Gamon-Deering leads Flyer girls to first in Wadena-Deer Creek Invite

WADENA - Manon Gammon-Deering paced the girls' race with a time of 15:49.14 as the Little Falls girls' cross country team took second place in the Wadena-Deer Creek Invite Tuesday.

Chelsea Rutz, Maria Hauer and Mattia Hendrickson finished 10th, 11th and 12th for the Flyer girls.

The Flyer boys' team took third place as Preston Zimny finished second with a time of 17:24.13 while Ricky Devine ended up in fourth.

The Staples-Motley girls finished third as Emma Pogreba and Kaytlin Roth finished third and fourth with times of 16:04.43 and 16:16.80. Katie Stone rounded out top 10 finishers for the Cardinals with a seventh-place finish.

Gunner Johnson captured third place with a time of 17:26.16 on the boys' side for the Cardinals as S-M took second place. Isaac Fuhrman finished ninth and Josh Freese was 10th.

Hannah Toedter led Wadena-Deer Creek to a fourth-place finish as she took eighth while the boys' team finished sixth as Neil Janson recorded an 18th-place finish.

Shauna Maurer ended up in 16th place as the top finisher for the Pillager girls and Trevor Rohloff was 35th for the boys.

Boys' team scores: 1-Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 37, 2-Staples-Motley 56, 3-Little Falls 58, 4-Bagley-Fosston 107, 5-Park Rapids Area 141, 6-Wadena-Deer Creek 145, 7-Ottertail Central 167

Individual winner: Byron Schuldt (Nevis) 16:57.30

Little Falls results: 2-Preston Zimny 17:24.13, 4-Ricky Devine 17:36.46, 14-Eli Ploof 18:52.49, 20-Austin Gessell 19:14.26, 27-William Marvin 20:13.74, 32-Stephen Laing 20:33.40, 51-Nathan Almen 23:19.37

Pillager results: 35-Trevor Rohloff 20:48.41, 45-Dylan Neururer 21:47.11, 46-Isaac Jacobson 22:00.08

Staples-Motley results: 3-Gunner Johnson 17:26.16, 9-Isaac Fuhrman 18:31.02, 10-Josh Freese 18:32.15, 19-Justin Ziegler 19:12.23, 23-Tyler Jenniges 19:40.44, 25-Brandon Sterricker 19:54.94, 44-Korey Zetah 21:36.19

Wadena-Deer Creek results: 18-Neil Janson 19:08.82, 30-Tony Ross 20:30.12, 36-Zach Bernu 20:51.18, 43-Jacob Snyder 21:19.55, 50-Forrest McQuiston

Girls' team scores: 1-Park Rapids 49, 2-Little Falls 53, 3-Staples-Motley 57, 4-Wadena-Deer Creek 104, 5-Pelican Rapids 121, 6-Ottertail Central 137, 7-United North Central 178

Individual winner: Manon Gammon-Deering (LF) 15:49.14

Little Falls results: 1-Gammon-Deering 15:49.14, 10-Chelsea Rutz 17:08.65, 11-Maria Hauer 17:09.95, 12-Mattia Hendrickson 17:28.20, 27-Kellie Baumgartner 19:05.56, 40-Haile Kifer 21:15.51

Pillager results: 16-Shauna Maurer 17:50.92, 25-Kayla Rardin 18:46.74, 45-Tess Ruhl 23:29.30

Staples-Motley results: 3-Emma Pogreba 16:04.43, 4-Kaytlin Roth 16:16.80, 7-Katie Stone 16:52.94, 24-MacKenzie Holst 18:39.55, 28-Emily Fuhrman 19:08.12, 31-Tayler Klimek 19:17.66, 33-Tayah Smith 20:01.12

Wadena-Deer Creek results: 8-Hannah Toedter 16:58.64, 18-Mary McGrane 18:03.79, 23-Lauren Girard 18:27.06, 34-Kelsey Browne 20:08.25, 38-Bailee Schissel 21:02.33

Next: Jerry Riewer Invite at Staples-Motley 10 a.m. Saturday.

Hoheisel, Theis lead Pierz girls to top finish

PLYMOUTH - Mariah Hoheisel picked up a fourth-place finish in 16:38 to lead the Pierz girls' cross country team to their second first-place finish in as many races in the Rockford Invite at Hollydale Golf Course Tuesday.

Sonya Theis finished just behind Hoheisel in fifth with a time of 16:43 while Tracy Wimmer finished eighth and Megan Hoheisel was 10th.

The Pierz boys took sixth in a 12-team field and were led by Jake Poster's 20th place time.

Boys' team scores: 1-Delano 29, 2-Watertown-Mayer 45, 3-Meadow Creek Christian 139, 4-Providence Academy 143, 5-Rockford 154, 6t-Pierz 158, 6t-Howard Lake-Waverly-Winstad 158, 8-Montgomery-Lonsdale 184, 9-Maple Lake 206, 10-Concordia 220, 11-Lester Prairie 247

Pierz results: 20-Jake Poster 20:08, 33-Charlie Corbett 20:54, 38-Eden Hanson 21:01, 40-Nathan Welle 21:33, 41-Ian Engen 41

Girls' team scores: 1-Pierz 43, 2-Maple Lake 66, 3-Providence Academy 81, 4-Concordia 116, 5-Rockford 133, 6-Montgomery-Lonsdale 134, 7-Delano 141, 8-Watertown-Mayer 175, 9-Mayer Lutheran 182

Pierz results: 4-Mariah Hoheisel 16:38, 5-Sonya Theis 16:43, 8-Tracy Wimmer 17:13, 10-Megan Hoheisel 17:14, 22-Rachel Detschman 18:28, 38-Jenna Andres 19:30

Next: Pierz in Jerry Riewer Invite at Staples-Motley 10 a.m. Saturday.