NEW LONDON - At least, it didn’t rain or snow. That could be said of the weather for the New London-Spicer Invitational at Little Crow Country Club on Friday.
The meet started in the 40s and got up to the low 50s by mid-afternoon. A stiff northwest breeze made it feel colder. The prep players expect such conditions and don’t seem to complain.
Troy Ryynanen, a Dassel-Cokato junior, shot a sparkling 37-36-73 playing Pines and Willows to lead the Chargers to the team championship. Litchfield’s Josh Polingo was next with a 76 after going out in par but faltering on the especially wind-whipped and watery Willow shooting a 40 (four water balls).
D-C finished with 326 strokes and runner-up Litchfield with 336. This counted, too, as a Wright County West meet so the Chargers extended their lead on the Dragons.
Ryynanen gained three strokes on Polingo in the WCC-South individual standings but still trails him by five.
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Ethan Bohlsen, of the host school, finished sixth, while freshman Brady Madsen of MACCRAY was next at seventh. Both felt they played well in the conditions. Bohlsen would have scored much better but couldn’t make a birdie putt despite many golden opportunities. Madsen’s iron shots were strong to the pin as he matched his low score of the season.
Team scoring
(1) Dassel-Cokato 326 (2) Litchfield 336 (3) Mayer-Lutheran 343 (4) New London-Spicer Black 349 (5) Annandale 352 (6) MACCRAY 353 (7) Albany 361 (8) Glencoe-Silver Lake 367 (9) Watertown-Mayer 367 (10) New London-Spicer Gold 447 (11) Renville County West 485
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Troy Ryynasen, DC, 73 (2) Josh Polingo, Lit, 76 (3) Lou Iacona, GSL, 77 (4) John Ylitalo, DC, 77 (5) Rob Ryan, ML, 80
Area results
LITCHFIELD - Polingo 76, Dillon Storm 83, Peter Hyberger 88, Nic Meyer 89
MACCRAY – Brady Madsen 80, Dean Schroeder 86, Chuck Rothwell 92, Andrew Gosseling 95
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NLS BLACK – Ethan Bohlsen 80, James Magnuson 83, Cody Pulsifer 91, Jacoby Hawkenson 95
NLS GOLD - Connor Ashburn 106, Taylor Engelke 107, Carter Monpetit 115, Max Maher 119
RCW – Sean Grosklags 112, Ryan Countryman 114, Thomas Grosklags 119, Trevor Read 140
West Central
Minnewaska placed first at Glenwood and Morris Friday to stay atop the West Central standings.
The Lakers’ Esten Stensrud placed first at Morris and tied for fourth at Glenwood.
Nathan Hawley of Benson/KMS tied for first at Glenwood, and teammate Zach Maurer was third.
At Morris, Minnewaska’s Brett Buckingham was second, BOLD’s Nick Kubesh third and YME’s Charles Blue and Mitch McCosh tied for fourth.
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The next WCC doubleheader is Thursday in Benson and Montevideo.
At Glenwood
Team scoring
(1) Minnewaska 176 (2) Sauk Centre 179 (3) BOLD 181 (4) Benson/KMS 183 (5) Yellow Medicine East 191 (6) Melrose 191 (7) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 192 (8) Paynesville 196 (9) Montevideo 203 (10) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 204
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Carter Kranz, SC, 41 (1) Nathan Hawley, Benson, 41 (3) Zach Maurer, Benson 42 (4) Tommy Traeger, SC, 43 (4) Jacob Zosel, MCA, 43 (4) David VanRavensway, Mon, 43 (4) Esten Stensrud, Min, 43 (4) Ethan Weis, BOLD, 43
Area results
ACGC – Lucas Damm 51, Andrew Gratz 47, Erik Cihlar 53, Aaron Lang 53
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BENSON/KMS – Zach Maurer 42, Nathan Hawley 41, Max Peterson 50, Layton Connolly 50
BOLD – Ethan Weis 43, Nick Kubesh 45, Josh Wertish 46, Andrew Moorse 47
MINNEWASKA – Esten Stensrud 43, Peter Frischmon 44, Jake Peters 45, Blake Joos 44
MONTEVIDEO – David VanRavensway 43, Lucas Christians 52, Jacob Knapper 51, Thomas Gee-Hoover 57
MORRIS/CA – Jacob Zosel 43, Andrew Ulrich 47, Briar Peterson 55, Tony Bruns 47
PAYNESVILLE – Hudson Gray 45, Erik Malling 48, Trevor Meed 47, Ben Friedrichs 56
YME – Mitch McCosh 46, Sam Jans 51, Grant Lalim 47, Jacob Guertin 47
At Morris
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Team scoring
(1) Minnewaska 160 (2) BOLD 173 (3) Benson/KMS 173 (4) Yellow Medicine East 175 (5) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 176 (6) Melrose 186 (7) Sauk Centre 187 (8) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 189 (9) Paynesville 192 (10) Montevideo 202
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Esten Stensrud, Min, 37 (2) Brett Buckingham, Min, 38 (3) Nick Kubesh, BOLD, 39 (4) Charles Blue, YME, 40 (4) Mitch McCosh, YME, 40
Area results
ACGC – Andrew Gratz 43, Lucas Damm 44, Jonathan Behm 48, Aaron Lang 54
BENSON/KMS – Zach Maurer 41, Nathan Hawley 41, Layton Connolly 44, Ryan Hampton 47
BOLD – Nick Kubesh 39, Coleman VanDerHagen 45, Josh Wertish 43, Andrew Moorse 46
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MINNEWASKA – Brett Buckingham 38, Esten Stensrud 37, Peter Frischmon 42, Jake Peters 43
MONTEVIDEO – David VanRavensway 43, Jacob Knapper 51, Thomas Gee-Hoover 55, Seth Olson 53
MORRIS/CA – Jacob Zosel 41, Andrew Ulrich 43, Briar Peterson 47, Tony Bruns 45
PAYNESVILLE – Hudson Gray 43, Erik Malling 49, Trevor Meed 50, John Ruprecht 50
YME – Mitch McCosh 40, Charles Blue 40, Grant Lalim 48, Jacob Guertin 47
Central Minnesota
Friday at Corcoran
Team scoring
(1) Maple Lake 172 (2) Osakis 180 (3) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 187 (4) Kimball/Eden Valley-Watkins 193 (5) Howard Lake-Waverly/Winsted 197 (6) Pierz 231
Individual
MEDALIST – tie, Brody Harstad, Rockford, 37; Jason Pomije, Maple Lake, 37
BBE results
Jackson Gregory 41, Austin Trustheim 43, Jayden Miller 51, Tyler Baker 52
