RICE -- Defending Central Lakes champion Alexandria had little trouble negotiating the Oak Hill Golf Club Thursday, shooting a 309 to outdistance host Sauk Rapids by 16 strokes in the first conference meet of the season on Thursday.
Willmar shot a 343 for sixth place. Derek Hilding's 81 led the squad.
"I think we were a little nervous in that first nine," said coach Dave Ellwood. "Our kids found out today it takes a little more focus and desire to compete in league play."
Team scoring
(1) Alexandria 309 (2) Sauk Rapids 325 (3) St. Cloud Tech 327 (4) Brainerd 328 (5) Little Falls 329 (6) Willmar 343 (7) Rocori 346 (8) St. Cloud Apollo 354 (9) Sartell 359 (10) Fergus Falls 365
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Individual
TOP THREE - (1) Matt Bertsch, Tec, 73 (2) Gordy Diekman, Alx, 74 (3) Tyler Whiting, Alx, 77
Willmar results
Derek Hilding 42-39-81, Sam Warzecha 43-41-84, Tom Wagner 42-45-87, Dan Swanson 46-45-91, Tyler Wahl 49-43-92, Grant Kleven 46-47-93
Next conference meet: Monday at Alexandria
ACGC Invite
At Atwater
MACCRAY edged Delano by two strokes after Barry Rothwell posted a 78 to win medalist honors for the Wolverines. Ben Perry (82) and Cody Strand (85) placed third and fifth, respectively, for MACCRAY.
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Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa placed third and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City fifth in the seven-team meet.
Team scoring
(1) MACCRAY 339 (2) Delano 341 (3) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 389 (4) Pierz 390 (5) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 398 (6) Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins 398 (7) Glencoe-Silver Lake 412
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Barry Rothwell, MAC, 78 (2) Dustin Thompson, Del, 81 (3) Ben Perry, MAC, 82 (4) Ryan Rensink, Del, 83 (5) Cody Strand, MAC, 85
Area results
ATWATER-COSMOS-GROVE CITY - Jordan Kaiser 89, Ben Carlson 94, Jeremiah Nelson 94, Josh Kragenbring 121
BELGRADE-BROOTEN-ELROSA - Spencer Otteson 88, Mike Rodgers 99, Matt Goodwin 101, Cory Tonn 101
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MACCRAY - Barry Rothwell 78, Ben Perry 82, Cody Strand 85, Cody Haas 94
Becker Invite
Pierz finished first with 324, followed by Litchfield at 338, which took second on a tiebreaker with Glencoe-Silver Lake, also at 338.
New London-Spicer and Annandale were each one stroke back at 339. Nathan Nelson came in at 78 to lead the Dragons.
Team scoring
(1) Pierz 324 (2) Litchfield 338* (3) Glencoe-Silver Lake 338 (4) New London-Spicer 339, Annandale 339 (6) Dassel-Cokato 342 (7) Watertown-Mayer 350 (8) Becker 352 (9) Long Prairie-GE 356 (10) Sauk Centre 361 (11) Monticello 364 (12) Rockford 380
Individual
MEDALIST - Kyle Bahe, Annandale, 74
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Area results
LITCHFIELD - Nathan Nelson 39-39-78, Andrew Whitchurch 42-42-84, Cameron Fenrich 42-44-86, Matt Thomas 42-48-90
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