cross country

Emma Schmitz finished 82nd in a field of 156 runners last Saturday in the Class A girls' state cross country meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Schmitz ran a time of 16:19.9 on the tough St. Olaf Course in sunny but breezy conditions. She qualified for state with a time of 16:02.10...

The Wadena-Deer Creek girls and boys cross country teams placed ninth and 11th respectively Monday in the Park Rapids Invitational at the Headwaters Golf Course. WDC's Emma Schmitz had a strong race as she paced the WDC girls with a sixth place time of 15:34.19. The WDC freshman...

Wadena-Deer Creek's Emma Schmitz placed third and Neil Janson finished fifth in the Deer River/Northland Invitational Tuesday afternoon. Joey Pate and Brody Wangsness ran 14th and 15th for WDC in the boys' varsity race while Brianna Rosenthal ran 22nd in the girls' varsity race. Pequot...

Wadena-Deer Creek's Emma Schmitz collected a 12th place finish in a 94-runner field Tuesday in the Bagley/Fosston Inivitational at Twin Pines Golf Course. The WDC freshman turned in a time of 16:46.57 to pace an 11th place team finish by the Wolverines.

Wadena-Deer Creek's Neil Janson collected a sixth-place finish Monday in the Glen Moerke Invitational at Birchwood Golf Course outside Pelican Rapids. Janson, who came out fast in the WDC Invitational but failed to finish the race, ran a time of 18:52.64 in the five-kilometer varsity...

Emma Schmitz made a strong bid for a trip to the Class A state cross country meet last Friday in the Section 8A Cross Country meet at Bagley. The Wadena-Deer Creek eighth-grader finished 11th in the field of 125 runners with a time of 16:06.22. The Top 10 finishers in the race qualified...

Emma Schmitz finished 13th and Neil Janson placed 18th Monday in the Park Rapids Invitational at Headwaters Golf Course. Schmitz ran a 15:48 in the girls' varsity race. Teammate Evelyn Kumano placed 86th with a time of 23:17. Lake of the Woods' Victoria Alexander won the race with...

Wadena-Deer Creek eighth-grader Emma Schmitz continued to shine Saturday as she placed 90th in the Swain Invitational at Enger Park in Duluth. Schmitz, who did not start the season running against varsity competition but quickly transitioned, placed 90th with a 17:31 time.

Neil Janson and Emma Schmitz both placed fourth in the Northland Remer Invitational Tuesday at Deer River. Will Eliason, Joey Pate and Zach Bernu placed 11th, 13th and 15th for the Wolverines who placed second in the boys' team competition. The Pequot Lakes Patriots took top honors...

Wadena-Deer Creek's Neil Janson, Charley Cantrell and Emma Schmitz all placed in the Top 20 Tuesday at the Bagley Invitational. Janson paced the WDC boys with a 16th place of 18:21.70 Joey Pate, Will Eliason, Zach Bernu and Brody Wangsness finished 61st, 68th and 77th with times...