ST. CLOUD — The Willmar girls golf team came home Thursday with a title in the 16-team St. Cloud Invitational at St. Cloud Country Club.
The Cardinals shot a 335 to beat second-place St. Michael-Alberville by eight strokes. New London-Spicer finished eighth with a 371.
Willmar’s Kennedy Mara and Lucia Martin Rodriguez finished in the top six. Mara shot a 77, four strokes off the pace of St. Michael-Albertville’s Abigail Labrador, who won medalist honors with a 73. Martin Rodriguez tied for sixth with an 82.
NLS’ top finisher was Layna Carlson,who tied for 16th with an 88. The Wildcats’ Rylie Harrier tied for 19th with an 89.
Benilde-St. Margaret’s was the boys champion with 293. Wayzata was second with 309 and Breck was third with 310. BSM’s Colin Hastings and Braydon Pulcanio tied for medalist honors with 71s.
New London-Spicer placed eighth out of 19 teams with 315. Blake Kath led the Wildcats with a 77, tying for 14th. Willmar was 11th with 319. Luke Larson led the Cardinals after tying for 10th with a 76.
(1) Benilde-St. Margaret’s 293 … (2) Wayzata 309 … (3) Breck 310 … (4t) St. Cloud Cathedral 311 … (4t) Marshall 311 … (6) Bemidji 313 … (7) Buffalo 314 … (8) New London-Spicer 315 … (9) Sartell 316 … (10) Staples-Motley 317 … (11) Willmar 319 … (12t) Albany 321 … (12t) Eagan 321 … (14) Little Falls 323 … (15) Sauk Rapids 330 … (16) Pequot Lakes 331 … (17) Heritage Christian Academy 332 … (18) St. Cloud 345 … (19) Pierz 346
TOP FIVE — (1t) Colin Hastings, BSM, 71 … (1t) Braydon Pulcanio, BSM, 71 … (3t) Jack Drawz, Breck, 73 … (3t) Carter White, S-M, 73 … (3t) Luke Ehlers, Mar, 73 … (3t) Beckett Grand, Bem, 73
NLS — (14t) Blake Kath 77 … (23t) Gabe Truscinski 78 … (33t) Max Truscinski 79 … (50t) Palmer Dalton 81 … (77t) Reid Kath 85 … (88t) Luke Hannig 86
WILLMAR — (10t) Luke Larson 76 … (14t) Aden Jacobson 77 … (50t) Evan Michelson 81 … (77t) Anthony Cellino 85 … (88t) Cooper Lownsbury 86 … (97t) Liam Ims 90
(1) Willmar 335 … (2) St. Michael-Albertville 343 … (3) Sartell 349 … (4) St. Cloud Crush 351 … (5) Pierz 366 … (6) Marshall 369 … (7) Monticello 370 … (8) New London-Spicer 371 … (9) Albany 373 … (10) Becker 375 … (11) Chanhassen 387 … (12) Milaca 389 … (13) Sauk Rapids 394 … (14t) St. Cloud Cathedral 399 … (14t) Buffalo 389 … (16) Heritage Christian Academy not available
TOP FIVE — (1) Abigail Labrador, SMA, 73 … (2) Gwen Latunski, Sartell, 76 … (3) Kennedy Mara , Willmar, 77 … (4) Sara Balmori, SC Crush, 78 … (5) Layla Mathews, Becker, 81
NLS — (16t) Layna Carlson 88 … (19t) Rylie Harrier 89 … (29) Evangeline Dalton 93 … (54t) Hattie Bohlsen 101 … (92) Saige Klever 123
WILLMAR — (3) Mara … (6t) Lucia Rodriguez Martin 82 .. (9) Avery Olson 86 … (21) Raelynn Means 90 … (26t) Lily Jorgenson 92 … (62t) Lyza Gustafson 103
Paynesville wound up third with Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City in sixth, Litchfield in seventh and Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in ninth in the 13-team Ken Heiling Invitational at Kimball Golf Club.
Annandale won with a 339, two strokes better than Dassel-Cokato and eight strokes less than Paynesville. ACGC had a 360 and Litchfield a 361. BBE finished with a 373.
Annandale’s Gavin Dahle shot a 76 for medalist honors. Paynesville’s Dylan and Isaac Christesen each shot 79s to tie for second with Glencoe-Silver Lake’s Kade Huepenbecker.
(1) Annandale 339 … (2) Dassel-Cokato 341 … (3) Paynesville 347 … (4t) Rockford 354 … (4t) Glencoe-Silver Lake 354 … (6) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 360 … (7) Litchfield 361 … (8) Royalton 365 … (9) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 373 … (10) Kimball 389 … (11) Norwood Young America 389 … (12) Osakis 412 … (13) Zimmerman 414
TOP FIVE — (1) Gavin Dahle, Ann, 76 … (2t) Kade Huepenbecker, GSL, 79 … (2t) Dylan Christensen, Pay, 79 … (2t) Isaac Christensen, Pay, 79 … (5) Logan Busse, GSL, 81
ACGC — (14) Austin Quale 86 … (20) Bode Brekke 89 … (28) Braxton Kragenbring 92 … (32) Prestan Lilleberg 93 … (54) Joseph Gratz 102 … (68) Jacob Meyer 107
BBE — (28) Owen Roering 92 … (32t) Walker Winter 93 … (32t) Hudson Reed 93 … (37) Cash Lehner 95 … (42) Jaxxon Koetter 96 … (72) Cooper Roering 114
LITCHFIELD — (16t) Carstan Milender 87 … (16t) Ty Olson 87 … (28) Brandon Jansky 92 … 937) Evan Behnke 95 … (42) Kaleb Wald 96 … (64) Ethan Lease 106
PAYNESVILLE — (2t) R. Christensen … (2t) I. Christensen … (32) Reuben Christensen 93 … (42) Colin Fleschhacker 96 … (47) Zane Johnson 97 … (61) Lucas Bayer 98
Dawson-Boyd swept the Camden Conference North Division meet at Valley Golf Course in Willmar.
The Blackjack boys scored a 155, beating Lac qui Parle Valley’s 162. Dawson-Boyd’s Evan Mork tied for second with Central Minnesota Christian’s Carter Taatjes with a nine-hole score of 37. Lac qui Parle Valley’s Noah Arndt was the medalist with a 36.
Dawson-Boyd’s girls put up a score of 156, besting Community Christian School’s 180. The Blackjacks’ Lindsey Lund was the medalist with 36. She beat teammate Alyssa Swedzinski by a stroke.
(1) Dawson-Boyd 155 … (2) Lac qui Parle Valley 162 … (3t) Central Minnesota Christian 165 … (3t) Community Christian School 165 … (5) MACCRAY 197
TOP FIVE — (1) Noah Arndt, LQPV, 36 … (2t) Carter Taatjes, CMCS, 37 … (2t) Evan Mork, DB, 37 … (4t) Andrew Borstad, CCS, 38 … (4t) Carson Stratmoen, DB, 38 … (4t) Drew Hjelmeland, DB, 38
CCS — (4t) Borstad … (11t) Keith Hahn 42 … (11t) Gus Klaassen 42 … (14t) Max Chapin 43 … (24) Jack Velyan 49
CMCS — (2t) C. Taatjes … (7) Eli Gerdes 39 … (14t) Kyle Schwitters 43 … (18t) Graham Lundeen 46 … (18t) Joseph Graves 46 … (25t) Landon Taatjes 50
DB — (2t) Mork … (4t) Stratmoen … (4t) Hjelmeland … (11t) Evan Menning 42 … (16) Landon Kemen 44 … (32) Jameson Garcia 60
LQPV — (1) Arndt … (8t) Carson Besonen 40 … (10) Kaidyn Stender 41 … (17) Griffin Kranz 45 … (20t) Aaron Bonn 47 … (22t) Gavin Carl 48
MACCRAY — (8t) Logan Dirksen 40 … (22t) Andy Rand 48 … (28) Austin Olson 54 … (29t) Elias Hultgren 55 … (29t) Sawyer Freese 55 … (31) Talen Niemeyer 56
(1) Dawson-Boyd 156 … (2) Community Christian School 180 … (3) Lac qui Parle Valley 181
TOP FIVE — (1) Lindsey Lund, DB, 36 … (2) Alyssa Swedzinski, DB, 37 … (3) Molly Halvorson, LQPV, 40 … (4t) Hope Reid, CCS, 41 … (4t) Claire Stratmoen, DB, 41
CCS — (4t) Reid … (7t) Margo Klaassen 43 … (9) Olivia Erickson 47 … (11t) Lola Nelson 49 … (16) Annellise Larkins 53 … (17) Addison Kveene 55
DB — (1) Lund … (2) Swedzinski … (4t) Stratmoen … (6) Kylar Hjelmeland 42 … (20) Laura Schreier 58
LQPV — (3) Halvorson 40 … (7t) Kate Ulstad 43 … (10) Peyton Sachs 48 … (13) Kaylee Nelson 50 … (14t) Macy Zahrbock 51 … (18t) America Avila 57
MACCRAY — (11t) Rorie Bristle 49
Led by Carson Boe’s two-under par 34, the Lakeview boys won the team title in a Camden Conference South Division meet at Tracy Country Club.
The Lakers had 167 points on the nine-hole course, beating Minneota’s 171. Boe’s score beat Renville County West’s Ryan Schrupp. He was second after an even-par 36.
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton’s Taylor Munson was the girls’ medalist with a 45. There were no team scores.
(1) Lakeview 167 … (2) Minneota 171 … (3) Canby 174 … (4) Yellow Medicine East 184 … (5) Renville County West 191 … (6) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 209
TOP FIVE — (1) Carson Boe, Lake, 34 … (2) Ryan Schrupp, RCW, 36 … (3) Alex Munson, TMB, 37 … (4t) Owen Dalager, Min, 39 … (4t) Jack Abrahamson, Can, 39 … (4t) Cooper McCosh, YME, 39
RCW — (2) Schrupp … (10t) Grant Novotny 44 … (23t) Jon Driggs 52 … (29t) Landry Hagen 59
YME — (4t) McCosh … (14) Jack Mensink 45 … (17t) Henry Austin 48 … (23t) Archer Schmidt 52 … (25t) Harley Johnson Labat 54 … (31) Will Pederson 62
TOP FIVE — (1) Taylor Munson, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, 45 … (2) Lauren Boe, Lakeview, 48 … (3) Maddison Richter, Canby, 49 … (4t) Allison Isaacs, Lakeview, 51 … (4t) Ava Panka, Minneota, 51
RCW — (10) Rory Double 64
YME — (6) Maddie Weber 53
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