“The girls’ team ran hard,” commented A-B-E Head Coach Robert Bosma. “We talk at practice about chasing down goals during a race and Pillager girls provided that for us. With that in mind, many of the girls had personal bests. Cailey Schlosser ran strong and chased down a pack of girls the entire race. She has been pushing for a goal all year and keeps getting closer each race. Lucea Wales also had a great race and looked very comfortable. She started strong and continued throughout the race. She is starting to learn more of how to race for herself.”

Here are the varsity girls’ individual results by team:
Pillager
1. Emma Reeder 22:21, 2. Lindy Cordes 22:45, 4. Elsie Turner 24:12, 5. Kylee Wilson 24:36, 6. Ava Swanberg 25:05, 7. Sienna Swanberg 25:9, 9. Ally Smith 25:45

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville
3. Lucea Wales 23:34.18, 8. Hannah Korkowski 25:26, 10. Courtney Brethorst 26:13, 11. Cailey Schlosser 26:31, 12. Katlyn Pattrin 28:52

Park Rapids Area
Natalia Lopez 22:42, Alexa London 22:43

“On the guys’ side, the JV again pushed the tempo for the varsity to match,” reported Coach Bosma. “Also, Park Rapids had a very fast team that pushed our top guys. Hunter Norby found himself running down a pack of runners. This sped him up to run his fastest time of the year.

Many of the other guys ran and competed with each other. Logan Froemming and Wes Siira raced the last half mile against each other and it shows their competitive edge. As a whole, the entire team is pushing to improve and we should continue to see the times drop this week and next.”

Here are the varsity boys’ individual results by team:
Park Rapids Area
1. Darryl Etter 17:50, 2. Ephraim Bervig 18:03, 4. Nate Bervig 18:12, 5. Eli Bervig 18:17, 6. Ronaldo De La Cruz Gomez 18:37, 8. Sam Warne 19:02, 13. Skylar Hagen 19:58

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville
3. Hunter Norby 18:08, 7. Micah Fossell 18:57, 9. Logan Froemming 19:11, 10. Wes Siira 19:18, 11. Jayden Hoidahl 19:30, 12. Matson Hoff 19:31, 14. Jaden Norby 20:47

Pillager
15. Carter Mielke 21:46, 16. Gunnar Casuse 22:11, 17. Jacob Hooge 22:44, 18. Gabe Grimsley 23:51, 19. Tyler Keppers 23:04, 20. Brenden Brichacek 23:21, 21. Micah Moyer 23:36

“The junior high and JV runners had their last race,” noted Bosma. “It will be different in practice leading into Conference and Sections as they have pushed the Varsity every day. They all had a great season.”

The Park Region Conference meet will be held at Wadena on Thursday.