MONTEVIDEO -- Minnewaska captured its first West Central South Conference girls golf title after winning two meets Thursday at The Crossings.
Minnewaska, which took the last two West Central North Conference titles and moved to the South for all activities this school year, won the first meet of the day by posting a 143, 51 shots better than runner-up BOLD. The Lakers then won a make-up from earlier in the season with a 149. Minnewaska has won every conference meet this season and once again had its top four scores top all competitors.
Only three points separate Benson/KMS (46) and BOLD (43) for second place heading into the final meet on Monday at Island Pine in Atwater.
First meet
Team scoring
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(1) Minnewaska 143 (2) BOLD 194 (3) Lac qui Parle Valley 195 (4) Benson/KMS 197 (5) Montevideo 203 (6) Morris Area 223 (7) Yellow Medicine East 240 (8) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City incomplete
Individual
TOP FIVE - (1) Sarah Roering, Min, 33 (2) Emily Roering, Min, 36 (3) tie, Courtney Boe, Min, 37; Allie Ostrander, Min, 37 (5) tie, Chelsey Falk, Min, 42; Briana Janu, Min, 42; Abby Fragodt, BKMS, 42; Kara Maatz, LQPV, 42
Area results
ACGC - Tisha Bloomquist 64
BENSON/KMS - Abby Fragodt 42, Lauren Alsaker 50, Emily Ness 51, Lizzy Ness 54
BOLD - Natasha Haney 45, Katie Wick 46, Chloe Altmann 47, Holly Peterson 56, Jackie Wertish 56
LQPV - Kara Maatz 42, Alyse Molden 48, Kalyn Gloege 49, Jennifer Kack 56
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MINNEWASKA - Sarah Roering 33, Emily Roering 36, Courtney Boe 37, Allie Ostrander 37
MONTEVIDEO - Britt Kubista 46, Nichole Strei 49, Laura Moseng 50, Kendyl Anderson 58, Kara Balken 58, Haley Kubista 58, Kristine Molde 58
MORRIS AREA - Keli Pry 52, Amy Rudstrom 53, Emma Roberts 59, Pam Sax 65
YME - Courtney Knutson 49, Kenzie Williams 54, Amy Midthun 60, Hannah Hagen 77
Make-up meet
Team scoring
(1) Minnewaska 149 (2) Benson/KMS 177 (3) BOLD 196 (4) Montevideo 202 (5) Lac qui Parle Valley 203 (6) Morris Area 213 (7) Yellow Medicine East 229 (8) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City incomplete
Individual
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TOP FIVE - (1) Sarah Roering, Min, 36 (2) Allie Ostrander, Min, 37 (3) Courtney Boe, Min, 38 (4) Chelsey Falk, Min, 39 (5) Holly Erickson, BKMS, 41
Area results
ACGC - Tisha Bloomquist 56
BENSON/KMS - Holly Erickson 41, Abby Fragodt 42, Lauren Alsaker 47, Emily Ness 47
BOLD - Chloe Altmann 47, Natasha Haney 48, Katie Wick 48, Holly Peterson 53
LQPV - Alyse Molden 49, Kalyn Gloege 51, Kara Maatz 51, Jennifer Kack 52
MINNEWASKA - Sarah Roering 36, Allie Ostrander 37, Courtney Boe 38, Chelsey Falk 39
MONTEVIDEO - Nichole Strei 45, Britt Kubista 50, Kristine Molde 53, Laura Moseng 54
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MORRIS AREA - Keli Pry 48, Amy Rudstrom 53, Pam Sax 54, Emma Roberts 58
YME - Courtney Knutson 45, Amy Midthun 54, Kenzie Williams 55, Hannah Hagen 75
Team standings
(After 7 meets)
(1) Minnewaska 56 (2) BKMS 46 (3) BOLD 43 (4) LQPV 36 (5) Montevideo 28 (6) Morris Area 21 (7) YME 11 (8) ACGC 0
Litchfield Invite
Katlyn Kiehn fired a 41 to lead Litchfield to a first-place at its invitational. Willmar took second behind a low of 45 by seventh-grader Raelin Setrum.
Team scoring
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(1) Litchfield 175 (2) Willmar 187 (3) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 195 (4) Dassel-Cokato 207 (5) Litchfield JV 220 (6) Dassel-Cokato JV 249
Individual
Medalist - Katlyn Kiehn, Lit, 41 (2) Whitney Bertram, BBE, 42* (3) Kali Swanson, Lit, 42 (4) Raelin Setrum, Wil, 45 (5) Karin Hansen, Lit, 46
*Won tiebreaker
Area results
Willmar - Raelin Setrum 45, Allison Baker 47, Anna Burns 47, Katie Kroona 48, Dana Thompson 52, Jennifer Ridler 54
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa - Whitney Bertram 42, Amy Knutson 47, Megan Heriokhoff 49, Jesse Wold 57
Litchfield - Katlyn Kiehn 41, Kali Swanson 42, Karin Hansen 46, Kala Sommerfield 46
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Litchfield JV - Sara Tews 50, Lindsey Ballard 56, Rachel Fredman 56, AuBree Zuehl 58
West Central North
Wendy Toops shot a 45 to lead NLS and Jayne Flanders posted a 50 to pace Paynesville.
Team scoring
(1) St. Cloud Cathedral 173 (2) Albany 185 (3) Sauk Centre 191 (4) Melrose 195 (5) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 200 (6) Paynesville 216 (7) New London-Spicer 218 (8) Foley 236
Individual
TOP THREE - (1) Briana Bruce, SCC, 40 (2) tie, Betsy Miller, SCC, 41; Alyssa Kallhoff, Alb, 41
Area results
NLS - Wendy Toops 45, Jannasa Johnson 54, Emily Gobernatz 56, Kassi Loftness 63
PAYNESVILLE - Jayne Flanders 50, Jordan Spaulding 53, Karla Leitzman 56, Meghan Doll 57
Team standings
(After 5 meets)
(1) SCC 40 (2) Albany 35 (3) SC 30 (4) LPGE 24 (5) Melrose 20 (6) Paynesville 14 (7) NLS 12 (8) Foley 5