Saturday, September 12, 2026

SECTION CROSS COUNTRY: Eagle boys, Wolverine girls qualify for state

Section 3A Meet

The Windom Eagle boys cross country team will compete in the Class A State Meet next week after finishing second in the team standings at the Section 3A Meet Thursday in Madison.

The Eagles finished with 78 team points. Top-ranked Redwood Valley won the meet with 35 points. Murray County Central/Fulda finished third with 107.

Windom’s girls finished 14th in the team standings with 326 points. Redwood Valley won the girls title with 52 points. Lac Qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd advances as the runner-up with 110 points.

Individually, Windom’s boys were led by Bryce Green, who captured sixth place with a time of 16:55. He was followed by Nolan Tjentland in 14th (17:35), Caelen Ralston in 19th (17:49), Isaac Bordewyk in 21st (18:04) and Braylen Lyons in 22nd (18:07).

The Eagle girls were paced by Penelope Roberts, who finished 56th with a time of 22:57. Ava Bordewyk was 62nd (23:20), followed by Jesselle Sosa in 67th (23:35), Brynnley Pletcher in 82nd (23:59) and Macie Carlson in 88th (24:12).

Section 2A Meet

The Mt. Lake Area girls cross country team qualified for the Class A State Meet for the third consecutive season Thursday, capturing runner-up honors at the Section 2A Meet at Baylor Park in Norwood-Young America.

The Wolverines finished with 104 team points, edging past Le Sueur-Henderson for the second state berth. Mankato Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair won the section title with 35 points.

Meanwhile, the Wolverine boys had one individual state qualifier, as the team finished in fifth place with 139 points. Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair won the section title with 76 points. Sibley East was second with 92.

Individually for the Wolverine girls, Katie Johnson led the way with a fifth-place time of 19:26. She was followed by Julia Brinkman in 14th (20:21), Hannah Beyer in 28th (21:38), Emily Johnson in 36th (22:03) and Hannah Savage in 39th (22:23).

For the Wolverine boys, Cooper Evers captured an individual state meet berth by finishing in fifth place with a time of 16:41. Joseph Torres placed 13th (17:11), followed by Gideon Winger in 34th (18:11), Jacob Lopez in 46th (18:46) and Rolando Tema Tema in 51st (18:55).

Next meets: Check for updates after each meet.
Windom: at Class A State Meet (Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights), Nov. 1
MLA: at Class A State Meet (Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights), Nov. 1

Section 3A Meet
Girls Team Scores: 1. Redwood Valley 52. 2. LQPV/DB 110. 3. Luverne 113. 4. Canby-Minneota 146. 5. JCC 185. 6. Springfield-Cedar Mountain 189. 7. Pipestone 195. 8. Adrian-Ellsworth 217. 9. Central MN Christian 227. 10. Montevideo 233. 11. Wabasso 269. 12. RTR 304. 13. MCCF 319. 14. Windom 326. 15. SWCE 350. 16. TMB/WWG 360

Individual Top 10 (Top 6 individuals not on the two qualifying teams qualify for state: * denotes did not qualify for state individually): 1. Elsie Leopold (Wabasso) 19:05. 2. Addie Thomes (RV) 19:32. 3. Naiya Ayers (JCC) 19:49. 4. Lola Luze (RV) 19:52. 5. Hannah Masselink (SWCE) 19:56. 6. Summer Mollberg (Luverne) 19:58. 7. Reese Prescott (RV) 19:59. 8. Mya Pesek (CM) 20:01. 9. Mara Clarke (MCCF) 20:12. 10. Cora Pauling (JCC) 20:12*.

Windom results: 56. Penelope Roberts 22:57; 62. Ava Bordewyk 23:20; 67. Jesselle Sosa 23:35; 82. Brynnley Pletcher 23:59; 88. Macie Carlson 24:12 ;96. Gretta Smith 24:42; 97. Jocelyn Frank 24:43.

Boys Team Scores: 1. Redwood Valley 35. 2. Windom 78. 3. MCCF 107. 4. Canby-Minneota 149. 5. Montevideo 156. 6. LQPV/DB 165. 7. Lakeview 253. 8. Adrian-Ellsworth 261. 9. JCC 261. 10. MACCRAY/RCW 274. 11. Springfield-Cedar Mountain 277. 12. TMB/WWG 347. 13. Luverne 358. 14. Central MN Christian 367. 15. YME 384. 16. BOLD/BLHS 389. 17. RTR 447. 18. Wabasso 484. 19. Pipestone 513. 20. HLO 577

Individual Top 10 (Top 6 individuals not on the two qualifying teams qualify for state): 1. Tyler Robinson (RV) 16:40. 2. Andrew Morin (Wabasso) 16:48. 3. Dylan Anderson (RV) 16:53. 4. Aiden Appel (MCCF) 16:53. 5. Zach Malecek (RV) 16:55. 6. Bryce Green (Windom) 16:55. 7. Adam VanBinsbergen (Montevideo) 16:55. 8. Jonah Uilk (SWCE) 16:56. 9. Alexander Betz (MCCF) 16:58. 10. Matthew Stapek (MCCF) 16:58.

Windom results: 6. Bryce Green 16:55; 14. Nolan Tjentland 17:35; 19. Caelen Ralston 17:49; 21. Isaac Bordewyk 18:04; 22. Braylen Lyons 18:07; 46. Liam Carroll 19:21; 48. Kieran Anderson 19:23. 

Section 2A Meet

Girls Team Scores: 1. Loyola-Cleveland-St. Clair 35. 2. MLA 104. 3. LSH 114. 4. St. James 156. 5. GFW 177. 6. MVL 183. 7. WEM/JWP 187. 8. GSL 192. 9. Maple River 221. 10. MCW 226. 11. NRHEG 260. 12. LCWMN 267. 13. NYA 294

Individual Top 10 (Top 6 individuals not on the two qualifying teams qualify for state: * denotes did not qualify for state individually): 1. Valerie Quast (LCSC) 17:53. 2. Charlotte Meyer (LCSC) 18:07. 3. Sophia Stencel (MR) 18:45. 4. Julieann Wobbrock (NRHEG) 19:01. 5. Katie Johnson (MLA) 19:26. 6. Evelynn Christenson (MCW) 19:33. 7. Natalie Matzke (MVL) 19:34. 8. Paige Gardiner (Sibley East) 19:43. 9. Lila Quast (LCSC) 19:43. 10. Riley Quigley (LCSC) 19:59. Q. Katelyn Friesen (St. James) 20:08.

MLA results: 5. Katie Johnson 19:26; 14. Julia Brinkman 20:21; 28. Hannah Beyer 21:38; 36. Emily Johnson 22:03; 39. Hannah Savage 22:23; 46. Anna Harder Schrock 23:07; 56. Celia Vogel 23:34

Boys Team Scores: 1. Loyola-Cleveland-St. Clair 76. 2. Sibley East 92. 3. GSL 114. 4. Madelia 133. 5. MLA 139. 6. MVL 161. 7. LSH 189. 8. St. James 202. 9. SESM/SE/NUC 202. 10. LCWMN 242. 11. WEM/JWP 260. 12. MCW 300. 13. NYA 312. 14. Lester Prairie 361. 15. Maple River 393. 16. BEA 450

Individual Top 10 (Top 6 individuals not on the two qualifying teams qualify for state: * denotes did not qualify for state individually): 1. Soren Kelly (LCSC) 16:06. 2. Andrei Rivera (St. James) 16:31. 3. Julio Alejandro (Sibley East) 16:38. 4. Gage Horstman (Sibley East) 16:39. 5. Cooper Evers (MLA) 16:41. 6. Mitchell Buboltz (LCSC) 16:42. 7. Caleb DeCann (Madelia) 16:48. 8. Eli Huepenbecker (GSL) 16:50. 9. Casein Hollerich (Maple River) 16:50. 10. Jeremy Feistner (MVL) 16:51

MLA results: 5. Cooper Evers 16:41; 13. Joseph Torres 17:11; 34. Gideon Winger 18:11; 46. Jacob Lopez 18:46; 51. Rolando Tema Tema 18:55; 54. Ben Falk 19:03; 109. Braiden Pack 22:01.

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