Golf roundup: Willmar Cardinals girls finish 5th in CLC Championships
May 22—ST. CLOUD — The Willmar girls golf team wound up in fifth place after the second day of the two-day Central Lakes Conference championships on Monday.
The Cardinals shot a two-day total of 754 with the second round played at The Territory Golf Club.
Willmar's Kennedy Mara tied for 13th place, shooting rounds of 87 and 90 for a 177 total. That earned her All-CLC honors. Fernanda Ossa Letelier and Maycee Gustafson were both named honorable mentions.
Alexandria captured the team championship with a 638, including rounds of 326 and 312. Brainerd shota 658 to place second.
Willmar's next scheduled tournament is 9 a.m. Thursday, June 1 in the Section 8AA tournament at Headwaters Golf Course in Park Rapids. It's a two-day event, with individuals and teams attempting to qualify for the state Class AA tournament
Team scoring
(1) Alexandria 326-312—638 ... (2) Brainerd 332-326—658 ... (3) Sartell 371-331—702 ... (4) Fergus Falls 371-344—715 ... (5) Willmar 386-368—754 ... (6t) St. Cloud 396-392—788 ... (6t) Rocori 412-376—788 ... (8) Sauk Rapids 417-404—821
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Izzy Olson, Br, 71-72—143 ... (2) Hannah Boraas, Alex, 76-71—147 ... (3) Annika Jyraks, FF, 78-70—148 ... (4) Sophia Karsnia, Br, 78-82—160 ... (5) Ellie Sticha, Alex, 79-82—161
WILLMAR — (13t) Kennedy Mara 87-90—177 ... (20) Maycee Gustafson 101-90—191 ... (21) Fernanda Ossa Letelier 100-92—192 ... (29) Lily Jorgenson 98-98—196 ... (31) Avery Olson 107-96—203 ... (35) Halle Mortensen 101-111-212
Willmar is in fourth place, 15 strokes off the pace, after the first day of the Central Lakes Conference championships at Rich-Spring Golf Course in Cold Spring.
The Cards shot a 317. Sartell leads with a 302. Alexandria has a 303 and Brainerd has a 307.
Willmar's Aden Jacobson is in eighth place with a 77. Teammate Joey Wisocki shot a 79 and its tied for 15th place.
Brainerd's Dawson Ringler, Alexandria's Jack Holtz and William Thornburg and Sartell's Jameson Schmitz all tied for the lead with a 1-over-par 73.
The final round of the two-day CLC tournament begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Pebble Lake Golf Course in Fergus Falls.
Team scoring
(1) Sartell 302 ... (2) Alexandria 303 ... (3) Brainerd 307 ... (4) Willmar 317 ... (5) Fergus Falls 318 ... (6) Sauk Rapids 327 ... (7) Rocori 350 ... (8) St. Cloud 359
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1t) Dawson Ringler, Br, 73 ... (1t) Jack Holtz, Alex, 73 ... (1t) Jameson Schmitz, Sar, 73 ... (1t) William Thornburg, Alex, 73 ... (5) Sam Lunde, Sar, 74
WILLMAR — (8) Aden Jacobson 77 ... (15t) Joey Wisocki 79 ... 17t) Nathan Marthaler 80 ... (25t) Deiken Carruthers 81
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City's Brooke Brekke posted a 36 to win medalist honors for the girls competition at the Central Minnesota Conference meet at Osakis Country Club.
Osakis' boys won the team title with a total of 164 strokes, followed by Paynesville's 172 and ACGC's 173. The Kimball girls won at 205 in front of Osakis' 218 and Paynesville's 257.
Two more area golfers placed in the top five. BBE's Brady Schwinghammer took third at 40 and ACGC's Bode Brekke finished in a tie for fourth place at 41 with Osakis' Drew Imdieke.
Team scoring
(1) Osakis 164 ... (2) Paynesville 172 ... (3) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 173 ... (4) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 175 ... (5) Kimball 192 ... (6) Royalton 215
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Chase Triebenbach, O, 37 ... (2) Tyler Baumgartner, O, 39 ... (3) Brady Schwinghammer, BBE, 40 ... (4t) Bode Brekke, ACGC, 41 ... (4t) Drew Imdieke, O, 41
ACGC — (4t) Brekke 41 ... (6t) Sam Rouser 42 ... (10t) Carson Borchert 44 ... (14t) Joseph Gratz 46
BBE — (3) Schwinghammer 40 ... (10t) Jamison Reed 44 ... (12t) Walker Winter 45 ... (14t) Eli Gregory 46
PAYNESVILLE — (6t) Isaac Christensen 42 ... (6t) Winston Carlson 42 ... (9) Gus Johnson 43 ... (12t) Mitchell Athmann 45
Team scoring
(1) Kimball 205 ... (2) Osakis 218 ... (3) Paynesville 257
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Brooke Brekke, ACGC, 36 ... (2) Avery Maus, K, 44 ... (3) Lauren Anderson, O, 47 ... (4) Madalyn Notch, K, 48 ... (5t) Bria Hoffarth, O, 50 ... (5t) Brooke Kuerle, O, 50
ACGC — (1) Brekke, 36
PAYNESVILLE — (7t) Abigail Weis 56 ... (12) Kylie Hoekstra 62 ... (16) Avery Braun 69 ... (17t) Jayda Younkin 70
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City's Brooke Brekke shot a 40 to win the girls competition of the Central Minnesota Conference meet at Prairie View Community Golf Course
The Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and Paynesville boys tied for second place and the Paynesville girls took third place.
Osakis' boys and Kimball's girls earned first place finishes with 153 and 200 strokes, respectively. BBE's and Paynesville's boys shot 165s and the Bulldogs' girls totaled 243.
One more area golfer had a top five finish between the boys and girls. BBE's Brady Schwinghammer took second place with a round of 37.
Team scoring
(1) Osakis 153 ... (2t) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 165 ... (2t) Paynesville 165 ... (4) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 168 ... (5) Kimball 174 ... (6) Royalton 200
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Chase Triebenbach, O, 33 ... (2) Brady Schwinghammer, BBE, 37 ... (3t) Luke Ashbrook, K, 38 ... (3t) Drew Imdieke, O, 38 ... (3t) Tyler Baumgartner, O, 38
ACGC — (6t) Bode Brekke 39 ... (10t) Braxton Kragenbring 42 ... (13t) Joseph Gratz 43 ... (16t) Sam Rouser 44
BBE — (2) Schwinghammer 37 ... (10t) Walker Winter 42 ... (10t) Eli Gregory 42 ... (16t) Matthew Walz 44
PAYNESVILLE — (6t) Isaac Christensen 39 ... (8) Winston Carlson 40 ... (13t) Mitchell Athmann 43 ... (13t) Gus Johnson 43
Team scoring
(1) Kimball 200 ... (2) Osakis 227 ... (3) Paynesville 243
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Brooke Brekke, ACGC, 40 ... (2) Avery Maus, K, 42 ... (3) Madalyn Notch, K, 51 ... (4) Averyonna Graff, O, 52 ... (5) Paige Kneip, K, 53
ACGC — (1) Brekke 40
PAYNESVILLE — (11) Abigail Weis 59 ... (12t) Hailey Ruhoff 61 ... (12t) Jayda Younkin 61 ... (14) Kylie Hoekstra 62
