Joe Drennan
Sports EditorDepth was the key to the Forest Lake High School boys swimming and diving teamís week.
The Rangers were unable to take first place after four events, but were still tied with Irondale at 31 last Tuesday.
Brian Welch, Sam Chausse, and Dillon Hudulla swept the top three spots in the diving competition to give the Rangers a ten point lead. Another top three finish in the 100-yard freestyle gave the Rangers a lead they would hold on to.
The Rangers relied on their depth once again when they traveled to Hastings Thursday. Hastings took first place in nine of the 12 events, but the Rangers still prevailed with a 98-88 victory.
A two-three finish in the 200-yard freestyle by Sam Gort and Mark Anderson, and another two-three finish in the individual medley by Andy Knaak and Scott Schulze kept the Rangers within striking distance of Hastings.
The diving team swept the diving portion of the meet for the third meet in a row, giving the Rangers a four point lead.
A two-three finish by Schulze and Jake Morrison in the butterfly, and a two-three-four finish by Jeff Sandager, Chris Duff, and Jake Waske in the 100-yard freestyle helped give the Rangers a 66-60 lead.
Going into the final event, the 400-yard free style relay, the Rangers needed to finish in second place to win the meet.
The relay team of Gort, Knaak, Waske, and Duff decided to finish first instead for the victory.
The Rangers next meet is today, Thursday, at Woodbury at 6 p.m.
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