The Minnewaska boys golf team took first place Monday in the West Central Conference, which features 10 teams after the North and South merged for the 2012-13 school year.
Melrose finished second and Benson/KMS third.
The Dutchmen’s Wesley Dickhaus, a senior, was the season medalist. Lakers’ freshman Brett Buckingham was only three strokes back measured by total strokes in the best 8 of 10 nine-hole scores.
All 10 meets were played over 18 days in May, a doubleheader each time to make up for lost dates in April.
Minnewaska eighth-grader Esten Stensrud and Dickhaus shot the low rounds at Island Pine Monday morning; in the afternoon Dickhaus and Derek Bruns of Montevideo both came in at 38 at Koronis Hills in Paynesville.
Mitch McCosh of fourth-place Yellow Medicine East placed third in the final individually standings. Stensrud was the only other Laker to earn all-conference honors, which was awarded to the top 16 golers.
At Atwater
Individual
TOP FIVE – tie, Esten Stensrud, Minn, 37; Wesley Dickhaus, Mel, 37; Brody Gimberlin, Benson, 38; Derek Bruns, Mtv, 39; Isaac Burgess, Min, 39; Cole Mertens, BOL, 39
Area results
ACGC – Taylor Larson 41, Lucas Damm 44, Jacob Belgum 42, Andrew Gratz 44
BENSON/KMS – Zach Mauer 44, Brody Gimberlain 38, Dan Lee 45, Austin Aeikens 44
BOLD – Cole Mertens 39, Colman VanDerHagen 42, Nick Kubesh 45, Jayson Rothmeier 44
MINNEWASKA – Brett Buckingham 42, Esten Stensrud 37, AustinLieser 44, Isaac Burgess 39
MONTEVIDEO – Mike Moritz 41, Derek Bruns 39, David VanRavensway 40, Isaac Lieser 41
MORRIS/CA – Jordan Kolden 42, Andrew Rentz 45, Jacob Zosel 42, Cody Beyer 46
PAYNESVILLE – Bobby Roos 48, Hudson Gray 46, Erik Malling 53, Trevor Meed 53
YME – Mitch McCosh 46, Jordan Zens 41, Charles Blue 41, Sam Jans 44
At Paynesville
Individual
TOP FIVE – Derek Bruns, Mtv, 38; Wes Dickhaus, Mel, 38; Jacob Zosel, Mor, 39; Charles Blue, YME, 40; Mitch McCosh, YME, 40
Area results
ACGC – Larson 41, Damm 45, Gratz 49, Dylan Hoerschler 47
BENSON/KMS – Maurer 44, Gimberlin 42, Dan Lee 46, Aeikens 43, Max Peterson 46
BOLD – Mertens 41, Ethan Ryberg 46, Nick Feige 47, Kuesh 44
MINNEWASKA – Buckingham 41, Stensrud 41, Isaac Burgess 47, Peter Frischman 47
MONTEVIDEO – Moritz 41, Bruns 38, VanRavensway 48, Devon Osman 49
MORRIS/CA – Kolden 41, Rentz 44, Zosel 39, Beyer 52
PAYNESVILLE – Roos 44, Gray 46, Meed 47, Malling 48, Erik Soderberg 48
YME – McCosh 40, Zens 45, Blue 40, Jans 47
Final Team Standings
(1) Minnewaska 80 (2) Melrose 71 (3) Benson/KMS 69 (4) Yellow Medicine East 65 (5) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 49 (6) Montevideo 42 (7) Sauk Centre 39 (8) BOLD 36 (9) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 30 (10) Paynesville 14
MACCRAY Dual
At Raymond
Dean Schroeder and Brady Madsen both carded a 45 to help MACCRAY beat Renville County West at Hawk Creek Country Club Monday.
Chuck Thomas fired a 50 to pace RCW.
Individual
MEDALIST – tie, Dean Schroeder, MAC; Brady Madsen, MAC; both 45
Area results
MACCRAY – Schroeder 45, Madsen 45, Chuck Rothwell 48, Nathaniel Johnson 53
RCW – Chuck Thomas 50, Sean Grostlags 65, Thomas Grostlags 73, Steven Countryman 104
Section 5A-North Preview
At Minnewaska Golf Club, Glenwood
The BBE boys tuned up for the Section 5A-North meet by winning a sub-section preview on Monday.
The Jaguars’ Jordan Lewis earned medalist honors shooting 78. BBE finished at 345, 16 strokes better than second-place Osakis. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley was third at 362.
The sub-section meet is 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, also at the Minnewaska Golf Club.
Individual
MEDALIST – Jordan Lewis, BBE, 78
Area results
BBE – Lewis 78, Jackson Gregory 88, Carl Knutson 89, Austin Trustheim 90, Jayden Miller 104, Jacob Steinhofer 113
