St. Cloud Apollo 214 (8) St. Cloud Tech 230
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Ingrid Buiceag-Arama, Sartell 19:18.2 (2) Serena Monson, Willmar 19:21.7 (3) Leah Hansen, Willmar 19:31.7 (4) Heidi Schmitz, Willmar 19:40.3 (5) Merideth Theis, Rocori 19:40.7
Willmar - (2) Monson (3) Hansen (4) Schmitz (15) Lyndi Koosman 20:30.8 (16) Amel Dayib 20:41.4 (22) Elsie Duininck 20:59.5 (34) Hannah Quinn 21:51.8 (37) Isabel LaRue 22:06.3
Wright County Conference Championship
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The Annandale boys and girls teams won Wright County Conference championships on Tuesday.
The Litchfield boys team placed sixth and the New London-Spicer boys were eighth.
The New London-Spicer girls team placed sixth and the Litchfield girls came home in seventh.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Annandale 56 (2) Mound Westonka 79 (3) Dassel-Cokato 99 (4) Glencoe-Silver Lake 101 (5) Rockford 136 (6) Litchfield 136 (7) Watertown-Mayer 147 (8) New London-Spicer 155
Individual
LITCHFIELD - Ben Ammermann 17:51.74; Tyler Peterson 19:3.26; Devin Steinhaus 19L04.66; Andrew Joedeman 19:18.24; George Tepfer 19:48.75; Owen Boerema 20:15.68; Joshua Green 20:31.56
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NEW LONDON-SPICER - Carter Andreson 19:41.94; Caden Lien 18:46.02; Diego Rojas 19:08.88; Ty Bisek 19:29.65; Ander Arnold 19:41.95; TIno Mendoza 19:49.96; Isaac Gratton 20:59.52
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Annandale 47 (2) Rockford 65 (3) Glencoe-Silver Lake 69 (4) Mound Westonka 76 (5) Dassel-Cokato 100 (6) New London-Spicer 138 (7) Litchfield 212
Individual
NEW LONDON-SPICER - Grace Gratton 21:21.43; Stella Depuydt 21:56.66; Jaden Coahran 23:03.79; Raeann Holmquist 23:32.03; Taylor Harrier 23:57.24; Maddie Bisek 24:00.26; Lili Sampson 25:00.40
LITCHFIELD - Camryn Iverson 23:43.65; Tayler Jutz 24:38.09; Courtney Carlson 24:51.58; Ruby Radunz 24:58.62; Vail Kaping 24:59.71; Adriana Iverson 25:01.67; Makenna Holtz 26:25.76
West Central Conference Championship
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Morris/Chokio-Alberta's Crystal Nohl edged Sauk Centres Jessica Klopfleisch by .44 seconds for 12th place in what proved to be a deciding match at the West Central Conference Championship Tuesday afternoon in Montevideo. Nohl's one-point advantage gave Morris/CA a one point differential to win the WCC Championship.
The boys, who sported the individual champion with Noah Stewart, also took first place, just three points ahead of Melrose.
On the girls side, Morris/CA took five of the top 15 runners, including Malory Anderson whose 15th place finish actually rounded out the team score of 40 for the win. Maddie and Meredith Carrington finished in second and third place.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 38 (2) Melrose 41 (3) Benson/KMS 57 (4) Montevideo 123 (5) Sauk Centre 156 (6) BOLD/BLHS 157 (7) Minnewaska 165
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Noah Stewart, Morris/CA, 17:09.92 (2) Preston Poepping, Melrose, 17:29.000 (3) Solomon Johnson, Morris/CA, 17:44.95 (4) Bradey Ascheman, B/KMS, 18:03.09 (5) Jay Even McGee, B/KMS, 18:04.10
BENSON/KMS - Ascheman; Even McGee; Will Magaard 18:07.27; Jacob Stallings 19:23.15; Mike Nagler 19:34.44; Jaron Furney 19:49.34; Landon Thompson 20:10.83
BOLD/BLHS - Nathan Frank 18:27.99; Skylar Senkyr 19:15.64; Blaine Schmoll 21:29.42; Cole Visser 22:26.92; Caeden Gluesing 23:00.27; Sam Gardeen 23:03.18
MINNEWASKA - Isaiah Testa 19:12.61; Maeson Tank 19:38.75; Aiden Tank 21:07.38; Nick Ankeny 21:17.47; Jaden Anderson 23:35.71; Grant Hendren 26:18.39
MONTEVIDEO - Bryce Nelson 19:11.29; Aaron Roelike 19:16.05; Dain Winters 19:46.94; Bryton Nelson 20:08.25; John VanRavenswaay 20:40.60; Connor Walz 20:43.72; Rigo Turrubiates 20:51.18
MORRIS/CHOKIO-ALBERTA - Stewart; Johnson; Ben Hernandez 19:06.02; Bradley Rohloff 18:51.79; Jared Boots 19:08.57; Thomas Tiernan 19:45.76; Colton Wohlers 20:14.08
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 40 (2) Sauk Centre 41 (3) Melrose 66 (4) Benson/KMS 98 (5) Montevideo 128 (6) BOLD/BLHS 151
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Sophia Kluver, SC, 20:46.95 (2) Maddie Carrington, Morris/CA, 21:09.65 (3) Meredith Carrington, Morris/CA, 21:41.64 (4) Kayla Meyer, Melrose, 21:47.13 (5) Allie Mitteness, B/KMS, 21:50.04
BENSON/KMS- Mitteness; Natalie Jorschumb 22:45.50; Sophia Miller 24:39.65; Katlyn Peters 24:51.60; Ana Juarez Hernandez 25:01.43; Hannah Helms 25:29.09; Kaitlyn Berreau 26:20.43
BOLD/BLHS - Victoria Garcia 23:35.61; Maleia Ryberg 24:35.53; Molly Hildreth 25:11.67; London Prokosch 28:11.46; Hanna Larson 28:11.70
MINNEWASKA - Sydney Hagen 22:27.09; Kristen Glover 23:28.70; Elsey Hagen 24:09.22; Molly Hjelm 24:31.03
MONTEVIDEO - Addie Opdahl 24:20.68; Hayley Voller 24:33.75; Hailey Dirksen 24:42.30; Lauren Hanna 24:46.19; Leah Anderson 24:57.95; Emma Stueck 25:16.55; Aurora Wymar 27:02.62
MORRIS/CHOKIO-ALBERTA - Maddie Carrington; Meredith Carrington; Caryn Marty 22:57.33; Crystal Nohl 23:00.93; Malory Anderson 23:14.57; Kaylie Raths 23:50.23; Katya Lackey 23:56.26
Central Minnesota Conference Championship
The Holdingford boys and Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted girls came away as Central Minnesota Conference champions Tuesday at Collinwood Regional Park in Cokato.
The Paynesville boys, led by Preston Carlson's fifth-place time of 17 minutes, 18.2 seconds, were second with a score of 69, four points behind Holdingford. The Bulldog girls were fourth with 117.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Holdingford 65 (2) Paynesville 69 (3) Osakis 88 (4) Pierz 110 (5) Maple Lake 123 (6) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 127 (7) Royalton 130 (8) St. John's Prep 180 (9) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 254
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Christopher Borash, Royalton 16:55.7 (2) Jake Andres, Pierz 17:07.4 (3) Carter Grove, Osakis 17:10.6 (4) Michael Miller, Maple Lake 17:14.3 (5) Preston Carlson, Paynesville 17:18.2
Paynesville - (5) Carlson (12) Ryan Thomas 17:43.1 (13) Andrew Zwiefel 17:44.2 (14) James Pritchett 17:45.6 (25) Kadin Ludwig 18:48.3
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 25 (2) Maple Lake 62 (3) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 79 (4) Paynesville 117 (5) Pierz 126 (6) Royalton 154 (7) Osakis 166 (8) St. John's Prep 241
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Gracie Mallak, HL-W-W 19:01.1 (2) Sophie Pribyl, Maple Lake 19:33.8 (3) Gwen Helgeson, HL-W-W 19:38.2 (4) Brooke Baumann, HL-W-W 19:46.1 (5) Erin Borash, Royalton 20:07.4
Paynesville - (12) Macy Carlson 20:28.2 (15) Natalie Lieser 21:06.6 (18) Ellie Zimmermann 21:19.8 (36) Erica Gaebe 23:25.8 (40) Paige Frenchick 24:12.5
Camden Conference Championship
Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd completed a clean sweep of the Camden Conference championship meet Tuesday in Cottonwood.
The LQPV/DB boys in particular blew away the competition, winning the top five spots for a score of 15. Leading the way was Mike Kvaal with a first-place time of 17 minutes, 14.3 seconds.
The United girls had 28 points, led by Isabel Schirm's second-place showing at 20:51.5. Canby/Minneota's Grace Drietz won the girls' race with a time of 19:07.1.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 15 (2) Canby/Minneota 63 (3) Lakeview 103 (4) Ortonville 111 (5) MACCRAY/RCW 146 (6) Yellow Medicine East 159 (7) Border West 169 (8) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 173 (Inc) Central Minnesota Christian
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Mike Kvaal, LQPV/DB 17:14.3 (2) Zeke Sather, LQPV/DB 17:22.6 (3) Eean Allpress, LQPV/DB 17:41.6 (4) Mason Brehmer, LQPV/DB 17:49.4 (5) Griffin Johnson, LQPV/DB 17:50.5
LQPV/DB - (1) Kvaal (2) Sather (3) Allpress (4) Brehmer (5) Johnson
MACCRAY/RCW - (18) Justin Schrupp 19:40.3 (27) Brandan Hoberg 20:44.2 (31) Richard Vaughn 21:42.8 (37) Tyler Froland 22:03.1 (38) Bryan Larson 22:07.1
YME - (6) Rory Shackelford 17:55.0 (25) Tate Schulte 20:33.2 (42) Caleb Jans 23:10.0 (45) Drake Lieser 23:17.6 (47) Luke Kluver 24:16.2
CMCS - (28) Levi Lundgren 21:01.7 (36) Cameron Van Der Puy 21:56.8
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 28 (2) Canby/Minneota 30 (3) Ortonville 94 (4) Yellow Medicine East 103 (5) Border West 119 (Inc) Central Minnesota Christian, Lakeview, MACCRAY/RCW, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Grace Drietz, C/M 19:07.1 (2) Isabel Schirm, LQPV/DB 20:51.5 (3) Grace Hegland, LQPV/DB 21:12.9 (4) Anika Fernholz, LQPV/DB 21:20.6 (5) Braeleyn Merritt, C/M 21:22.6
LQPV/DB - (2) Schirm (3) Hegland (4) Fernholz (9) Taylor Shelstad 22:09.4 (11) Alex Stitt 22:38.7
YME - (14) Kylie Knollenberg 23:23.4 (21) Sanjana Pullan 24:27.6 (27) Kenzie Kotek 25:46.4 (28) Courtney Winter 25:52.5 (31) Violet Anderson 26:22.3
CMCS - (10) Reegan Duininck 22:28.9
MACCRAY/RCW - (30) Katelyn Tuve 26:00.1
Girls Tennis
Section 5A
Along with the team making the state tournament, Litchfield will have a singles player and both doubles teams at state after the conclusion of the Section 5A championship Tuesday in Sartell.
Elise Bierbaum won the section championship in singles after beating Long Prairie-Grey Eagle/Upsala/Swanville's Ally Ecker 6-3 6-1.
Then in doubles, Avery Stilwell and Shanna Kinny won doubles against Dragon teammates Laney Huhner and Vaida Behnke 6-1 6-0.
For New London-Spicer, Ava Hanson took fourth place overall while the team of Erin Loterbauer and Izzy Schmiesing rebounded from a semifinals loss to take third place.
How Litchfield fared
Singles
Elise Bierbaum: Bierbaum def. Jennah Groth (Annandale) 6-0 6-0; Bierbaum def. Ally Ecker (LP-GE/Upsala/Swanville) 6-3 6-1
Doubles
Avery Stilwell/Shanna Kinny: Stilwell/Kinny def. Olivia Honsey/Faith Milner (Annandale) 6-0 6-0; Stilwell/Kinny def. Laney Hunner/Vaida Behnke (Litchfield) 6-1 6-0
Laney Huhner/Vaida Behnke: Huhner/Behnke def. Erin Loterbauer/Izzy Schmiesing (NLS) 6-2 6-1; Stilwell/Kinny (Litchfield) def. Laney Hunner/Vaida Behnke 6-1 6-0
How NLS fared
Singles
Ava Hanson: Ally Ecker (LP-GE/U/S) def. Hanson 3-6 6-2 6-1; Jennah Groth (Annandale) def. Hanson 6-4 6-2
Doubles
Erin Loterbauer/Izzy Schmeising: Laney Huhner/Vaida Behnke (Litchfield) def. Loterbauer/Schmiesing 6-2 6-1; Loterbauer/Schmiesing def. Olivia Honsey/Faith Milner (Annandale) 6-3 7-6 (7-5)
Section 6A
Minnewaska sends a singles player and a doubles team to Minneapolis for the Class A state tournament after wrapping up the Section 6A individual championship Tuesday in Fargo.
Danielle Thorfinnson is the section's singles champion after beating Osakis' Tia Dykema in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.
Joining Danielle at state will be the team of Greta Reichmann and Alissa Thorfinnson as the pair beat Osakis' Shea Olson and Camryn Hoffarth in their own three-set thriller, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6). The Lakers' other pair, Hannah Orlowski and Karra Hanson, finished in third place.
Montevideo's Kori Douglas placed third in singles by beating Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd's Anna Hacker in the third-place match 6-2, 6-0.
How Minnewaska fared
Singles
Danielle Thorfinnson: Thorfinnson def. Kori Douglas (Montevideo) 6-1 6-1; Thorfinnson def. Tia Dykema (Osakis) 6-3 2-6 6-1
Doubles
Greta Reichmann/Alissa Thorfinnson: Reichmann/Thorfinnson def. Lauren Scherr/Mara VanNyhuis (Osakis), score unavailable; Reichmann/Thorfinnson def. Shea Olson/Camryn Hoffarth (Osakis) 1-6 6-2 7-6 (8-6)
Hannah Orlowski/Karra Hanson: Shea Olson/Camryn Hoffarth (Osakis) def. Orlowski/Hanson 6-1 6-2; Orlowski/Hanson def. Lauren Scherr/Mara VanNyhuis 6-4 2-6 6-0
How Montevideo fared
Singles
Kori Douglas: Danielle Thorfinnson (Minnewaska) def. Douglas 6-1 6-1; Douglas def. Anna Hacker (LQPV/DB) 6-2 6-0
How LQPV/DB fared
Singles
Anna Hacker: Tia Dykema (Osakis) def. Hacker 6-1 6-3; Kori Douglas (Montevideo) def. Hacker 6-2 6-0
Prep Swimming
Sauk Rapids 112,
Willmar 74
Amanda Mathiasen won two races (50 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle) in Willmar's dual meet against Sauk Rapids on Tuesday.
The Cardinals' Erica Schramm placed first in diving with a school record 280.10, breaking a 16-year record originally held by Gina Ryan. Schramm also set the pool record by one-tenth of a point, which was originally set by Chloe Timm of Sauk Rapids in 2012.
Ava Brogren also won the 100 Breaststroke.
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Sauk Rapids 2:00.24 (2) Willmar (Edyn Saulsbury, Ava Brogren, Grace Vierhuf, Amanda Mathiasen) 2:02.55
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Abigail Tangen, SR, 2:06.14 (2) Josie MIller, Will, 2:10.48 (3) Edyn Saulsbury, Will, 2:14.11
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Anna Lucas, SR, 2:17.60 (3) Ava Brogren, Will, 2:24.99
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Amanda Mathiasen, Will, 25.96
DIVING - (1) Erica Schramm, Will, 280.10 (3) Maddie Isaacson, Will, 151.60
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Valeria Flores Bonilla 1:05.10
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Amanda Mathiasen, Will, 57.02 (3) Josie Miller, Will, 58.45
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Lydia Zabinski, SR, 5:47.64 (2) Edyn Saulsbury, Will, 6:03.08 (3) Allie Evink, Will, 6:03.42
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Sauk Rapids 1;45.70 (2) Willmar (Amanda Mathiasen, Josie Miller, Allie Evink, Avery Welsh) 1:47.85
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Valeria Flores Bonilla, SR, 1:05.20 (3) Sophia Lynum, Will, 1:13.66
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Ava Brogren, Will, 1:12.09
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Sauk Rapids 3:53.52 (2) Willmar (Josie Miller,A llie Evink, Edyn Saulsbury, Ava Brogren) 4:01.70
