BEMIDJI — The Bemidji Composite Mountain Biking team sent 11 qualified riders to the State Mountain Bike Championships this past weekend.

Each of them raced and finished on Saturday and Sunday in Mankato at Mount Kato. Graham Jorgensen, Gavin Eickman, Soren Hallanger and Payne Yost rode in the Freshman Boys D2 Category. Lara Mueller rode with the Freshman D2 girls; Jacobi Burmeister Pater with the Girls JV3; Jack Martin and Ben Lindgren with Boys JV2; and Liam Larson, Mikkol Jost, and Max Zorman with Boys JV3.

Unable to ride due to injury were Finn Jorgensen in girls JV2 race and Brace Burmeister Pater amongst the Freshman Boys racers.

Hallanger and Yost are both sixth-graders at Bemidji Middle School, Eickman is an eighth-grader at BMS, and Burmeister Pater is a seventh-grader. The res

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