The Pequot Lakes boys cross country team was propelled by a second-place finish by Tony Fitzer, a fourth-place finish by Reid Pierzinski and fifth-place finish from Jacob Tschida en route to a team victory at the Bagley Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
The Patriot girls finished second at the event, fueled by seventh- and eighth-place finishes from Grace McGuire and Sunshine Langworth, respectively.
The Pine River-Backus teams finished the event with a 11th-place finish from the boys, while the girls finished 13th.
Boys results
Team scores: 1-Pequot Lakes 38, 2-Ada-Borup-Norman 93, 3-Dilworth-Glydon-Felton 96, 4-International Falls 152, 5-Crosby-Ironton 157, 6-Hawley 188, 7-Thief River Falls 201, 8-Wadena-Deer Creek 230, 9-United North Central 235, 10-Roseau 247, 11-Pine River-Backus 251, 12-Park Rapids 263, 13-Perham 312, 14-Warroad 328, 15-Lake Park-Audubon 382, 16-Bagley 392, inc-6 teams
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Pequot Lakes results: 2-Tony Fitzer 17:01.8, 4-Reid Pierzinski 17:22.8, 5-Jacob Tschida 17:26.4, 17-Karl Brine-Doyle 18:07.9, 18-Marty Fitzer 18:08.024-Russell Pierzinski 18:29.5, 38-Cody Huss 18:43.3
Pine River-Backus results: 18-Luke Downing 18:19, 31-Torry Hirschey 18:42, 60-Luke Sechser 19:42, 69-Nick Ackerman 19:55, 73-Josh Sechser 20:06, 92-Marcus Loukinen 21:26, 99-Jason Cadwell 22:03
Girls results
Team scores: 1-Pelican Rapids 53, 2-Pequot Lakes 84, 3-United North Central 88. 4-East Grand Forks 102, 5-Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 146, 6-Warroad 160, 7-Thief River Falls 191, 8-International Falls 199, 9-Rosea 228, 10 Wadena-Deer Creek 229, 11-Perham 247, 12-Crosby-Ironton 268, 13-Pine River-Backus 304, inc-6 teams
Pequot Lakes results: 7-Grace McGuire 20:29.9, 8-Sunshine Langworthy 20:31.7, 16-Kristin Skog 21:07.1, 33-Cassidy Chaney 22:35.5, 41-Jannah Hall 23:15.3, 57-Rachel Friberg 24:57.7, 79-Eloise Gitchell 26:14.2
Pine River-Backus results: 32- Sidney Lodge 22:32, 63-Alexander Hoopman 24:40, 78-Shayna Moore 26:06, 86-Laura Oates 30:23, 88-Isabella Netland 31:08
