The #2 ranked Perham boys and #12 ranked Perham girls defended their Heart of the Lakes conference titles at the Hawley Golf Course yesterday. This is the 10th straight title for the boys, and 8th straight for the girls.
Boys Results
The Perham boys dominated the field with their 5 scoring runners all finishing in the top 10. Brady Speicher (Perham) led from the start, winning the conference title with a time of 16:50.56. Perham boys also one the Junior Varsity race; Hawley won the Junior High race by 3 points over Perham.
Top 15 Finishers earning All-Conference Honors:
| 1 | Brady Speicher, 11 | Perham | 16:50.56 |
| 2 | Tyler Hennen, 12 | Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton | 16:56.28 |
| 3 | Nick Carignan, 11 | Perham | 17:04.78 |
| 4 | Jayden Cullen, 10 | Perham | 17:09.88 |
| 5 | Dalton Dahms, 11 | Perham | 17:24.68 |
| 6 | Cody Pahlen, 11 | Thief River Falls | 17:25.35 |
| 7 | Matthew Lundstrom, 9 | Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal | 17:27.48 |
| 8 | Cody Bekkerus, 11 | Pelican Rapids | 17:33.53 |
| 9 | Billy Beseman, 9 | Perham | 17:36.25 |
| 10 | Brett Kosel, 12 | Thief River Falls | 17:43.55 |
| 11 | Jesus Romero, 11 | Pelican Rapids | 17:45.14 |
| 12 | Mark Huebsch, 11 | Perham | 17:47.10 |
| 13 | Andreas Giest, 11 | Crookston | 17:53.37 |
| 14 | Chris Knutson, 10 | Perham | 17:53.88 |
| 15 | Nathan Bates, 12 | Thief River Falls | 17:55.09 |
Girls Results
Perham and Warroad battled it out for the conference title with Perham taking the crown, scoring 58 points to Warroad's 64. Emily Bakken (Pelican Rapids) won the girl's race with a time of 16:10.58. Warroad's top finisher was Gretta Brunelle, taking 3rd with a time of 16:24.45 and Perham's top finisher was Cassie Beseman taking 8th with a time of 16:50.48. Perham also won the Junior Varsity and Junior High races to sweep the meet.
Top 15 Finishers earning All-Conference Honors:
| 1 | Emily Bakken, 10 | Pelican Rapids | 16:10.58 |
| 2 | Madeline Huglen, 9 | Roseau | 16:18.48 |
| 3 | Gretta Brunelle, 10 | Warroad | 16:24.45 |
| 4 | Kylee Fernholz, 10 | West Central Area | 16:29.06 |
| 5 | Abby Van Kempen, 8 | West Central Area | 16:33.77 |
| 6 | Lindsay Fast, 10 | Warroad | 16:38.58 |
| 7 | Susanna Heppner, 11 | Warroad | 16:42.51 |
| 8 | Cassie Beseman, 12 | Perham | 16:50.48 |
| 9 | Carly Steenerson, 9 | Thief River Falls | 16:53.22 |
| 10 | Brynnan Covington, 7 | Perham | 16:58.47 |
| 11 | Sydney Karels, 8 | Perham | 17:21.22 |
| 12 | Andi Klatt, 11 | Roseau | 17:34.50 |
| 13 | Lizzie Fudge, 10 | Perham | 17:36.53 |
| 14 | Jacie Jawaski, 12 | Breckenridge/C-T | 17:38.24 |
| 15 | Emily Jones, 12 | Thief River Falls | 17:42.10 |