LITTLE FALLS -- The Willmar boys and girls Nordic skiing teams finished seventh in their respective divisions at the Little Falls Invite Monday.
All competitors raced in the classic and freestyle skate. Tom LaPatka led the Cardinal boys with a 25th place in the classic and 36th in freestyle. Danielle Erickson paced the girls team with a 27th in freestyle and 29th in classic.
The Cardinals will host the Central Lakes Conference meet for the first time Thursday at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center.
Boys Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Grand Rapids 382 (2) tie St. Cloud Tech, Little Falls 354 (4) Anoka 343 (5) Detroit Lakes 270 (6) Buffalo 257 (7) Willmar 206 (8) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 105 (9) St. Cloud Cathedral 93
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5K CLASSIC -- (1) Sam Anderson, SCT, 18:32 ... (25) Tom LaPatka 21:10 (54) Matthew Weitzel 24:39 (56) Garrett Erickson 25:11 (63) Brad Kallhoff 28:55
5K FREESTYLE -- (1) Anderson 15:35 ... (36) LaPatka 18:33 (42) Erickson 19:27 (43) Weitzel 19:27 (54) Kallhoff 20:23
Girls Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Little Falls 393 (2) Grand Rapids 366 (3) St. Cloud Cathedral 349 (4) Anoka 333 (5) Buffalo 281 (6) St. Cloud Apollo 278 (7) Willmar 236 (8) Detroit Lakes 215 (9) St. Cloud Tech 148
5K CLASSIC -- (1) Jackie Thelen, LF, 20:43 ... (29) Danielle Erickson 25:40 (37) Julie Hulstrand 26:47 (47) Anna Burns 28:58 (57) Kaia Halbritter 21:23 (59) Aileen Clarke 34:09
5K FREESTYLE -- (1) Thelen 18:09 ... (27) Erickson 21:59 (42) Burns 23:45 (45) Hulstrand 24:32 (51) Clarke 26:02 (52) Halbritter 26:33
