Golf roundup: Minnewaska girls in 2nd, NLS boys in 5th at state
Jun. 10—JORDAN — The Minnewaska girls golf team is in second place and the New London-Spicer boys are in 5th after the first round of the state Class AA tournament Tuesday at the Ridges at Sand Creek.
Minnewaska shot a 328, putting the Lakers eight strokes behind first-place Detroit Lakes, which has a 320.
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Sophomore Annika DeBoer shot a 76, to put her in fourth place behind Genevieve Birkeland of Pequot Lakes, who recorded a 73. Senior Arivia DeBoer is in seventh place with a 78.
On the boys' side, NLS shot a 307. Detroit Lakes shot a 288. Southwest Christian and Blake each shot 299 to tie for second.
Detroit Lakes has Brock Burhans in the lead with a 69. Detroit Lakes teammate Tyson Eckhoff shot a 70, as did Charlie Hanson of Morris/Chokio-Alberta and Bennett Scissons of Duluth Marshall.
Palmer Dalton had NLS' best round with a 76. Max Truscinski, Reid Kath and Eli Engebretson all shot 77s.
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The girls' final round is scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Ridges of Sand Creek. The final round for the boys begins at noon Wednesday.
Willmar's Aden Jacobson is tied for 52nd place with a 78 and the Cardinals' Kennedy Mara is tied for 23rd with an 81 after the first round of the Class AAA tournament at Bunker Hills Golf Club in Coon Rapids.
Cretin-Derham Hall's boys are in first place with a 291. Chanhassen is second with a 292. Alexandria and Rosemount are tied for third with 303s. Cretin-Derham Hall's Sam Udovich shot a 66 to take the first-round lead.
Minnetonka leads the girls' division with a 305. Alexandria is fourth with a 331. Bella Leonhart of Forest Lake carded a 71 to be the first-round leader.
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The Dawson-Boyd girls have a 10-stroke lead after the first round of the Class A tournament Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker.
The Blackjacks shot a 338. Park Christian is second with a 348.
Dawson-Boyd senior Lindsey Lund, the defending state champion, is in first place by one stroke after shooting a 78. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City junior Brooke Brekke shot a 79 to move into second place.
Lund's round included 12 holes at par and six holes of bogey golf. Brekke had birdies on the third, fifth, sixth and 16th holes. She played six holes at par and six holes at bogey. She got a double-bogey on the eighth hole and a triple-bogey on the ninth.
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Hope Reid, a junior at Community Christian School, is in fourth place with an 83. Dawson-Boyd's Claire Stratmoen, a ninth-grader, is tied for fifth with an 84.
In the boys' division, Lac qui Parle Valley is in fifth place with a 334, one stroke behind fourth-place Park Christian. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley leads with a 315, followed closely by Legacy Christian Academy, which shot a 319.
The boys' leader is Traeton Nelson of Ashby/Brandon-Evansville, who shot a 72. LQPV's Carson Besonen is tied for fourth place with a 74.
The girls tee off at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the tournament's final round. The boys start at noon.
Dawson-Boyd is defending state Class A girls' champion.
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