S-M girls win Battle of Borders

MOORHEAD -- The Staples-Motley Cardinals girls' cross country team battled back from Saturday's second-place finish by winning the "Battle of the Borders" Tuesday.

Brittany Brenny finished third and Hannah Landecker fourth to lead the Cardinals. Natasha Wenzel (9th) and Naomi Landecker (10th) also grabbed top-10 finishes.

Dan Huebsch paced the S-M boys' team to its second consecutive fourth-place finish by grabbing second individually. Dan Sveom was sixth in 17:31.

Boys' team scores -- 1-Moorhead 51, 2-Fargo South 53, 3-Detroit Lakes 84, 4-Staples-Motley 104, 5-Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 105, 6-Bemidji 168, 7-Fergus Falls 216, 8-Thief River Falls 220

Individual winner -- Adam Kne (Moorhead) 16:43

Staples-Motley results -- 2-Dan Huebsch 17:01, 6-Dan Sveom 17:31, 28-Charlie Farber 18:56, 30-Joe Fuhrman 19:05, 38-Josh Ulring 19:37, 41-Lex Kincaid 19:49

Girls' team scores -- 1-Staples-Motley 38, 2-Fargo South 55, 3-Fergus Falls 77, 4-Moorhead 114, 5-East Grand Forks 126, 6-Bemidji 175, 7-Detroit Lakes 180, 8-West Fargo 189

Individual winner -- Hannah Grinaker (DL) 14:39

Staples-Motley results -- 3-Brittany Brenny 15:25, 4-Hannah Landecker 15:45, 9-Natasha Wenzel 16:09, 10-Naomi Landecker 16:14, 12-Liza Milless 16:16, 13-Courtney Robinson 16:19, 33-Kelsie Griffith 17:58

Next meet -- Staples-Motley hosts 9-team Rotary Invitational 4:30 p.m.