Lydeen, Beltz pace Patriots again

McGREGOR - Silas Lydeen and Kylie Beltz claimed individual honors for the Pequot Lakes Patriots as the boys finished first and the girls came in second behind the Crosby-Ironton Rangers in the McGregor Invite Thursday.

Adison Runberg and Jake Braam still managed to finish second and third despite crossing the finish line more than a full minute behind Lydeen as the Patriots boys' claimed the top three spots and six of the top 10 spots.

Jackie Brine-Doyle finished fifth for the Patriot girls who had three top-10 finishers.

Lisa Borden grabbed second for the Rangers followed consecutively by Marie Abear and Shelby Vukelich to wrap up the girls' team top honors.

Colt Severson, Phil Stokman and Seth Carlton each had top-10 finishes for the Ranger boys.

Travis Wheeler finished fourth in the boys' event and Kira Taylor was the top girls' finisher as the Pine River-Backus Tigers claimed third place in each race.

Boys' team scores: 1-Pequot Lakes 19, 2-Crosby-Ironton 54, 3-Pine River-Backus 81, 4-Northland-Deer River 98, INC- McGregor

Individual winner: Silas Lydeen (PL) 17:36

Crosby-Ironton results: 5-Colt Severson 18:34, 8-Phil Stokman 19:16, 9-Seth Carlton 19:24, 15-Andy Sorben 20:48, 17-Kale Seibert 21:06

Pequot Lakes results: 2-Adison Runberg 18:20, 3-Jake Braam 18:21, 6-Jacob Headlee 19:00, 7-Jordan Anderson 19:13, 10-Michael Goerges 19:43

Pine River-Backus results: 4-Travis Wheeler 18:23, 16-Jason Plantz 20:56, 18-Sam Hedberg 21:34, Joel Taylor 22:25, Jacob Webber 22:24, Sam Ruohoniemi 22:33, David Pederson 29:55

Girls' team scores: 1-Crosby-Ironton 27, 2-Pequot Lakes 33, 3-Pine River-Backus 100, INC-Northand-Deer River, INC-McGreggor

Individual winner: Kylie Beltz (PL) 16:24

Crosby-Ironton results: 2-Lisa Borden 16:52, 3-Marie Abear 17:10, 4-Shelby Vukelich 17:26, 8-Chelsey Bonsante 17:45, 10-Kristine Gustafson 18:02, 24-Ashley Stansberry 20:56, 25-Kirsten Midthun 21:56

Pequot Lakes results: 5-Jackie Brine-Doyle 17:26, 7-Jordan Roy 17:39, 9-Sydney Johnson 17:53, 11-Savannah Stone 18:11, 13-Michelle Hays 18:58, 16-Sarah Rudlang 19:12

Pine River-Backus results: Kira Taylor 19:03, Kendra Brasel 19:30, Autumn Ackerman 20:02, Lydia Krecklau 20:09, Monica Volz 22:07, Jade Holley 22:04, Kayla Peltier 24:50

Next: Pequot Lakes, Pine River-Backus at Menahga-Sebeka Tuesday 4 p.m. Crosby-Ironton hosts Ranger Invitational Thursday 3:20 p.m.

Gammon-Deering sixth

FERGUS FALLS - Manon Gammon-Deering finished sixth in the girls' race to lead Little Falls to a seventh-place finish in the 10-team John Hermes Invite Thursday.

The Flyers also finished seventh in the boys' run, led by Ricky Devine's 22nd-place finish.

Boys' team scores: 1-Perham 46, 2-Alexandria 53, 3-Sartell 91, 4-Detroit Lakes 97, 5-Bemidji 104, 7-Little Falls 160

Individual winner: Zach Hodgson (Alexandria) 16:59

Little Falls results: 22-Ricky Devine 17:46, 63-Austin Gessell 19:00, 78-William Marvin 19:20, 87-Alex Kresha 19:30, 90-Brett Fellbaum, 91-Adam Kempenich, 96-Stephen Luing

Girls' team scores: 1-Perham 51, 2-Alexandria 69, 32-Sartell-St. Stephen 91, 4-Park Rapids 103, 5-Detroit Lakes 147, 7-Little Falls 162

Individual winner: Jamie Piepenberg (Alexandria) 14:42

Little Falls results: 6-Manon Gammon-Deering 15:40, 21-Chelsea Rutz 16:33, 36-Mattia Hendrickson 17:25, 38-Maria Hauer 17:27, 77-Kallie Baumgartner 18:54, 90-(tie) Whitney Evans and Maggie Moe 19:32

Next: Little Falls, Wadena-Deer Creek at Perham Invite 4 p.m. Thursday.