MADISON — With unseasonable heat serving as added element for runners to contend with, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd hosted its home meet on Tuesday from the Madison Country Club.
When all the boys crossed the finish line to conclude the day, the Eagles, who entered the day as the No. 2-ranked team in Class 1A, were victorious. Backed by three runners finishing in the top five and five of its runners in the top 14 spots, LQPV/DB collected a comfortable victory with a team mark of 30.
On the girls side, the Eagles finished sixth with a score of 153.
The race was pushed backed 30 minutes and cut to 4,000 meters due to the warm temperatures.
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“It was a lot warmer than usual and there was some concern,” Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd head coach John Shurb said. “We always run a 5K and we pulled a thousand off because we were looking after the health of the kids instead of the distance. I thought our kids handled it well. It got tough, there’s only so much you can do, but it’s still fun running at home.”
Mikey Kvaal was the first Eagles runner to run through the tape, as the senior finished second with a time of 13 minutes, 35.42 seconds. He was just under eight seconds off the winning pace posted by Milbank’s Nick Batchelor. Right behind Kvaal was teammate Zeke Sather, who clocked in with a time of 13:40.66. Meanwhile, LPQV/DB senior Griffin Johnson was fifth.
“I think for me, the biggest thing was that I kind of knew the roster that was going to be up front,” Kvaal said. “I kind of knew it was going to be windy, too, so the biggest thing was to not push the pace yourself and let people do the work for you.”
Elsewhere among the local competitors, Yellow Medicine East junior Bertram Munk finished in sixth-place with a time of 14:20.36. Montevideo senior Bryce Nelson was 13th as his team came home in fifth overall.
As for the girls, Murray County Central was victorious with an overall mark of 33. They were led by Morgan Gehl, who had the fastest time of 15:04.51.
Freshman Taylor Shelstad was the first to complete her race for the hosts, as she posted a time of 18:17.62. Two spots behind was Yellow Medicine East’s Kylie Knollenberg with a time of 18:28.03.
LQPV/DB invitational
Boys
Team scoring
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(1) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 30 (2) Redwood Valley 77 (3) Pipestone Area 87 (4) Canby/Minneota 107 (5) Montevideo 131 (6) Murray County Central 149 (7) Ortonville 169 (8) Yellow Medicine East 192
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Nick Batchelor, M 13:27.65 (2) Mikey Kvaal, L 13:35.42 (3) Zeke Sather, L 13:40.66 (4) Jayson Peyerl, R 13:52.68 (5) Griffin Johnson, L 14:13.68.
LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY/DAWSON-BOYD — (2) Kvaal (3) Sather (5) Johnson (11) Mason Brehmer 14:46.16 (14) Kaiden Allpress 15:07.29
MONTEVIDEO — (13) Bryce Nelson 14:57.39 (26) Aaron Roelike 15:47.43 (29) Dain Winters 15:59.95 (39) Bryton Nelson 16:30.69 (40) Rigo Turrubiartes 16:46.70
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST — (6) Bertram Munk 14:20.36 (49) Caleb Jans 17:34.37 (53) Ethan Kontz 18:35.62 (54) Derek Lien 18:57.26 (55) Drake Lieser 19:41.23
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Murray County Central 33 (2) Canby/Minneota 47 (3) Redwood Valley 69 (4) Milbank 92 (5) Southwest Minnesota Christian 103 (6) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 153
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Morgan Gehl, MCC 15:04.51 (2) Grace Drietz, C 15:48.11 (3) Maddie LeSage, R 16:24.21 (4) Ashley Overgaauw 16:57.62 (5) Amanda Overgaauw 16:59.20
LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY/DAWSON-BOYD — (24) Taylor Shelstad 18:17.62 (36) Alex Stitt 19.22.76 (38) Georgia Will 19:32.12 (40) Josie Shurb 19:51.48 (42) Rachel Lund 20:01.73
MONTEVIDEO — (32) Harley Dirksen 18:55.42 (33) Addie Opdahl 19:00.58 (43) Hayley Volley 20:05.69 (47) Lauren Hanna 20:55.28
YELLOW MEDICINE EAST — (26) Kylie Knollenberg 18:28.03 (41) Pullan Sanjana 19:55.81
Melrose Dutchmen Invite
The Minnewaska girls cross-country team emerged victorious in the Melrose Dutchmen Invitational Tuesday at Meadowlark Golf Course.
With a team score of 48, the Laker girls held off Melrose (65) and Benson/KMS (89) for the team championship. They were led by Sydney Hagen, Kiearra Wilmes, Sydney Perry and Sydnie Chevalier, who all placed in the top 10. Melrose’s Kayla Meyer finished in first with a time of 21 minutes, 40.7 seconds, beating Paynesville’s Natalie Lieser’s time of 22:10.3.
The Dutchmen were the winner of the boys title with 43 points, narrowly beating Litchfield (46) and Benson/KMS (58). The top boys runner was Litchfield’s Ben Ammermann, who took first in 18:04.4.
Boys
Team scoring
(1) Melrose 43 (2) Litchfield 46 (3) Benson/KMS 58 (4) Paynesville 103 (5) Brandon-Evansville 106 (6) Minnewaska
Individual
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TOP FIVE — (1) Ben Ammermann, L, 18:04.4 (2) Will Magaard, B/KMS, 18:30.2 (3) Nicholas Berscheit, Mel, 19:07.5 (4) Jaron Furney, B/KMS 19:10.5 (5) Tyler Pohlmann, Mel, 19:20.4
LITCHFIELD — (1) Ammermann (6) Devon Steinhaus 19:20.8 (10) Andrew Joedeman 19:45.2 (14) Evan Matheson 19:52.7 (15) Mason Woefel 19:55.0
BENSON/KMS — (2) Magaard (4) Furney (9) Landon Thompson 19:41.1 (22) Jacob Stallings 20:30.1 (23) Isaac Wirth 20:38.2
PAYNESVILLE — (8) Ryan Thomas 19:40.7 (13) Duncan McNab 19:47.4 (18) Kadin Ludwig 20:05.9 (33) Jason Hoeft 21:26.1 (47) William Nichols 23:19.2
MINNEWASKA — (32) Nich Ankeny 21:22.8 (37) Joey Mikel 22:08.7 (53) James Ward 24:27.6 (56) Jaden Anderson 25:16.7 (57) Noah Palmer 25:45.5
Girls
Team scoring
(1) Minnewaska 48 (2) Melrose 65 (3) Benson/KMS 89 (4) St. Cloud Cathedral 95 (5) Litchfield 101 (6) Paynesville 122 (inc) Brandon-Evansville
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Kayla Meyer, Mel 21:40.7 (2) Natalie Lieser, Pay, 22:10.3 (3) Laura Funk, Mel 23:13.0 (4) Lily Blenkush, SCC, 23:13.7 (5) Allie Mitteness, B/KMS, 23:26.6
MINNEWASKA — (6) Sydney Hagen 23:28.2 (8) Kiearra Wilmes 23:42.8 (9) Sydney Perry 23:51.2 (10) Sydnie Chevalier 23:53.4 (15) Molly Hjelm 24:29.7
BENSON/KMS — (5) Mitteness (12) Natalie Jorschumb 24:01.1 (21) Erica Bakke 25:40.6 (24) Ana Hernandez 26:09.4 (31) Katlyn Peters 27:09.1
LITCHFIELD — (13) Camryn Iverson 24:03.7 (14) Kimberlyn Case 24:09.1 (20) Emily Joedeman 25:34.8 (28) Adriana Iverson 26:59.9 (29) Alyssa Krause 27:04.2
PAYNESVILLE — (2) Lieser (11) Paige Frenchick 23:59.6 (32) Erica Gaebe 27:33.1 (44) Delaney Ignace 30:54.6 (45) Abby Weis 31:01.1
Boys Soccer
St. Cloud Tech 2,
Willmar 1
Willmar held the lead against undefeated St. Cloud Tech for the bulk of Tuesday’s Central Lakes Conference game. With with a penalty kick in the 61st minute and the go-ahead goal in overtime, Mohamed Zakaria ended the Cardinals’ hopes of an upset, leading the Tigers to a 2-1 victory.
“We had them on the ropes,” said Willmar head coach Jeff Winter. “I’m super proud of our kids for taking the number 10 team in the state to overtime. We played a really good game. Things are coming together; we just came up on the losing end.”
Scoreless late in the first half, Cardinals sophomore Alvaro Cortes Heras ended the scoreless drought when he, with an assist from Kelvin Gomez Padilla, put the ball in the back of the net in the 32nd minute.
Willmar goalkeeper Leighton Winter had six saves while Josh Miley came up with a defensive save.
The Cardinals return home Thursday to face off with Fergus Falls.
Willmar (3-6-1)................. 1 0 0 — 1
St. Cloud Tech (7-0-0)..... 0 1 1 — 2
FIRST HALF – W: Alvaro Cortes Heras (Kelvin Gomez Padilla) 32nd minute
SECOND HALF – SCT: Mohamed Zakaria 61st minute PK
OVERTIME – SCT: Zakaria 85th minute
SHOTS ON GOAL – W: 8 … SCT: 8
GOALIE SAVES – Willmar: Leighton Winter 6 saves … St. Cloud Tech: Garrett Tschida 7
DEFENSIVE SAVES – W: Josh Miley
Girls Soccer
St. Cloud Tech 3,
Willmar 0
St. Cloud Tech tacked on three goals in the first half and never had to look back as the Tigers picked up a road win over Central Lakes Conference foe Willmar on Tuesday, 3-0.
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“It wasn’t our best match of the year. It’s a learning point where you can learn more from losing than winning,” said Cardinals head coach Amanda Broman. “We’re going to use that as a learning experience. We got eight games in the next two weeks and this can be a catapult for the rest of the season.”
In the 17th minute, Taylor Holm scored Tech’s first goal, followed by an Oliva McCarthy score at the 27th minute and a Sofia Villalobos goal in the 36th minute.
Ella Swenson came up with four saves in net for Willmar.
The Cardinals will look to rebound Thursday on the road against Fergus Falls.
St. Cloud Tech (4-5-0)..... 3 0 — 3
Willmar (2-5-1)................. 0 0 — 0
FIRST HALF – SCT: Taylor Holm 17th minute … SCT: Oliva McCarty 27th minute … SCT: Sofia Villalobos 36th minute
SECOND HALF – None
SHOTS ON GOAL – SCT: 7 … W: 6
GOALIE SAVES – St. Cloud Tech: Megan Maiers 6 saves … Willmar: Ella Swenson 4 saves
DEFENSIVE SAVES – None
Girls Tennis
Willmar 7,
St. Cloud Apollo 0
Willmar jumped to 4-2 in Central Lakes Conference play on Tuesday after sweeping St. Cloud Apollo, 7-0.
The Cardinals ended up 2-0 in three-set matches against the Eagles. At No. 4 singles, Ashley Pitzen came back from a first-set loss to collect a 5-7, 7-6, 10-3 victory. Then at No. 1 doubles, twins Ashlie and Alise Staebell rebounded after a second-set loss to win a tightly-contested third set for the victory, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6.
Singles
(1) Ashley Prahl, W, def Brynn Karasch 6-1 6-1 (2) Chloe Hansen, W, def Cailey Davidson 6-0 6-0 (3) Allison Bruhn, W, def Sylvia Le 6-2 6-0 (4) Ashley Pitzen, W, def Grace Roesch 5-7 7-6 (4) 10-3
Doubles
(1) Ashlie Staebell/Alise Staebell, W, def Elie Weinert/Morgan Thompson 6-3 0-6 7-6 (3) (2) Rebecca Laurence/Caroline Becker, W, def Addison Bemboom/Alyssa Meyer 6-3 6-1 (3) Kara Hisken/Kessa Mara, W, def Mckinsey Newbanks/Ari Nementh 6-0 6-0
Mound-Westonka 5,
NLS 2
New London-Spicer got wins from Izzy Schmiesing in singles along with Morgan Rolighed and Ruby Parsons in doubles in a 5-2 Wright County Conference loss to Mound-Westonka on Tuesday.
Singles
(1) Alex Welty, M-W, def Ava Hanson 6-2 6-3 (2) Izzy Schmiesing, NLS, def Kate Velander 6-2 7-6 (5) (3) Sara Funderbunk, M-W, def Kamryn Quenemoen 6-1 6-3 (4) Savannah Paul, M-W, def Mya Mayhew 6-0 6-3
Doubles
(1) Morgan Rolighed/Ruby Parsons, NLS, def Lily Hames/Grace Prchal 6-4 6-3 (2) Grace Peterson/Claire Russick, M-W, def Ashley Templer/Megan Warner 6-3 6-1 (3) Ellerie Anderson/Meagan Mattson, M-W, def Taylor Barber/Shannon Monson 6-4 3-6 6-2
MCA/WCA 7, YME 0
Katelyn Wehking had a three-set win at No. 2 singles for Morris/Chokio-Alberta/West Central Area as part of a 7-0 sweep over Yellow Medicine East on Tuesday.
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Singles
(1) Abbigail Athey, MCA/WCA, def Emily Johnson 6-3 6-3 (2) Katelyn Wehking, MCA/WCA, def Cherish Hammer 6-2 4-6 6-1 (3) Ryanne Long, MCA/WCA, def Macie Sik 7-5 6-1 (4) Katie Messner, MCA/WCA, def Kyra Kvam 6-7 (9) 6-0
Doubles
(1) Greta Hentges/Kassidy Girard, MCA/WCA, def Tiana Rupp/Ashley Niemeyer 6-4 6-4 (2) Hannah Wutzke/Lakia Manska, MCA/WCA, def Katelyn Luepke/Hope Foy 6-0 6-0 (3) Ireland Winter/Breanna Schmidgall, MCA/WCA, won by forfeit
Minnewaska 5, Osakis 2
In a rematch of last year’s Section 6A championship, Minnewaska got the better of Osakis this time with a 5-2 win on Tuesday.
Danielle and Alissa Thorfinnson both came up with huge wins in singles play as the two came up with three-set victories. Maddie Thorfinnson and Olivia Richards picked up the Lakers’ lone win in doubles play.
Singles
(1) Danielle Thorfinnson, M, def Tia Dykema 6-3 2-6 6-1 (2) Alissa Thorfinnson, M, def Alexa Lien 5-7 6-3 6-2 (3) Karra Hanson, M, def Kennedy George 6-1 6-2 (4) Addy Randt, M, def Larissa Hoffarth 6-1 7-5
Doubles
(1) Camryn Hoffarth/Mara VanNyhuis, O, def Greta Reichmann/Annika Randt 0-6 6-2 6-2 (2) Maddie Thorfinnson/Olivia Richards, M, def Sydney Rach/Kadyn Triebenbach 6-1 6-1 (3) Brittany Dietrich/Ellie George, O, def Maddi Kluver/Annika Stensrud 7-6 (4) 6-4
B/KMS 7, Sauk Centre 0
Benson/KMS never dropped a set in a 7-0 sweep over Sauk Centre on Tuesday.
Singles
(1) Stacy Johnson, B/KMS, def Audrey Zenzen 6-3 6-2 (2) Susan Knutson, B/KMS, def Gaby Tschida 6-1 6-0 (3) Kaitlyn Berreau, B/KMS, def Natalie Berndt 6-4 6-2 (4) Elise Duncan, B/KMS, def Addy Hoffman 6-2 6-0
Doubles
(1) Hannah Andrews/Halle Bundy, B/KMS, def Sarah Middendorf/Brianna Middendorf 6-1 6-2 (2) Taylor Samuelson/Eleanor Habben, B/KMS, def Julia Marthaler/Gaby Dickinson 6-2 6-1 (3) Amy Zniewski/Hannah Helms, B/KMS, def Nicole Bartos/Michaela Dammann 6-1 6-2
Melrose 5, MACCRAY 2
MACCRAY went 2-for-3 in doubles play Tuesday in a 5-2 loss to Melrose.
At No. 3 doubles, the Wolverines’ duo of Emma Rand and Liberty Niemeyer overcame a first-set loss to clinch their match in three sets.
Singles
(1) Paige Danzl, Mel, def Teagan Nokelby 7-5 6-1 (2) Jessie Danzl, Mel, def Katie Burdorf 6-3 6-1 (3) Kirsten Dragseth, Mel, def Haley Rhode 6-4 3-6 6-3 (4) Adeline Stalboerger, Mel, def Tayte Nokelby 6-0 6-3
Doubles
(1) Chelsey Wieling/Erika Hoppe, Mel, def Leah Johnson/Katelyn Hundt 6-4 6-2 (2) Ashlyn Schmidt/Morgan Essendrup, MAC, def Emily Rieland/Madison Baysinger 6-4 6-4 (3) Emma Rand/Liberty Niemeyer, MAC, def Madison Baysinger/Jamie Klasen 3-6 6-2 6-1
Montevideo 5, LQPV/DB 2
With a perfect showing in singles, Montevideo managed to come away with a 5-2 win over Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd on Tuesday.
Singles
(1) Kori Douglas, M, def Anna Hacker 6-3 6-1 (2) Emily Brace, M, def Addi Oie 6-0 6-2 (3) Lauren Kluver, M, def Katelyn Wittnebel 6-3 6-2 (4) Cami Myers, M, def Maddie Matthies 6-2 6-0
Doubles
(1) Jessica Sigdahl/Rachel Halvorson, LQPV/DB, def Tyra Sandven/Kristin DeJong 6-3 2-6 7-5 (2) Veda Maharaj/Bree Kallhoff, LQPV/DB, def Kylie Cobb/Kaylee Pauling 6-1 6-3 (3) Nina Fitzkappes/Matthea Jorgenson, M, def Sarah Halvorson/Kylie Wendinger 6-7 (8) 6-3 6-3
Orono 6, Litchfield 1
Litchfield took a rare loss on Tuesday against Wright County Conference rival Orono as the Spartans came away with a 6-1 victory.
The Dragons’ lone win was at No. 2 singles where Elise Bierbaum left with a 6-4, 6-2 victory.
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