Jamie Talberg wins Royalton Invitational

ROYALTON -- With a time of 16:58, Jamie Talberg captured the Royalton Invitational and led the Pierz Pioneers girls' cross country team to second place Thursday.

Randy Rauch (4th), Benny Andres (6th) and Josh Anders (9th) all finished in the top 10 for the second place Pierz boys.

Kayla Jensen finished third for Pierz and Pillager's Jenna Niggeler finished fourth.

Boys' team scores -- 1-Albany 46, 2-Pierz 57, 3-Foley 94, 4-Holdingford 100, 5-St. Johns Prep 107, 6-Royalton 124

Individual winner -- Micah Jarnot (Albany) 18:02

Pierz results -- 4-Randy Rauch 18:37, 6-Benny Andres 18:48, 9-Josh Andres 18:52, 18-Matt Beck 20:02, 20-Steven Gall 20:44

Pillager results -- 17-Kyle Dukowitz 20:05, 27-John Knebel 22:02, 30-Nate Wenzel 22:28, 37-Tyler Rohloff 24:09

Girls' team scores -- 1-Albany 52, 2-Pierz 62, 3-Royalton 64, 4-Onamia 71

Individual winner -- Jamie Talberg (Pierz) 16:58

Pierz results -- 3-Kaley Jensen 17:42, 14-Sarah Virnig 19:41, 20-Ashley Langer 21:43; 24-Kelsey Bolin 23:06

Pillager results -- 4-Jenna Niggeler 18:07, 18-Kara Rhett 21:19

Next meet -- Pierz host Pioneer Stampede 4:30 p.m. Monday.