Prep roundup: NLS Wildcats take 4th at loaded Big Lake Invite

Jan. 7—BIG LAKE — The New London-Spicer gymnastics team took fourth of seven teams Saturday at the Big Lake Invitational.

The Wildcats scored 140.000 points. Monticello won with a 141.850, followed by Rogers' 140.950 and Becker's 140.350. Big Lake took fifth in 139.850.

Heading into the meet, Becker was ranked third in the state in Class by the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association. NLS was seventh and Big Lake was 10th.

The Wildcats' top finishers were Ciera Anderson and Abby Knudsen. Anderson finished fifth in the all-around scoring with a 35.900 and Knudsen was sixth in 35.550. Rogers' Sadie Zachman won with a 36.700.

Anderson tied for fifth place on the floor exercise with a 9.150. Knudsen was sixth in 9.100. The Wildcats' Kaitlyn Preheim took fifth on the balance beam in 9.050.

NLS next hosts Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted at 6 p.m. Tuesday at New London.

TEAM SCORES — (1) Monticello 141.850 ... (2) Rogers 140.950 ... (3) Becker 140.350 ... (4) New London-Spicer 140.000 ... (5) Big Lake 139.850 ... (6) Chisago Lakes 136.250 ... (7) Sartell 134.200

ALL-AROUND — (1) Sadie Zachman, R, 36.700 ... (2) Lauren Hansen, M, 36.650 ... (3) Ella Rhein, CL, 36.600 ... (5) Ciera Anderson, NLS, 35.900 ... (6) Abby Knudsen, NLS, 35.550

VAULT — (1) Cami Weber, S, 9.500 ... (13) Knudsen, NLS, 8.500 ... (14) Anderson, NLS, 8.800

BARS — (1) Hansen, M, 9.100 ... (8) Knudsen, NLS, 8.750 ... (14) Kaitlyn Preheim, NLS, 8.400

BEAM — (1) Amber Grunewald, BL, 9.300 ... (5) Preheim, NLS, 9.050 ... (9) Anderson, NLS, 9.000 ... (10) Knudsen, NLS, 8.850 ... (15) Myah Johnson, NLS, 8.700

FLOOR — (1) Ella Rhein, CL, 9.450 ... (5t) Anderson, NLS, 9.150 ... (6) Knudsen, NLS, 9.100 ... (10t) Preheim, 8.900

Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg emerged with the title at the seven-team Marshall Invitational.

Benson/KMS scored 135.125 to beat second-place Redwood Valley, which had a 132.625.

Gwen Wilcox took fourth in all-around scoring with a 33.925 for Benson/KMS.She finished second on the balance team with an 8.850.

Alexis Hoberg was second on the uneven parallel bars with an 8.000 for Benson/KMS.

Benson/KMS next competes at Melrose at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19.

TEAM SCORES — (1) Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 135.125 ... (2) Redwood Valley 132.625 ... (3) New Ulm/New Ulm Cathedral/Minnesota Valley Lutheran 130.375 ... (4) Luverne 128.675 ... (5) Pipestone 128.425 ... (6) Windom/Mountain Lake 124.825 ... (7) Marshall 116.365

ALL-AROUND — (1) Avery Wilson, RV, 35.400 ... (2) Cameen Mcfarquhar, M, 34.650 ... (3) Kaysa Douty, P, 34.425 ... (4) Gwen Wilcox, B/KMS, 33.925

VAULT — (1) Amira Cowell, L, 9.125 ... (2) Mcfarquhar, M, 9.100 ... (3) Olivia Noble, B/KMS, 8.975

BARS — (1) Avery Wilson, RV, 8.800 ... (2) Alexis Hoberg, B/KMS, 8.000 ... (3) Mcfarquhar, M, 7.975

BEAM — (1) Douty, P, 9.050 ... (2) Wilcox, B/KMS, 8.850 ... (3) Aurora Marazzina, N/NUC/MVL, 8.800

FLOOR — (1) Douty, P, 9.350 ... (2) Wilson, RV, 9.250 ... (3) Carly Tolifson, B/KMS, 9.200

The Willmar boys finished tied for 41st and the Cardinal girls tied for 44th place in a huge invitational at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.

"We had snow but still raced on the base of the downhill," Willmar head coach Bradley Haugen said. "(We had) good races for Willmar. Timothy Halvoerson had the best finish for Willmar since 2019."

Halvorson finished in 56th place in freestyle with a time of 12 minutes, 35.6 seconds. Andrew Garcia was 86th in classic with a 14:51.8 for the Cards.

In the girls' competition, Willmar's Emmie Larson placed 82nd in classic with a 17:34.0. Juliette Haugen was 120th in freestyle for 17:36.8 for the Cards.

There were 52 boys' teams and 49 girls' teams in the meet.

Willmar next competes against St. John's Prep at 1 p.m. Thursday at Collegeville.

Team scoring

(1) Brainerd 490 ... (2) Wayzata 487 ... (3) St. Paul Central 464 ... (4) Duluth East 462 ... (5) Orono 439 ... (6) Minneapolis South/Roosevelt 432 ... (7) Irondale 416 ... (8) Mounds Park Academy 412 ... (9) Mounds View 402 ... (10) Rogers 395 ... (11) Bloomington Jefferson 387 ... (12) Fergus Falls 368 ... (13) Little Falls 363 ... (14) Minnetonka 361 ... (15) Minneapolis Washburn 359 ... (16) Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony/Centennial 343 ... (17t) Forest Lake and St. Paul Highland Park 337 ... (19) Ely 333 ... (20) Minneapolis Southwest 332 ... (21) Bemidji 330 ... (22) Moorhead 327 ... (23) Osseo 298 ... (24) Maple Grove 286 ... (25) Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 267 ... (26) Proctor/Hermantown 254 ... (27) Alexandria 240 ... (28) Roseville Area 227 ... (29) Coon Rapids 226 ... (30) Mora 207 ... (31) Elk River/Zimmerman 203 ... (32) Minnehaha Academy 202 ... (33) Hastings 198 ... (34) Sartell/St. Cloud Cathedral 186 ... (35) White Bear Lake 184 ... (36) Lakeville 183 ... (37) Heritage Christian Academy 147 ... (38) St. Cloud Crush 145 ... (39) Minneapolis DeLaSalle 136 ... (40) Two Harbors 126 ... (41t) Benilde-St. Margaret's and Willmar 121 ... (43) Duluth Marshall 118 ... (44) Duluth Denfeld 106 ... (45) Maplewood Tartan 88 ... (46) Grand Rapids 61 ... (47) Cook County 58 ... (48) Mesabi East 54 ... (49) St. John's Prep 40 ... (50) Sauk Rapids 26 ... (51) Math & Science Academy 13 ... (52) Inver Grove Heights Simley 3

Individual

TOP FIVE (Classic) — (1) David Ronnevik, Fergus Falls, 11:35.9 ... (2) Lance Hastings, Brainerd, 11:49.8 ... (3) Daniel Gladkov, Wayzata, 11:51.8 ... (4) Edward Sobiech, Little Falls, 11:58.7 ... (5) James Kyes, Duluth East, 12:00.1.

TOP FIVE (Freestyle) — (1) Eddie Snider, Mounds Park Academy, 10:14.7 ... (2) Tim Tzeutschler, St. Paul Highland Park, 10:33.2 ... (3) Eli Knapp, Brainerd, 10:37.2 ... (4) Philip Kram, Spring Lake Park/SA/C, 10:37.5 ... (5) Sam Scott, Minneapolis Southwest, 10:45.1.

WILLMAR — (86) Andrew Garcia (classic) 14:51.8 ... (121) Luis Swanson (classic) 22:15.5 ... (56) Timothy Halvorson (freestyle) 12:25.6 ... (132) Matthew Eystad (freestyle) 17:41.8.

Team scoring

(1) Duluth East 464 ... (2) Minneapolis Washburn 440 ... (3) Forest Lake 424 ... (4) St. Paul Central 418 ... (5) Wayzata 417 ... (6) Elk River/Zimmerman 415 ... (7) Minnetonka 398 ... (8) Sartell/St. Cloud Cathedral 393 ... (9t) Proctor/Hermantown and St. Paul Highland Park 381 ... (11) Bloomington Jefferson 371 ... (12) Mounds View 368 ... (13) Minneapolis Southwest 352 ... (14) Brainerd 348 ... (15) Fergus Falls 340 ... (16) Spring Lake park/St. Anthony/Centennial 312 ... (17) Minneapolis South/Roosevelt 305 ... (18) Roseville Area 296 ... (19t) Alexandria and Moorhead 295 ... (21) Orono 294 ... (22) Irondale 293 .. (23t) Lakeville and Duluth Marshall 291 ... (25) Ely 281 ... (26) Bemidji 278 ... (27) Mora 254 ... (28) Little Falls 253 ... (29) Maple Grove 251 ... (30) Coon Rapids 235 ... (31) Rogers 217 ... (32) Mesabi East 212 ... (33) Cloquet/Esko/Carlton 204 ... (34) Cook County 184 ... (35t) Grand Rapids and White Bear Lake 171 ... (37) St. Cloud Crush 123 ... (38) Minnehaha Academy 101 ... (39) Mounds Park Academy 100 ... (40) Inver Grove Heights Simley 76 ... (41) Two Harbors 70 ... (42) Math & Science Academy 66 ... (43) Osseo 54 ... (44t) Tartan and Willmar 50 ... (46) Heritage Christian Academy 36 ... (47) Minneapolis DeLaSalle 29 ... (48) St. Johns' Prep 6 ... (49) Benilde-St. Margaret's 1.

Individual

TOP FIVE (CLASSIC) — (1) Erica Kazin, Orono, 13:10.5 ... (2) Della Bettendorf, Proctor/Hermantown, 13:13.0 ... (3) Elsa Lindfors, St. Paul Central, 13:34.7 ... (4) Siri Stolen, Irondale, 13:40.4 ... (5) Kaisa Lindfors, St. Paul Central, 13:44.7.

TOP FIVE (FREESTYLE) — (1) Linnea Ousdigian, Mounds View, 11:13.6 ... (2) Lydia Kraker, Duluth East, 11:49.6 ... (3) Greta Hendrickson, Duluth East, 11:56.1 ... (4) Rowan Bixler, Duluth East, 11:59.6 ... (5) Maddie Gray, Bloomington Jefferson, 12:06.1.

WILLMAR — (82) Emmie Larson (Classic) 17:34.0 ... (110) Elizabeth Haugen (Classic) 22:52.3 .. (120) Juliette Haugen (freestyle) 17:36.8 ... (130) Courtney Schiesser (freestyle) 28:02.7.