COLD SPRING — The Willmar boys golf team finished as the runner-up in a Central Lakes Conference meet hosted by Rocori on Monday.
Sartell won the CLC Invitational at 314, followed by Willmar’s 319 and Sauk Rapids’ 323 at Rich Spring Golf Club. Rocori’s Drew Austin won the meet, carding a 1-under-par 71.
Willmar saw a pair of sophomores place in the top five. Luke Larson took second at 74 and Aden Jacobson finished in a tie for third with Sartell’s Drew Bollinger and Isaac Bergstrom at 75.
Willmar competes in the Pre-Section 8AAA Invitational at 8 a.m. Friday at Greystone Golf Course in Sauk Centre.
(1) Sartell 314 … (2) Willmar 319 … (3) Sauk Rapids 323 … (4) Alexandria 334 … (5) Brainerd 336 … (6) Rocori 340 … (7) St. Cloud 345
TOP FIVE — (1) Drew Austin, R, 71 … (2) Luke Larson, W, 74 … (T3) Drew Bollinger, S, 75 … (T3) Isaac Bergstrom, S, 75 … (T3) Aden Jacobson, W, 75
WILLMAR — (2) Larson … (T3) Jacobson … (T15) Evan Michelson 83 … (T23) Anthony Cellini 86 … (28) Cooper Lownsbury 87 … (T29) Evan Ims 88 … (T42) Steven Cruze 93
New London-Spicer cruised to victory in the Glencoe-Silver Lake Invitational at Glencoe Country Club.
The Wildcats saw three of its four scoring golfers finish in the top five, led by Palmer Dalton and Max Truscinski. The two tied for first place with 71s. Blake Kath tied Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted’s Brayden Fobbe for fourth place at 75.
NLS was the only area school to have more golfers finish in the top 10. Reid Kath took ninth place by carding a 78 and Elden Halvorson tied for 10th with Mound Westonka’s Hudson Pundsack and Hutchinson’s Joe Anderson at 79.
(1) New London-Spicer 295 … (2) Hutchinson 321 … (3) Mound Westonka 327 … (4) Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 338 … (5) Annandale 337 … (6-12) not available
TOP FIVE — (T1) Palmer Dalton, NLS, 71 … (T1) Max Truscinski, NLS, 71 … (3) Luke Sunnarborg, MW, 73 … (T4) Brayden Fobbe, HLWW, 75 … (T4) Blake Kath, NLS, 75
LITCHFIELD — (T13) Judah Allen 81 … (T24) Ty Olson 86
NLS — (T1) Dalton … (T1) M. Truscinski … (T4) B. Kath … (9) Reid Kath 78 … (T10) Elden Halvorson 79 … (T17) Gabe Truscinski 82
Annandale placed first and Litchfield was second in a triangular at Litchfield Golf Club.
The Cardinals notched a 203, which defeated Litchfield’s 207.
Bailey Broich earned medalist honors with a 46 for the Cardinals.
Addyson Zens and Carly Twardy both had top 5 finishes for the Dragons. Zens came in second at 47 and Twardy finished fourth with a 52.
(1) Annandale 203 … (2) Litchfield 207 … (3) Rockford not available
TOP FIVE — (1) Bailey Broich, A, 46 … (T2) Addyson Zens, L, 47 … (T2) Isabelle Dingmann, A, 47 … (4) Carly Twardy, L, 52 .. (5) Aubree Allen, A, 53
LITCHFIELD — (T2) Zens … (4) Twardy … (T6) Kate Brekke 54 … (T6) Ellery Cziok … (T9) Sophie Brekke 57 … (n/a) Emma Knudsen 64
Central Minnesota Christian School’s boys and Dawson-Boyd’s girls were winners at the Camden North meet hosted by Dawson-Boyd at Dawson Golf Course.
CMCS’ boys scored a 154 to oust Dawson-Boyd’s 159 and Lac qui Parle Valley’s 160. The Blackjacks’ girls totaled a 164 and beat LQPV’s 189 and CCS’ 190.
LQPV’s Carson Besonen and Dawson-Boyd’s Lindsey Lund earned medalist honors in the boys and girls competitions. Besonen shot a one-under-par 34 and Lund carded a one-over-par 36.
(1) Central Minnesota Christian School 154 … (2) Dawson-Boyd 159 … (3) Lac qui Parle Valley 160 … (4) Community Christian School 168 … (5) MACCRAY 198
TOP FIVE — (1) Carson Besonen, LQPV, 34 … (2) Drew Hjelmeland, DB, 35 … (3) Joseph Graves, CMCS, 37 … (4) Eli Gerdes, CMCS, 38 … (T5) Carson Stratmoen, DB, 39 … (T5) Carter Taatjes, CMCS, 39 … (T5) Gus Klaassen, CCS, 39
CCS — (T5) Klaassen … (T8) Keith Hahn 40 … (T16) Jack Velyan 44 … (T16) Max Chapin 45 … (T22) Andrew Borstad 48
CMCS — (3) Graves … (4) Gerdes … (T5) C. Taatjes … (T8) Graham Lundeen 40 … (25) Kyle Schwitters 49 … (T27) Landon Taatjes 52
DB — (2) Hjelmeland … (T5) Stratmoen … (T11) Evan Menning 42 … (T13) Evan Mork 43 … (T27) Landon Kemen 52 … (31) Jameson Garcia 58
LQPV — (1) Besonen … (T8) Griffin Kranz 40 … (T13) Noah Arndt 43 … (T13) Kaidyn Stender 43 … (21) Aaron Bonn 47 … (T22) Grant Bjerke 48
MACCRAY — (T19) Austin Olson 46 … (T22) Sawyer Freese 48 … (26) Andy Rand 50 … (29) Elias Hultgren 54 … (30) Logan Dirksen 56 … (32) Talen Niemeyer 64
(1) Dawson-Boyd 164 … (2) Lac qui Parle Valley 189 … (3) Community Christian School 190
TOP FIVE — (1) Lindsey Lund, DB, 36 … (2) Molly Halvorson, LQPV, 39 … (3) Hope Reid, CCS, 40 … (4) Alyssa Swedzinski, DB, 41 … (5) Kylar Hjelmeland, DB, 43
CCS — (3) Reid … (T7) Annellise Larkins 48 … (T9) Margo Klaassen 49 … (T12) Lola Nelson 53 … (T16) Olivia Erickson 55 … (20) Reagan Twedt 68
DB — (1) Lund … (4) Swedzinski … (5) Hjelmeland … (6) Claire Stratmoen 44 … (11) Laura Schreier 50
LQPV — (2) Halvorson … (T7) Kate Ulstad 48 … (T9) Peyton Sachs 49 … (T12) Macy Zahrbock 53 … (T12) Kaylee Nelson 53 … (19) America Avila 61
MACCRAY — (T16) Rorie Bristle 55
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City’s Brooke Brekke tied DeLaSalle’s Rayna Stecklein for third place at the Mound-Westonka Invitational at Burl Oaks Golf Club in Minnetrista.
Brekke and Stecklein each carded 78s. Holy Family’s Sophia Terris earned medalist honors with an invite-low 74 and Hutchinson’s Elle Schweim was second at 77.
Holy Family won the invite with a 332, which defeated Hutchinson at 365 and Delano and Orono, which both shot 400 to tie for third.
(1) Holy Family 332 … (2) Hutchinson 365 … (T3) Delano 400 … (T3) Orono 400 … (5) Watertown-Mayer 402 … (6) Mound Westonka 408 … (7) Minneapolis DeLaSalle, not available … (8) Benilde-St. Margaret’s 443 … (9) Dassel-Cokato 452
TOP FIVE — (1) Sophia Terris, HF, 74 … (2) Elle Schweim, H, 77 … (T3) Brooke Brekke, Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City, 78 … (T3) Rayna Stecklein, DeLaSalle, 78 … (5) Keria Schuster, HF, 82
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