Track and Field: Osakis boys, Minnewaska Area girls score Section 6A team titles

Track and Field: UNC's McGowan, Josephson qualify for state meet

MOORHEAD – United North Central’s Nolan McGowan and Macie Josephson are headed back to the state Class A track and field meet. McGowan qualified in the boys 100-meter and 200 dashes while Josephson advanced in the girls 1,600 run during the Section 6A meet at Concordia College on Thursday, May 28. In the 200, McGowan clocked a runner-up 22.99 to trail Long Prairie-Grey Eagle’s Nathan Bitz’s winning time of 22.56. McGowan met the state-qualifying…

Track and Field: Osakis boys, Minnewaska Area girls score Section 6A team titles

MOORHEAD — Strong individual performances by both the Osakis boys and Minnewaska Area girls track and field teams punctuated banner days for both teams on Thursday, May 28. The Silverstreaks captured a competitive Section 6A boys team championship at Concordia College with 79 points, edging defending section team champion Sauk Centre (72) by seven points, with Pillager (62) coming in third. The Lakers repeated as girls section team champions wit…

Track and field roundup: Minnewaska girls earn Section 6A title

MOORHEAD — The Minnewaska girls track and field team won the Section 6A championship Thursday. The Lakers scored 96 points to out-pace second-place Osakis, which had 75. In the process, the Lakers had seven athletes qualify for the state meet, including Alex Adams, who won the boys’ triple jump. Minnewaska’s boys tied for seventh place with 42 points. Osakis won the boys’ division with 79 points. The state Class A track meet begins at 3:30 p.m. …