Sports Briefs: Cross country, volleyball, and tennis

The Forest Lake boys and girls cross country teams most recently took to the annual Roy Griak Invitational meet held at Les Bolstad Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 20. Girl’s senior star Norah Hushagen took home fifth-place in the 5K relay with a time of 18:47, and junior Anna VanAcker took 22nd in 19:36.

On the boys side, junior Sam McCafferty was the Rangers’ highest place finisher in his group, earning 95th in a time of 19:00 flat. Behind McCafferty was sophomore Alexander Tennis, who placed 100th overall in 19:05.

Girls tennis

The Forest Lake girls tennis team picked up a 6-1 win over Princeton on Saturday, Sept. 14, as both the singles and doubles units came ready to play, losing only a single match.

Two days later on Monday, Sept. 16, the girls fell to Roseville by a 2-5 final score, as Lucy Saari and the doubles duo of Kenzie Romero and Abby Sklavenitis were the only Rangers to record wins in the matchup.

On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Forest Lake dropped a tight contest to Cretin-Derham Hall, as the girls just came up short in the 3-4 final. The Rangers are now at a 5-16 overall record on the season.

Cross country

The Forest Lake girls volleyball team fell 0-3 to Mounds View on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Two days later, the Rangers hit the road to square off with Park of Cottage Grove, but lost by a 0-3 final. Forest Lake is now 3-8 on the season.