In a final tune-up for section competition, the Ely Nordic Wolves hosted several other schools at Hidden Valley on Jan. 30 for the rescheduled Ely Invitational.
Mother Nature cooperated after extreme cold conditions forced the postponement of the originally scheduled event Jan. 24.
Ely dominated the boys competition, with Oliver Hohenstein cruising to victory in the pursuit with a combined time of 28:24.3, nearly a minute ahead of teammate Aksel Skustad, who took second.
In third was Wyatt Devine to complete a one-two-three Ely sweep.
Other Ely finishers were:
8. Brooks Brenny
10. George Sponholz
14. Emory Hohenstein
15. Grady Anderson
25. Oren Solum
35. Trynn Weisinger 36. Mason Molden
38. Toivo Forsman
43. Avery Ellerbroek. Varsity girls results were:
6. Molly Brophy
11. Mattie Lindsay
12. Beck Sponholz
15. Addison Kannas
16. Ivy Ohlhauser
19. Cora Brekke
20. Elsa Ellerbroek
22. Izzy Macho
25. June Nelson
26. Aila Harding
31. Lucy Dunn 32. Madeline Johnson
33. Siiri Nelson
35. Alison Poppler
36. Payson Kundinger
42. Annika Eastham In the junior high event, Ely’s Caleb Ebert won the boys race and fellow eighth grader Carrington Kosinski placed third.
It was a one-two-three Ely sweep among junior high girls, with Lucy Luthens winning followed by Natalie Bermel and Cosette Brekke.
