Pillager girls take title

ROYALTON - Shauna Maurer finished in fourth place with a time of 18:09 as the Pillager girls took first place at the Royalton Invite Thursday.

Sarah Neururer, Kayla Rardin and Sonora Nolan-Rapatz all finished in the top 10 for the Huskies.

The Pillager boys finished in third place as Matt Neururer recorded an eighth-place time.

Boys' team scores: 1-Royalton 32, 2-Foley 46, 3-Pillager 68, 4-St. John's Prep 87, 5-St. Cloud Christian INC

Individual winner: Charlie Lawrence (Foley) 18:35

Pillager results: 8-Matt Neururer 20:45, 11-Isaac Jacobson 21:09, 13-Dylan Neururer 21:41, 16-Trevor Rohloff 22:00, 20-Tony Davison 22:40

Girls' team scores: 1-Pillager 38, 2-St. Cloud Christian 44, 3-Foley 67, 4-St. John's Prep 76, 5-Royalton 103, 6-Mile Lacs INC

Individual winner: 1-McKenzie Holt (St. Cloud Christian) 16:41

Pillager results: 4-Shauna Maurer 18:09, 6-Sarah Neururer 18:11, 7-Kayla Rardin 18:48, 8-Sonora Nolan-Rapatz 18:59, 13-Kali Howland 19:57

Next meet: Pillager hosts Pillager Invite 4 p.m. Thursday.

PR-B's Taylor, Tiger boys score wins

MABLE LAKE - Kira Taylor paced the girls' field with a first-place time of 18:31 and Joe Smith led the Tiger boys with a second-place time of 18:57 as the Pine River-Backus boys' cross country team took first while the girls finished second by one point in the PR-B triangular Thursday.

Travis Wheeler, Jason Plantz and Sam Hedberg finished 3-4-5 to lead the Tigers to the top team score of 22 points. Jacob Weber and Todd Woelfel finished eighth and ninth to round out the top ten for the PR-B boys.

Autumn Ackerman and Kendra Brasel finished fifth and sixth on the girls' side to join Taylor with top 10 times.

Boys' team scores: 1-Pine River-Backus 22 Northland-Deer River 53, United North Central 56

Individual winner: 1-Jonathon Miller (UNC) 18:35

Pine River-Backus results: 2-Joe Smith 18:57, 3-Travis Wheeler 19:09, 4-Jason Plantz 20:37, 5-Sam Hedberg 20:43, 8-Jacob Weber 22:14, 9-Todd Woelfel 22:36, 15-Joe Taylor 25:23, 16-Sam Ruohoniemi 25:33, 19-David Peterson 30:11

Girls' team scores: 1-United North-Central 27, Pine River-Backus 28, Northland-Deer River INC

Individual winner: Kira Taylor (PR-B) 18:31

Pine River-Backus results: 5-Autumn Ackerman 19:48, 6-Kendra Brasel 19:49, 11-Lydia Krecklau 20:42, 13-Jade Holley 22:05, 15-Kayla Peltier 25:30

Next meet: Pine River-Backus at Bagley Invite 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Pequot boys third

EVELETH - The Pequot Lakes boys' team finished third and the Patriots' Silas Lydeen was fourth in Thursday's Eveleth-Gilbert Invite.

For the Pequot girls, Kylie Beltz finished sixth to help lead the Patriots to fourth place.

Boys' team scores: 1-Eveleth-Gilbert 40, 2-Virginia 74, 3-Pequot Lakes 82, 4-Mesabi East 151, 5- Cook County 158, 6- Duluth Marshall 163, 7-International Falls 178, 8-Ely 180, 9-Proctor 213, 10- Carlton 273, 11-Greenway 281

Individual winner: Jack Klander (E-G) 17:44

Pequot Lakes results: 4-Silas Lydeen 17:59, 13-Adison Runberg 18:50, 16-Jerrod Braam 19:08, 24-Jordan Anderson 19:45, 25-Sam Headlee 19:47, 32-Michael Goerges 20:06, 33-Jacob Headlee 20:08

Girls' team scores: 1-Cook County 62, 2-International Falls 79, 3-Proctor 98, 4-Pequot Lakes 109, 5-Ely 111, 6- Eveleth-Gilbert 118, 7-Mesabi East 171, 8-Carlton 173, 9-Virginia 202

Individual winner: Lindsey Dahl-Holm (Carlton) 16:31

Pequot Lakes results: 6-Kylie Beltz 17:12, 20-Sydney Johnson 18:41, 22-Jordan Roy 18:49. 27-Savannah Stone 19:08, 44-Elise Runberg 20:22, 45-Michelle Hayes 20:23

Next meet: Pequot Lakes at Bagley Invite 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.