SPICER — Kennedy Mara took home medalist honors with an 82 to lead the Willmar girls golf team to victory in the large New London-Spicer Invitational at Little Crow Country Club.
Mara’s effort helped the Cardinals tally a 351, which beat NLS’ 384 and Annandale’s 403. Community Christian School was fourth (411) and Litchfield fifth (413) to round out the top 5.
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City’s Brooke Brekke placed second and one shot behind Mara with an 83. The Wildcats’ Rylie Harrier took third at 86 and Willmar’s Lucia Martin Rodriguez tied Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Ava Stuewe for fourth with matching 87s.
Willmar had two more golfers in the top 10, which featured another pair of area golfers. Raelynn Means earned a sixth place finish (88) and Sadie Yungerberg was eighth (94).
New London-Spicer’s Evangeline Dalton shot a 91 to take seventh and earn her spot in the top 10, as did Community Christian School’s Margo Klaassen with a 95 to tie for ninth.
Eleven schools entered complete varsity teams.
(1) Willmar 351 … (2) New London-Spicer 384 … (3) Annandale 403 … (4) Community Christian School 411 … (5) Litchfield 413 … (6) Glencoe-Silver Lake 433 … (7) Dassel-Cokato 459 … (T8) Paynesville 462 … (T8) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 462 … (10) Litchfield II 469 … (11) Sauk Centre 513
TOP FIVE — (1) Kennedy Mara, Willmar, 82 … (2) Brooke Brekke, ACGC, 83 … (3) Rylie Harrier, NLS, 86 … (T4) Lucia Martin Rodriguez, Willmar, 87 … (T4) Ava Stuewe, GSL, 87
CCS — (T9) Margo Klaassen 95 … (12) Hope Reid 96 … (T29) Annellise Larkins … (T29) Lola Nelson 110 … (T37) Reagan Twedt 112 … (44) Olivia Erickson 118
LITCHFIELD — (13) Addyson Zens … (T17) Emma Knudsen 103 … (T19) Ellery Cziok 105 … (T19) Kate Brekke () 105 … (40) Carly Twardy 114 … (T55) Sophie Brekke 126
LITCHFIELD II — (T22) Emily Michels … (T34) Sloan Quinn 111 … (T48) Madison Hanson 121 … (58) Raigan Miller 130 … (59) Elly Woelfel 134 … (62) Isabella Struck 146
NLS — (3) Harrier … (7) Evangeline Dalton … (T14) Layna Carlson 101 … (21) Hattie Bohlsen 106 … (T52) Saige Klever 125
PAYNESVILLE — (T25) Peyton Roeske 108 … (T27) Bria Larson 109 … (T48) Kinley Barten 121 …. (51) Avery Braun 124
WILLMAR — (1) Mara … (T4) Martin Rodriguez … (6) Raelynn Means 88 … (8) Sadie Yungerberg 94 … (16) Lily Jorgenson 102 … (T29) Avery Olson 110
WILLMAR II — (T29) Brenna Donelan 110 … (T34) Lyza Gustafson 111
The home team won its invitational at Sartell’s Blackberry Ridge Golf Club.
Sartell recorded a meet-low 294 on Thursday. Alexandria was second at 296 and Detroit Lakes and Brainerd both finished with 300s to tie for third. Willmar placed fifth at 331.
Carson Andel led the way for the Sabres, carding a two-under-par 70. Willmar’s Aden Jacobson and Brainerd’s Brady Oseland tied for second with matching even-par 72s.
Willmar competes in a CLC meet at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Geneva Golf Course in Alexandria.
(1) Sartell 294 … (2) Alexandria 296 … (T3) Detroit Lakes 300 … (T3) Brainerd 300 … (5) Willmar 331 … (6) Fergus Falls 340 … (7) Sauk Rapids 351 … (8) Rocori 360 … (9) St. Cloud 380
TOP FIVE — (1) Carson Andel, S, 70 … (T2) Aden Jacobson, W, 72 … (T2) Brady Oseland, B, 72 … (T4) Garrison Johnson, A, 73 … (T4) Isaac Bergstrom, S, 73
WILLMAR — (T2) Jacobson … (T29) Luke Larson 84 … (T35) Cooper Lownsbury 85 … (47) Evan Michelson 90 … (T53) Steven Cruze 93 … (T53) Liam Ims 93 … (T63) Evan Ims 106
Lakeview’s Carson Boe finished with an eight-under-par 64 to earn medalist honors as Dawson-Boyd took home the team title at Countryside Golf Club in Minneota.
Dawson-Boyd, which had four golfers finish in the top 10, secured a meet-low 319. Lac qui Parle Valley and Lakeview were just shy of the Blackjacks with tying scores of 321. Yellow Medicine East came in sixth with a 370 and MACCRAY placed eighth at 398.
Area golfers in the top five featured Lac qui Parle Valley’s Carson Besonen, who shot an even-par 72 to take second place, Renville County West’s Ryan Schrupp, who carded a 74 to finish in third, Dawson-Boyd’s Drew Hjelmeland, who earned fourth behind a 76, and the Blackjacks’ Evan Mork, who shot a 79 to tie for fifth with Canby’s Jack Abrahamson.
(1) Dawson-Boyd 319 … (T2) Lac qui Parle Valley 321 … (T2) Lakeview 321 … (4) Canby 344 … (5) Minneota 346 … (6) Yellow Medicine East 370 … (7) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 390 … (8) MACCRAY 398
TOP FIVE — (1) Carson Boe, L, 64 … (2) Carson Besonen, LQPV, 72 … (3) Ryan Schrupp, RCW, 74 … (4) Drew Hjelmeland, D-B, 76 … (T5) Jack Abrahamson, C, 79 … (T) Evan Mork, D-B, 79
D-B — (4) Hjelmeland … (T5) Mork … (T8) Landon Kemen 82 … (T8) Carson Stratmoen 82 … (21) Evan Menning 89 … (T43) Jameson Garcia 109
LQPV — (2) Besonen … (T8) Griffin Kranz 82 … (T8) Gavin Carl 82 … (T14) Noah Arndt 85 … (T26) Ryan Bjerke 92 … (28) Aaron Bonn 93
MACCRAY — (32) Andy Rand 95 … (T35) Logan Dirksen 97 … (38) Sawyer Freese 101 … (42) Elias Hultgren 105 … (T43) Austin Olson 109 … (T43) Talen Niemeyer 109
YME — (12) Cooper McCosh 93 … (T30) Harley Johnson Labat 94 … (T33) Jack Mensink 96 … (T35) Henry Austin 97 … (T43) Archer Schmidt 109 … (48) Will Pederson 119
The Blackjacks stormed past Russell-Tyler-Ruthton at Cottonwood Country Club.
Dawson-Boyd saw four of its golfers finish in the top five as it totaled a 338 to beat RTR’s 393.
Lindsey Lund earned medalist honors for the Blackjacks, carding a 77. Her teammates Kylar Hjelmeland and Alyssa Swedzinski followed suit with an 83 and 85 to place second and third.
Claire Stratmoen rounded out Dawson-Boyd’s top four scorers with a 91 to take fifth place.
(1) Dawson-Boyd 336 … (2) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 393
TOP FIVE — (1) Lindsey Lund, D-B, 77 … (2) Kylar Hjelmeland, D-B, 83 … (3) Alyssa Swedzinski, D-B, 85 … (4) Teigyn Oleary, RTR, 89 … (5) Claire Stratmoen, D-B, 91
D-B — (1) Lund … (2) Hjelmeland … (3) Swedzinski … (5) Stratmoen … (9) Laura Schreier 100
MACCRAY — (19) Rorie Bristle 121
RCW — (18) Rory Double 120
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