Bertha-Hewitt won the boys’ meet with 27 points and Ottertail Central was second with 52.  They were followed by Wadena-Deer Creek with 70, Ashby-Brandon-Evansville with 104, Parkers Prairie with 109 and New York Mills with 154.  Brady Rach of Bertha-Hewitt was the individual winner with his teammate, Zane Guderjahn taking runner-up honors and James Suchy of Parkers Prairie claiming third place.

“The last couple meets had fast race courses with fast times,” continued Bosma. “Fergus had a lot of bigger schools to push the tempo, Wheaton was flatter with gradual hills, and Perham had a lot of people with virtually no hills. Pine Ridge on the other hand is one of the harder courses we see in the season, so I did not expect major PRs, but a couple were close.”

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville Boys Results
8. Logan Froemming 18:28.0, 18. Kenneth Spielman 20:13.9, 20. Carter White 20:30.8, 28. Logan Haseman 21:55.6, 30. Donell Lee 22:35.7, 31. Darius Grussing 22:40.2, 38. Cohen Reiland 25:05.8

“Logan Froemming is running determined and focused right now,” said Bosma. “He knew what he wanted to do and ran an incredibly hard fought race. He was just seconds off his PR (Run at Perham), so with this confidence, I can't wait to see what he's going to do at Conference and Sections. Carter White is someone who is new to the sport and has only run one other meet, but is making his mark on this team. He has a lot of potential if he keeps working hard.  Ken Spielman and Logan Haseman are running steady right now and looking more relaxed each meet. Some of the other guys in JV and varsity are battling injuries or recovering from being sick, but if they can get healthy, they have been running great.”

Wadena-Deer Creek won the girls’ race with 22 points and Ottertail Central was second with 42.  New York Mills placed third with 71 points.  Ashby-Brandon-Evansville didn’t field a full varsity team.  Katie Holzner of Hillcrest Lutheran Academy was the individual champion, Norah Froslee of OTC was runner-up and Britta Sweeney of Wadena-Deer Creek finished third.

“On the girls' side, Ashley Paulson ran well,” noted Coach Bosma. “She is a competitor and she is getting into her own right now. Naomi Fournier ran well today. I gave her the choice to run JV or Varsity knowing she could probably get a JV medal, but she chose to run Varsity. Her improvement from the first race is amazing and she is figuring out the race strategy. 

The Junior High teams are getting stronger every race. Some of the girls float back and forth between running Varsity, JV, or JH. They are learning to compete and are pushing each other every day.”  

Bertha-Hewitt Boys’ Results
1. Brady Rach 16:56.2, 2. Zane Guderjahn 17:29.1, 5. Preston Miller 17:56.5, 7. Zach Baumgartner 18:05.4, 12. Henry Lockwood 18:43.5, 14. Titus Eckel 19:09.0

Ottertail Central Boys’ Results
4. Peter Newark 17:46.2, 9. Talyn Setterholm 18:34.6, 11. Joseph Froslee 18:39.4, 13. Jonas Hagemeister 18:59.1, 15. Aidan Heggem 19:23.5, 23. August Wicklund 20:53.2, 25. Nate Russ 21:15.4

Wadena-Deer Creek Boys’ Results
6. Lane Hoefs 18:00.5, 10. Phillip Ross 18:36.3, 16. Grant Nelson 19:32.2, 17. Cooper Damlo 20:03.9, 21. Isaac Heppner 20:30.9,

Parkers Prairie Boys’ Results
3. James Suchy 17:39.8, 19. Isaac Grabow 20:25.1, 26. Evan Washburn 21:51.7, 29. Pablo Munoz-Duque 21:59.9, 32. Ross Kortenbusch 23:01.2, 40. Jayme O’Brien 27:54.8

New York Mills Boys’ Results
24. Simon Snyder 21:03.7, 27. Elijah Geiser 21:52.4, 35. Austin Geiser 23:26.3, 36. Aaron Tumberg 23:34.8, 39. Jeron Witt 26:19.9

Hillcrest Boys’ Results
33. Cornelius Glittenberg 23:14.9, 34. Heine Dyroy 23:21.6, 37. Simon Carlson 23:50.6, 41. Owan Nilsen 28:35.0

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville Girls’ Results
13. Ashley Paulson 23:29.6, 26. Naomi Fournier 27:59.1

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy Girls’ Results
1. Katie Holzner 20:24.0, 4. Judit Moller 21:39.6

Wadena-Deer Creek Girls’ Results
3. Britta Sweeney 20:42.4, 5. Amber Collins 21:42.7, 6. Lydia Oldakowski 21:58.6, 7. Brielle Kern 22:04.8, 11. Cambrie Geiger 22:52.1, 14. Noelle Spicer 23:41.3, 16. Ally Pavek 23:52.4

Ottertail Central Girls’ Results
2. Norah Froslee 20:40.1, 8. Erika Heibel 22:09.1, 12. Kyleigh Shebeck 23:04.5, 15. Elane Frost 23:49.9, 20. Emily Christensen 25:26.2, 21. Delia Tebrugge 23:35.3, 23. Allyson Goodman 27:11.9

New York Mills Girls’ Results
9. Brielle Malone 22:09.2, 17. Katherin Garcia 23:56.3, 19. Mckenzie Draves 24:47.1, 24. Morgyn O’Dea 27:41.1, 25. Rosemary Laudenbach 27:44.7

Verndale Girls’ Results
10. Mia Arroyo 22:15.3, 28. Mia Shaw 30:47.8

Bertha-Hewitt Girls’ Results
17. Areianna Bryniarski 23:56.3

Parkers Prairie Girls’ Results
22. Sarah Yoyli 26:06.8, Taylor Duberowski 30:16.7