WILLMAR - Willmar diver Erica Schramm placed first and set a section record during the Section 3A True Team Meet on Saturday at the Willmar High School pool.
Schramm broke the 3A True Team section mark with 432.05 points. The Cardinals placed sixth behind winner Hutchinson, Delano, Waconia, Dassel-Cokato and Marshall.
Willmar's Ava Brogren swam to a second-place finish in the 100 Breaststroke and she also placed eighth in the 200 Individual Medley.
The Cardinals' Amanda Mathiasen placed fifth in the 50 Freestyle and she was sixth in the 100 Freestyle.
Willmar's 200 Freestyle Relay team placed fifth and the Cards' 400 Freestyle Relay team placed sixth.
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Section 3A
True Team
TEAM SCORES - (1) Hutchinson 1,683.5 (2) Delano 1,581 (3) Waconia 1,339 (4) Dassel-Cokato 1,303 (5) Marshall 1,105 (6) Willmar 982 (7) Litchfield 759 (8) Montevideo 733.5 (9) Orono 106
WINNER and WILLMAR TOP 20
200 MEDLEY RELAY - (1) Waconia 1:54.12 (10) Willmar (Natalie Arends, Ava Brogren, Grace Vierhuf, Avery Welsh) 2:04.60 (17) Willmar (Ceci Buzzeo, Adia Laidlaw, Ana Hernandez, Qiana Jones) 2:11.48
200 FREESTYLE - (1) Hailey Farrell, Hut, 1:56.16 (10) Edyn Saulsbury, Will, 2:10.76 (15) Allie Evink, Will, 2:17.30
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY - (1) Lexi Kucera, Hut, 2:12.41 (8) Ava Brogren, Will, 2:25.89
50 FREESTYLE - (1) Grace Hanson, Hut, 23.85 (5) Amanda Mathiasen, Will, 25.70 (15) Avery Welsh, Will, 27.07 (20) Ana Hernandez, Will, 28.30
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DIVING - (1) Erica Schramm, Will, 432.05 (13) Kim Joneson 143.25 (17) Sophie Smith, Will, 120.20
100 BUTTERFLY - (1) Emma Kern, Del, 59.27
100 FREESTYLE - (1) Lexi Kucera, Hut, 53.33 (6) Amanda Mathiasen, Will, 57.08 (16) Avery Welsh, Will, 1:00.69
500 FREESTYLE - (1) Hailey Farrell, Hut, 5:12.44 (14) Edyn Saulsbury, Will, 6:06.73 (18) Allie Evink, Will, 6:12.04
200 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Hutchinson 1:38.49 (5) Willmar (Amanda Mathiasen, Avery Welsh, Edyn Saulsbury, Ava Brogren) 1:44.23 (13) Willmar (Qiana Jones, Shelby Reed, Allie Evink, Adia Laidlaw) 1:52.35
100 BACKSTROKE - (1) Emma Kern, Del, 59.11 (20) Natalie Arends, Will, 1:13.59
100 BREASTSTROKE - (1) Caroline Gardner, Oro, 1:06.80 (2) Ava Brogren, Will, 1:13.32 (19) Adia Laidlaw, Will, 1:20.77
400 FREESTYLE RELAY - (1) Hutchinson 3:35.91 (6) Willmar (Amanda Mathiasen, Edyn Saulsbury, Qiana Jones, Allie Evink) 3:59.52 (20) Willmar (Grace Vierhuf, Natalie Arends, Shelby Reed, Emily Morris) 4:25.60
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Cross Country
Lions Invite
The Willmar girls team placed fourth and the Cardinals boys team placed ninth at the 19-team Lions Invitational on Saturday at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria.
The Stillwater girls team placed first and Mounds View won the boys race.
Willmar's Heidi Schmitz placed 11th, Leah Hansen was 12th and Amel Dayib placed 14th.
Fuad Bashir was the Cardinals' top boys finisher in 31st place. Mason Wendt placed 34th.
Boys
Team scoring-Top 10 of 19 teams
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(1) Mounds View 64 (2) Stillwater 85 (3) Red Wing 123 (4) St. Paul Highland Park 127 (5) White Bear Lake 158 (6) Buffalo 165 (7) Chanhassen 198 (8) Roseville 200 (9) Willmar 221 (10) Sartell 263
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Adison Stansbury, Stillwater, 15:27.20 (2) Nicholas Scheller, Chanhassen, 15:30.20 (3) Austin Streit, Mounds View, 15:36.50 (4) Acer Iverson, Roseville, 15:37.20 (5) Isaac Basten, Buffalo, 15:49.70
WILLMAR - (31) Fuad Bashir 16:50.70 (34) Mason Wendt 16:53.40 (50) Hudeife Mire 17:16.90 (52) Colin O'Farrell 17:18.10 (54) Harley Anez 17:20.20 (59) Adnan Muhumed 17:25.90
Girls
Team scoring-Top 10 of 19 teams
(1) Stillwater 62 (2) Marshall 95 (3) White Bear Lake 122 (4) Willmar 130 (5) St. Paul Highland Park 151 (6) Alexandria 168 (7) Sioux Falls Washington 197 (8) Roseville 200 (9) Minnetonka 202 (10) Mounds View 228
Individual
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TOP FIVE - (1) Molly Moening, SPHP, 18:11.90 (2) Ana Weaver, Stillwater, 18:14.60 (3) Avery Braunhausen, Stillwater, 18:39.20 (4) Meghan Pierson, Chanhassen, 18:42.30 (5) Ingrid Buiceag-Arama, Sartell, 18:59.80
WILLMAR - (11) Heidi Schmitz 19:08.40 (12) Leah Hansen 19:15.30 (14) Amel Dayib 19:19.80 (39) Serena Monson 20:07.90 (54) Addison Hogan 20:26.70 (58) Elise Duininck 20:35.50 (70) Lyndi Koosman 20:50.20
Boys Soccer
Willmar 1,
M-W 1
Carlos Robles knotted the game in the 64th minute and Zach Courtney made a key save as Willmar and Mound-Westonka tied on Saturday at the Kennedy School field.
After a scoreless first half, M-W's Jack Ryall scored in the 47th minute. Robles' tying goal came on an assist from Devin Sankey.
Courtney made nine saves, including one on a M-W penalty kick "that saved the game for us," said Willmar head coach Jeff Winter. "It was a phenomenal save and he made other huge saves in the game."
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On Sunday, Willmar drew the No. 6 seed in the 18-team Section 6A. The Cardinals play host to Providence Academy at either 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy.
"This was one of our best-played games of the season," Winter said. "Great time with that, heading into the postseason."
M-W................. 0 1 - 1
Willmar............ 0 1 - 1
FIRST HALF - No scoring
SECOND HALF - M-W: Jack Ryall 47th minute ... W: Carlos Robles (Devin Sankey) 64th minute
SHOTS ON GOAL - Mound-Westonka: 10 ... Willmar: 8
GOALIE SAVES - Mound-Westonka: Ethan Fetters Vandenheuvel 8 saves ... Willmar: Zach Courtney 9
DEFENSIVE SAVES - None
Volleyball
Alexandria Invite
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa won the second-place match with a 2-0 win over Rocori while Morris/Chokio-Alberta clinched the third-place match with a tight three-set win over the host Cardinals at the Alexandria invitational on Saturday.
Team scores
BBE 25-25, Rocori 10-18
Alexandria 25-25, BBE 16-14
BBE 24-29-15, Big Lake 26-27-8
BBE 25-28, Mounds View 19-26
Ada-Borup 13-25-17, Morris/CA 25-11-15
Morris/CA 25-25, Rocori 12-20
Morris/CA 25-25, Fergus Falls 14-21
Morris/CA 22-26-15, Alexandria 25-24-13
How Area Teams Fared
BBE
Serving (aces): Ally Gruber 6, Brittany Berge 1, Emily Kern 5, Grace Illies 2, Jenna Dingmann 3, Karsee Kampsen 1, Nicole Thonvold 4 ... Set assists: Berge 2, Kern 3, Illies 5, Kampsen 78 ... Hitting (kills): Gruber 31, Berge 22, EmilyKnight 22, Illies 8, Dingmann 1, Kampsen 2, Katherine Mastey 15 ... Blocking (aces): Gruber 3, Berge 2, Knight 7 ... Digs (5 or more): Gruber 30, Kern 51, Knight 8, Illies 23, Dingmann 7, Kampsen 19, Kylie Winter 6, Thonvold 9
Morris/CA
Serving (aces): Kenzie Hockel 3, Riley Decker 4, Kenzie Stahlman 2, LaRea Kram 2, Bailey Marty 2, LeAndra Horman 1 ... Set assists: Emma Berlinger 1, Liz Dietz 37, Decker 7, Kram 43, Marty 1, Jen Solvie 1 ... Hitting (kills): Sophie Carlson 13, Hockel 16, Berlinger 5, Lexi Pew 32, Bailey Marty 21, Solvie 15, Kram 2, Decker 2, Deitz 1 ... Blocking (aces): Carlson 2, Hockel 2, Pew 3, Solvie 1 ... Digs (5 or more): Hockel 20, Berlinger 6, Marty 42, Deitz 20, Kram 19, Libbesmeier 19
Sauk Rapids Invite
BOLD won the silver division of the Sauk Rapids invitational Saturday after beating St. Cloud Apollo in two sets in the final match of the day.
Team scores
Sauk Rapids 25-25, BOLD 21-20
BOLD 25-30, Canby 25-30
BOLD 25-25, Becker 21-22
BOLD 25-25, St. Cloud Apollo 16-14
How Area Teams Fared
BOLD
Serving (aces): Morgan Schmitz 3, Makayla Snow 3, Devin O'Halloran 3, Makenna Steffel 3 ... Set assists: Snow 64 ... Hitting (kills): Steffel 36, Ashley Trongard 13, Schmitz 12 ... Blocking (aces): Trongard 10, Steffel 3, Snow 3 ... Digs (5 or more): Brenna Weis 62, Snow 47
Girls Tennis
Section 8AA-South
individual tournament
Willmar senior Lydia Morrell finished fourth in the Section 8AA-South individual tournament and will have a chance to compete for a state berth this week.
The fourth seed in the sub-section, Lydia opened with wins over Sartell's Sadie Baumann and Becker's Anna Richie before taking a loss to St. Cloud Tech's Ashley Tarrolly in the championship semifinals. She also lost the third-place match against Tech's Kate Inderieden.
In the section singles tournament, Lydia will face the top seed from the North sub-section, Brainerd's Brittney Fletcher, to open the tournament at 9 a.m. on Friday in Sartell.
How Willmar fared
Singles
Lydia Morrell: Morrell def. Sadie Bauman (Sartell) 6-0 6-1; Morrell def. Anna Richie (Becker) 6-4 6-1; Ashley Tarrolly (St. Cloud Tech) def. Morrell 6-4 6-1; Kate Inderieden (St. Cloud Tech) def. Morrell 6-2 6-0
Allison Bruhn: Bruhn def. Bri Marshik (Little Falls) 6-0 6-2; Inderieden def. Bruhn 1-6 6-4 6-3
Doubles
Alyssa Morrell/Mady Spencer: Morrell/Spencer def. Grace McCabe/Maggie Kulus (Sartell) 6-3 6-4; Anne Bowe/Natalie Peterson (St. Cloud Tech) def. Morrell/Spencer 6-1 6-0
Chloe Hansen/Ashley Prahl: Hansen/Prahl def. Alexa Stoner/McKayla Geise (Little Falls) 6-0 6-0; Hannah Bengtson/Megan Nelson (Becker) def. Hansen/Prahl 6-3 6-7 (3-7) 6-4
Friday's Results
Football
LQPV 33, YME 19
Hanging onto a 20-19 lead in the fourth quarter, Lac qui Parle Valley pulled away with a 74-yard Layton Wittenebel touchdown run, followed by a Caden Bjornjeld interception return for a score in the Eagles' 33-19 Southwest West district win over Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls.
LQPV (3-3) 7 0 7 19 - 33
YME (2-4) 0 0 7 12 - 19
Scoring Plays
LQPV - Wyatt Halvorson 72 run (Neto Clovis kick)
YME - Angel Jimenez 1 run (David Hidalgo kick)
LQPV - Caden Bjornjeld 34 pass from Halvorson (Clovis kick)
YME - Jimenez 1 run (kick failed)
LQPV - Halvorson 54 run (kick failed)
YME - Jimenez 1 run (PAT failed)
LQPV - Layton Wittenebel 74 run (Clovis kick)
LQPV - Bjornjeld 26 interception return (kick failed)
LQPV
First downs: 9 ... Penalties: 4-25 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Dain Haas 14-89, Wyatt Halvorson 15-132, Layton Wittenebel 5-74 ... Passing (Individual and team): Halvorson 6-13-105 ... Receiving (Individual and team): Caden Bjornjeld 2-64, Wittenebel 2-28 ... Interceptions: N/A ... Fumble recoveries: N/A ... Tackles (solo-assist): N/A ... QB sacks: N/A
YME
First downs: 16 ... Penalties: 7-65 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Ethan Peterson 14-65, David Hidalgo 3-35, Carter Sneller 2-28 ... Passing (Individual and team): Angel Jimenez 11-28-213-1 ... Receiving (Individual and team): Sneller 5-97, Bennett Knapper 3-62, Hidalgo 1-40, Ayden Friese 2-14, Peterson 1-9 ... Interceptions: N/A ... Fumble recoveries: N/A ... Tackles (solo-assist): N/A ... QB sacks: N/A
Willmar 40, St. Cloud Apollo 14
Willmar (5-1) 7 14 12 7 - 40
SC Apollo (3-3) 0 8 0 6 - 14
Scoring Plays
W - Caleb Owens 21 pass from Drey Dirksen (LaBlue Moo kick)
W - Ethan Roux 4 run (kick failed)
W - Jake Evans 35 pass from Dirksen (Roux run)
STA - Jalyn Williams 6 fumble return (John Blommel run)
W - Ty Roelofs 57 interception return (kick failed)
W - Roux 1 run (kick blocked)
W - Dirksen 1 run (Moo kick)
STA - Blommel 40 pass from Logan Johnson (run failed)
Willmar
First downs: 24 ... Penalties: 11-72 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Alex Wickliff 17-127, Dominic Amon 2-0, Drey Dirksen 15-69, Ashton Gregory 1-11, Ethan Roux 14-63, Bauman 3-30. 52-299 ... Passing (Individual and team): Dirksen 16-25-189-0 ... Receiving (Individual and team): Jake Evans 7-93, Ty Roelofs 3-36, Ryan Slette 3-26, Caleb Owens 3-36 ... Interceptions: Roelofs 2 ... Fumble recoveries: Kaden Streed ... Tackles (solo-assist): Streed 1-5, Gregory 2-4, Dirksen 2-3, Andrew Reigstad 1-4, Ben Hisken 1-5 ... QB sacks: Streed
SC Apollo
First downs: 11 ... Penalties: 8-43 ... Rushing (Individual and team): Neal Benson 7-40, Clifton Patterson 10-34, Abraham Heinen 6-28, Logan Johnson 2-21, Jalyn Williams 1-5. 27-109 ... Passing (Individual and team): Benson 6-18-24-2, Johnson 3-6-80-0 ... Receiving (Individual and team): Sam Luepke 3-80, John Blommel 5-14, Patterson 1-10 ... Interceptions: None ... Fumble recoveries: Patterson 1, Williams 1
