NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer boys golf team easily won the Wright Conference West Division championship on Thursday at Little Crow Country Club.
The Wildcats finished with a two-day score of 607, finishing with a 308 after shooting 299 on Wednesday on Day 1 of the tournament at Little Crow.
Watertown-Mayer finished second with 642 strokes. Litchfield was sixth at 683.
NLS sophomore Eli Engebretson emerged with the overall tournament title, shooting 147. That was one stroke better than Wildcats junior Gabe Truscinski, who shot a 148. NLS seventh-grader Max Truscinski carded a 158 to finish third.
NLS senior Blake Kath took sixth with a 157 and sophomore Reid Kath finished ninth with a 160. Luke Hannig, another NLS sophomore, tied for 11th with Litchfield senior Ty Olson and NLS junior Palmer Dalton. Each shot 163.
NLS is scheduled to play in a large invitational that begins at 1 p.m. Monday at Burl Oaks Golf Club in Minnetrista. Teams competing include Litchfield.
Team scoring (Through 2 of 2 days)
(1) New London-Spicer 299-308–607 … (2) Watertown-Mayer 302-340–642 … (3) Dassel-Cokato 330-336–666 … (4) Annandale 329-340-669 … (5) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted/Maple Lake 343-334–677 … (6) Litchfield 330-353–683 … (7) Rockford 352-364–716 … (8) Glencoe-Silver Lake 346-371–717 … (9) Norwood Young America 398-406–804
TOP FIVE — (1) Eli Engebretson, NLS, 73-74–147 … (2) Gabe Truscinski, NLS, 75-73–148 … (3) Max Truscinski 72-80–152 … (4) Nathan Ragner, WM, 72-83–155 … (5) Will Otto, WM, 77-79–156
LITCHFIELD — (11t) Ty Olson 78-84–162 … (16t) Carstan Mielender 81-85–166 … (23) Judah Allen 86-84–170 … (36) Brandon Jansky 85-100–185 … (46) Kaleb Wald 98-106–204 … (47) Evan Behnke 100-105–205
NLS — (1) Engebretson … (2) G. Truscinski … (3) M. Truscinski … (6t) Blake Kath 82-75–157 … (9) Reid Kath 74-86–160 … (11t) Luke Hannig 82-80–162 … (11t) Palmer Dalton 78-84–162
The New London-Spicer girls captured the two-day Wright County Conference West Division championship with a 710 at Litchfield Golf Club.
NLS beat second-place Glencoe-Silver Lake by 28 strokes. Litchfield finished fifth with a 776.
Wildcats junior Rylie Harrier won the individual title with a two-day 157. She shot 82 on Wednesday at Litchfield and followed that up with a 75 in the final round.
NLS eighth-grader Evangeline Dalton was fifth with a 168, shooting rounds of 86 and 82.
Litchfield senior Kate Brekke finished tied for ninth with a 186 and NLS junior Hattie Bohlsen was 11th with a 190.
NLS competes in an invitational at 10 a.m. Monday at Albion Ridges Golf Course in Annandale. Litchfield also is in the field.
Team scoring (Through 2 of 2 days)
(1) New London-Spicer 357-353–710 … (2) Glencoe-Silver Lake 358-380–738 … (3) Watertown-Mayer 365-380–745 … (4) Annandale 373-382–755 … (5) Litchfield 381-395–776 … (6) Dassel-Cokato 407-423–830 … (7) Rockford 433-437–870 … (8) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted/Maple Lake 444-478–922
TOP FIVE — (1) Rylie Harrier, NLS, 82-75–157 … (2t) Isabelle Dingmann, Ann, 80-84–164 … (2t) Eva Stuewe, GSL, 79-85–164 … (4) Paige Erickson, WM, 82-85–167 … (5) Evangeline Dalton, NLS, 86-82–168
LITCHFIELD — (9) Kate Brekke, L, 90-96–186 … (14) Carly Twardy 91-101–192 … (18) Ellery Cziok 100-99-199 … (19t) Emma Knudsen 100-102–202 … (19t) Addyson Zens 103-99-202 … (23t) Sophie Brekke 102-106–208
NLS — (1) Harrier … (5) Dalton … (11) Hattie Bohlsen 95-95–190 … (22) Layna Carlson 94-113–207 … (23t) Jillian Skretvedt 107-101–208 … (40) Saige Klever 118-115-233
Paynesville’s 163 bested Royalton’s 197 to win the team title at a Central Minnesota Conference meet at Kimball Golf Course.
The Bulldogs were led by eighth-grader Peyton Roeske. She placed third with 49. Fellow eighth-grader Kinley Barten was fourth with 51.
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City junior Brooke Brekke took medalist honors with an eight-over par 44.
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa’s Kragen Wiener placed fifth with 62.
(1) Paynesville 163 … (2) Royalton 197
TOP FIVE — (1) Brooke Brekke, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, 44 … (2) Paige Kneip, Kimball, 46 .. (3) Peyton Roeske, Pay, 49 … (4) Kinley Barten, Pay, 51 … (5) Kragen Wiener, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 62
BBE — (5) Wiener … (t7) Olie Olson 64
PAYNESVILLE — (3) Roeske … (4) Barten … (6) Avery Braun 63
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