Flyer girls first, boys second at Milaca meet

MILACA -- The Little Falls girls' cross country team won the Milaca Invitational Monday while the Flyer boys finished second.

Freshman Zach Solinger of Pierz, competing in his first varsity meet, finished third in 17:50.

The Flyers' Becky Anderson was sixth in the girls' race at 16:58. Jonathan Stoltman was eighth in the boys' race at 18:10.

Boys' team scores -- 1-North St. Paul 64, 2-Little Falls 86, 3-Mora 124, 4-Chisago Lakes 160, 5-(tie) North Branch 177, 5-(tie) St. Francis 177, 7-Pine City 180, 8-Hinckley-Finlayson 192, 9-Cambridge-Isanti 204, 10-Monticello 206, 11-Pierz 213, 12-Albany-259, 13-St. Michael-Albertville 263, 14-Princeton 268,

Individual winner -- Justin Taomela (NSP) 17:25

Little Falls results -- 8-Jonathan Stoltman 18:10, 10-Jason Thielen 18:19, 13-Mark Hartwig 18:26, 18-Jordan Horejsi 18:42, 37-Zac Tabbott 19:47

Pierz results -- 3-Zach Solinger 17:50, 24-Eli Solinger 19:12, 56-Brett Meyer 20:38, 58-Steve Andres 20:44, 72-Ben Durheim 21:30.

Girls' team scores -- 1-Little Falls 64, 2-St. Michael-Albertville 123, 3-North Branch 144, 4-Cambridge-Isanti 157, 5-Pine City 167, 6-Rush City 172, 7-North St. Paul 215, 8-Mora 236.

Individual winner -- Rachel Stangler (Albany) 15:53

Little Falls results -- 6-Becky Anderson 16:58, 8-Megan Meyer 17:21, 9-Shannon McCoy 17:23, 19-Maari Hanson 18:24, 22-Stephanie Chatfield 18:25, 32-Angela Bratsch 19:11

Pierz results -- 15-Kaley Jensen 17:58, 57-Kristine Gruber 21:11

Next meet -- Pierz at Run for Your Melon Invitational, Northland Arboretum, Brainerd, 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

S-M girls second,

boys third at Jamestown

JAMESTOWN N.D. --The Staples-Motley Cardinal girls' cross country team was second and the Cardinals boys were third Saturday at the Jamestown Invitational.

The Cardinal girls had a team score of 45 points and were paced by Brittany Brenny who finished third in a time of 15:48. Hannah Landecker finished fifth in 15:58 and Liza Milless placed ninth in 16:27 for the Cardinals.

The S-M had 74 points and were led by Chad Brever who was sixth in 18:14 and Jacob Huebsch was seventh in 18:22.

"It was a fantastic meet for us, the girls especially really ran well," said S-M head coach Gene Mattila. "It was the most challenging course that I have ever seen."

Boys' team scores -- 1-Apple Valley 52, 2-Valley City (N.D.) 66, 3-Staples-Motley 74, 4-Anoka 115, 5-Lisbon (N.D.) 196, 6-Berthold (N.D.) 207, 7Jamestown (N.D.) 221, 8-Kildeer (N.D.) 240, 9-Washburn (N.D.) 246, 10-Rugby (N.D.) 256, 11-Shiloh (N.D.) 328, 12-Northwood (N.D.) 333, 13-Medina (N.D.) 334

Staples-Motley results --6-Chad Brever 18:14, 7-Jacob Huebsch 18:22, 13-David Reichel 18:53, 17-Dan Huebsch 19:15, 31-Dan Freeman 20:11, 34-Derek Gold 20:24, 61-Chris Anderson 21:37

Girls' team scores --1-Jamestown (N.D.) 38, 2-Staples-Motley 45, 3-Apple Valley 98, 4-Anoka 129, 5-Fargo North (N.D.) 170, 6-Washburn (N.D.)209, 7-(tie) Velva (N.D.) 212, 7-(tie) Devils Lake (N.D.) 212 9-Kildeer (N.D.) 226, 10-Newtown (N.D.) 228, 11-Valley City (N.D.) 233 12-(tie) Northwood 242, 12-(tie) Medina 242

Staples-Motley results --3-Brittany Brenny 15:48, 5-Hannah Landecker 15:58 9-Liza Milless 16:27, 11-Steph Jares 16:33, 17-Courtney Robinson 16:51, 23-Amanda Reichel 17:41 32-Kelsey Griffith 18:26

Next meet -- S-M at Moorhead Rotary Battle of the Border meet 9 a.m. today.