WILLMAR — Rachel Bowen helped lead Alexandria to victory as the Willmar girls golf team placed third in a Central Lakes Conference meet on a clear, hot Friday afternoon.
Bowen is a senior who shot a meet-low 76 to earn medalist honors and Alexandria won with 320 strokes at Eagle Creek Golf Club. Brainerd was second at 341 and Willmar came in third at 344.
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Bowen was met in the top three by Willmar junior Lucia Martin Rodriguez, who carded a 77 and Sartell senior Gwen Latunski, who secured a 79.
Kennedy Mara was also in the top 10 for Willmar. The junior finished at 83 to earn a share of eighth place alongside Alexandria sophomore Kaiya Chapin.
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Willmar competes in the St. Cloud Invitational at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Cloud Country Club.
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(1) Alexandria 320 … (2) Brainerd 341 … (3) Willmar 344 … (4) St. Cloud 347 … (5) Rocori 357 … (6) Sartell 372 … (7) Fergus Falls 378 … (8) Sauk Rapids 410 … (9) Willmar II 466
TOP FIVE — (1) Rachel Bowen, A, 76 … (2) Lucia Martin Rodriguez, W, 77 … (T3) Gwen Latunski, S, 79 … (T3) Ellie Sticha, A, 79 … (5) Sara Balmori, SC, 80
WILLMAR — (2) Martin Rodriguez … (T8) Kennedy Mara 83 … (T24) Avery Olson 92 … (T24) Raelynn Means 92 … (28) Lily Jorgenson 95 … (T31) Lyza Gustafson 98
WILLMAR II — (T33) Jordan Blahosky 100 … (T41) Brenna Donelan 108 … (45) Flori Ossa 123 … (47) Reese Lundy 135
New London-Spicer beat Litchfield 191-201 in a girls’ dual at Little Crow Country Club in Spicer.
NLS’ Rylie Harrier earned medalist honors with a 41. The Wildcats’ Evangeline Dalton took second with a 47. Litchfield’s Addyson Zens was third with a 49.
(1) New London-Spicer 191 … (2) Litchfield 201
TOP FIVE — (1) Rylie Harrier, NLS, 41 … (2) Evangeline Dalton, NLS, 47 … (3) Addyson Zens, L, 49 … (T4) Hattie Bohlsen, NLS, 50 … (T4) Ellery Cziok, L, 50 … (T4) Kate Brekke, L, 50
LITCHFIELD — (3) Zens … (T4) Cziok … (T4) K. Brekke … (7) Carly Twardy 52 … (9) Sophie Brekke 54 … (11) Emma Knudsen 85
NLS — (1) Harrier … (2) Dalton … (T4) Bohlsen … (8) Layna Carlson 53 … (10) Jillian Skretvedt 56 … (12) Saige Klever 61
Litchfield won the dual over New London-Spicer 170-181 at Litchfield Golf Club.
The Dragons had the top three individual scores, led by Ty Olson’s 40. Carstan Milender and Judah Allen each shot 42s.
Hudson Asche and Luka Schmidt each shot 44 to lead NLS.
(1) Litchfield 170 … (2) New London-Spicer 181
TOP FIVE — (1) Ty Olson, L, 40 … (T2) Carstan Milender, L, 42 … (T2) Judah Allen, L, 42 … (T4) Hudson Asche, NLS, 44 … (T4) Luka Schmidt, NLS, 44
LITCHFIELD — (1) Olson … (T2) Milender … (T2) Allen … (T6) Brandon Jansky 46 … (9) Kaleb Wald 48 … (11) Evan Behnke 54
NLS — (T4) Asche … (T4) Schmidt … (T6) Walker Greeley 46 … (8) Emmett Tennant 47 … (10) Eli Lippert 49 … (12) Paul Skretvedt 55
Lakeview’s boys and girls won their respective divisions in a Camden Conference South Division meet at Savannah Oaks Golf Course in Lynd.
Lakeview’s boys shot 157. The girls had a 217. Yellow Medicine East’s boys took fourth with a 181 and Renville County West’s boys were fifth with an 182.
Lakeview’s Carson Boe took medalist honors with a 35. Canby’s Maddison Richter won the girls’ competition with a 45.
RCW’s Ryan Schrupp tied for fifth with a 39. YME’s Cooper McCosh finished eighth with a 40.
YME’s Abbey Bones tied for fourth with a 52.
(1) Lakeview 157 … (2) Minneota 174 … (3) Canby 175 … (4) Yellow Medicine East 181 … (5) Renville County West 182 … (6) Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 189
TOP FIVE — (1) Carson Boe, L, 35 … (2) Alex Munson, TMB, 36 … (3) Lane Arends, L, 37 … (4) Jack Abrahamson, C, 38 … (T5) Ryan Schrupp, RCW, 39 … (T5) Ledgen Javens, L, 39 … (T5) Owen Dalager, M, 39
RCW — (T5) Schrupp … (T11) Jon Driggs 45 … (T16) Grant Novotny 47 … (26) Landry Hagen 51
YME — (8) Cooper McCosh 40 … (T14) Archer Schmidt 46 … (T16) Harley Johnson Labat 47 … (21) Jack Mensink 48 … (T22) Henry Austin 50 … (32) Will Pederson 61
TOP FIVE — (1) Maddison Richter, Canby, 45 … (2) Taylor Munson, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, 48 … (3) Lauren Boe, L, 50 … (T4) Abbey Bones, Yellow Medicine East, 52 … (T4) Ava Panka, Minneota, 52
RCW — (17) Rory Double 63
YME — (T4) Bones … (T10) Madide Weber 56 … (T12) Alia Shafer 60
The host Bulldogs had the top three finishers in winning a Central Minnesota Conference meet at Koronis Hills Golf Club in Paynesville.
Paynesville notched 154 total strokes, followed by Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa’s 173 and Kimball’s 179. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City placed fourth at 180.
Dylan Christensen earned medalist honors with an even-par 36 for the Bulldogs, which got a second place finish from Isaac Christensen at 37 and a third place finish from Joe Kotten at 39.
Also in the top five were BBE’s Owen Roering and ACGC’s Braxton Kragenbring. The two golfers both carded 41s to share fourth place.
(1) Paynesville 154 … (2) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 173 … (3) Kimball 179 … (T4) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 180 … (T4) Royalton 180
TOP FIVE — (1) Dylan Christensen, P, 36 … (2) Isaac Christensen, P, 37 … (3) Joe Kotten, P, 39 … (T4) Owen Roering, BBE, 41 … (T4) Braxton Kragenbring, ACGC, 41 … (T4) Zach Schraut, R, 41
ACGC — (T4) Kragenbring … (T15) Prestan Lilleberg 45 … (T19) Austin Quale 46 … (T27) Jacob Meyer 48 … (T27) Bode Brekke 48 … (33) Joseph Gratz 50 … (T35) Blake Buer 53
BBE — (T4) O. Roering … (T7) Jaxxon Koetter 42 … (T12) Mason Eckstein 44 … (T19) Cooper Roering 46 … (T19) Walker Winter 46 … (26) Hudson Reed 47 … (T39) Cash Lehner 55
PAYNESVILLE — (1) D. Christensen … (2) I. Christensen … (3) Kotten … (T7) Colin Fleischhacker 42 … (10) Lucas Bayer 43 … (T15) Reuben Christensen 45 … (T15) Zane Johnson 45 … (T27) Isaac Olmscheid 48 … (T27) Jackson Stoneburner 48
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