Area sports roundup: Oct. 13, 2021

The Worthington High School boys cross country team is ranked fourth in Class AA in this week’s Minnesota Cross Country Coaches poll.

St. Paul Highland Park is the No. 1 AA boys team, followed by Big Lake, Monticello, Worthington, Dassel-Cokato, Mankato East, St. Thomas Academy, Delano, Marshall, Annandale, Willmar and Rock Ridge among the first 12.

The Trojans are the highest-ranked Section 2AA team.

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Four Iowa high school football teams are among those highly ranked in the latest state polls.

Boyden/Hull-Rock Valley, currently 7-0 on the season, is ranked at No. 2 in the state Class 3A poll. In Class 2A, Spirit Lake – 5-2 this season – is ranked sixth, West Lyon (5-2) is tied for seventh and Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (4-3) is 10th.

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In area high school volleyball on TUESDAY night, it was:

Adrian-Ellsworth 3, Hills-Beaver Creek 0

Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey 3, Westbrook-Walnut Grove 2

Minneota 3, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 0

Pipestone Area 3, Murray County Central 1

Marshall 3, Redwood Valley 0

Sheldon 3, West Lyon 0

MOC-Floyd Valley 3, Okoboji 0

Boyden-Hull 3, Sibley-Ocheyedan 0

Western Christian 3, Cherokee 0

Spirit Lake 3, Storm Lake 0

MMCRU 3, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0

Central Lyon 3, George-Little Rock 0