SPICER — Day 1 of the Cardinal/Wildcat Invitational saw the host team two strokes off the pace Thursday at Little Crow Country Club.
New London-Spicer shot a 295, just behind Brainerd’s 293. The Cardinal/Wildcat Invite resumes at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Eagle Creek Golf Club in Willmar.
Willmar placed fourth with a 323. Lac qui Parle Valley was sixth at 328, Dawson-Boyd finished seventh at 300, Minnewaska was ninth at 340 and Central Minnesota Christian School was in 10th at 355. Montevideo (12th, 364), Benson (13th, 369), Community Christian School (14th, 373) and Litchfield (tied for 15th, 381) round out the list of area teams playing the 16-team, two-day tournament.
Brainerd’s Alex Imgrund and Tyler Lehmann are tied for first after rounds of 2-under-par 70s. NLS’ Blake Kath and Gabe Truscinski, LQPV’s Carson Besonen and Morris/Chokio-Alberta’s Charlie Hanson are all one stroke back after shooting 71s.
The Wildcats’ Max Truscinski is tied for eighth with a 76.
Minnewaska’s Thatcher Sherlin shot a 75, tying him for seventh.
Willmar’s Aden Jacobson is tied for 13th with a 79 for the Cardinals’ top score.
Cardinal/Wildcat Invitational
(1) Brainerd 293 … (2) New London-Spicer 295 … (3) Lakeville South 313 … (4) Willmar 323 … (5) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 324 … (6) Lac qui Parle Valley 328 … (7) Dawson-Boyd 330 … (8) Hutchinson 338 … (9) Minnewaska 340 … (10) Central Minnesota Christian School 355 … (11) St. Cloud 359 … (12) Montevideo 364 … (13) Benson 369 … (14) Community Christian School 373 … (T15) Crookston 381 … (T15) Litchfield 381
TOP FIVE — (T1) Alex Imgrund, Brainerd, 70 … (T1) Tyler Lehmann, Brainerd, 70 … (T3) Blake Kath, NLS, 71 … (T3) Gabe Truscinski, NLS, 71 … (T3) Charlie Hanson, Morris/CA, 71 … (T3) Carson Besonen, LQPV, 71
BENSON — (T24) Connor Larson 82 … (T47) Eli Jones 87 … (T68) Franklin Knutson 92 … (98) Elwin Knutson 108 … (102) Connor Hadfield 111 … (106) Arnold Stelzer 117
CCS — (T55) Jack Kreps 89 … (T64) Gus Klaassen 91 … (T82) Andrew Borstad 96 … (T85) Jack Velyan 97 … (T93) Max Chapin 99
CMCS — (T24) Eli Gerdes 82 … (T40) Joseph Graves 85 … (T76) Evan Gustafson 94 … (T76) Carter Taatjes 94 … (T80) Kyle Schwitters 95 … (T82) Cayden Wubben 96
DB — (T18) Evan Mork 79 … (T24) Drew Hjelmeland 82 … (T24) Carson Stratmoen 82 … (T47) Evan Menning 87 … (T95) Landon Kemen 100 … (T99) Mason Solem 110
LITCHFIELD — (T24) Ty Olson 82 … (T64) Judah Allen 91 … (T90) Evan Behnke 98 … (T99) Eli Capistrant 110 … (T104) Carter Eichner 115 … (T107) Brandon Jansky 120
LQPV— (T3) Besonen … (T30) Kaidyn Sender 83 … (T42) Griffin Kranz 86 … (T54) Noah Arndt 88 … (T80) Aaron Bonn 95 … (T90) Ryan Bjerke 98
MINNEWASKA — (7) Thatcher Sherlin 75 … (T22) Zach Gugisberg 81 … (T47) Tyler Moscho 87 … (T85) Kash Christman 97 … (T85) Sam Jones 97 … (T85) Odin Sherlin 97
MONTEVIDEO — (21) Ty Ricke 80 … (T68) Greyson Lindeman 92 … (T76) Sonny Dahl 94 … (T90) McKeon Moe 98 … (103) Brody Seeman 114 … (T104) Trey Enevoldsen 115
NLS — (T3) B. Kath … (T3) G. Truscinski … (T8) Max Truscinski 76 … (T11) Palmer Dalton 77 … (T13) Reid Kath 78 … (T40) Emmett Tennant 85
NLS II — (T30) Evan Palmquist 83 … (T36) Elden Halvorson 84 … (T42) Luke Hannig 86 … (T42) Eli Engebretson 86 … (T61) Luka Schmidt 90 … (T64) Kellon Hanson 91 … (T68) Eli Lippert 92
WILLMAR — (T13) Aden Jacobson 78 … (T18) Luke Larson 79 … (T24) Liam Ims 82 … (T36) Evan Michelson 84 … (T68) Cooper Lownsbury 92 … (97) Anthony Cellini 101
WILLMAR II — (T42) Sawyer Dahl 86 … (T61) Evan Ims 90 … (T64) Austin Zwagerman 91 … (T76) Steven Cruze 94 … (T82) Gibson Horyza 96 … (T93) Cooper Thole 99 … (T95) Ethan Swierenga 100
Dylan and Isaac Christensen led Paynesville to victory at the Kimball Invite at Kimball Golf Club.
The duo helped the Bulldogs total an invitational-low 170, which beat Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa’s 179 and Royalton’s 189. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City was fourth at 195.
Dylan carded a 39 to take second place behind Royalton’s Zach Schraut, who shot a 38. Isaac followed closely with a 41 to place fourth overall.
BBE’s Walker Winter and Paynesville’s Lucas Bayer rounded out the top five at 40 and 42, finishing in third and fifth place, respectively.
(1) Paynesville 170 … (2) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 179 … (3) Royalton 189 … (4) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 195 … (5) Kimball 200 … (6) Osakis 213
TOP FIVE — (1) Zach Schraut, R, 38 … (2) Dylan Christensen, P, 39 … (3) Walker Winter, BBE, 40 … (4) Isaac Christensen, P, 41 … (5) Lucas Bayer, P, 42
ACGC — (7) Prestan Lilleberg 45 … (T22) Joseph Gratz 50 … (T22) Austin Quale 50 … (T22) Bode Brekke 50 … (T34) Jacob Meyer 55 … (T34) Braxton Kragenbring 55 … (T37) Blake Buer 57
BBE — (3) Winter … (T9) Hudson Reed 46 … (T9) Jaxxon Koetter 46 … (T13) Owen Roering 47 … (T17) Mason Eckstein 48 … (T24) Cash Lehner 55 … (41) Cooper Roering 63
PAYNESVILLE — (2) D. Christensen … (4) I. Christensen … (5) Bayer … (6) Reuben Christensen 44 … (T9) Colin Fleischhacker 46 … (T13) Zane Johnson 47 … (T17) Isaac Olmscheid 48 … (T17) Joe Kotten 48
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