Wayzata Girls Win Section 6 Nordic Meet

The Wayzata girls Nordic ski team won the Section 6 championship Monday with all five of the Trojans’ skiers placing in the top ten.

Wayzata’s Lila Golomb repeated as section individual champion winning the two-race pursuit format in 28:20, nearly three minutes ahead of her teammate Meredith Gundale.

Hopkins finished second as a team to also qualify for state. River White was the Royals’ top finisher, placing seventh.

Individual state qualifiers from the area are Jordyn Welter of Heritage Christian Academy and Breck’s Ani Yorkhall.

Hopkins’ Sadie Eckert and Ila Hagen won the sprint relay race.

In the boys meet Hopkins finished first with Orono/Delano second.

The Royals’ Logan Drevlow and Bridger Nelson finished 1-2 in the pursuit while Carter Howe and Nolan Haar of Hopkins won the sprint relay.

Anders Decker of Armstrong, Wayzata’s Connor Viera and Matthew Jenneke, and Blake Ingelin from Heritage Christian Academy all qualified for next week’s state meet as individuals.