Tribune Staff Report
BENSON - Josh Polingo edged another top area golfer, Minnewaska’s Brett Buckingham, but Buckingham’s Laker team won the Benson Invitational on Wednesday at the Benson Golf Club.
Litchfield’s Kennedy Sommerfeld shot 82 for medalist honors and the Litchfield girls team easily outdistanced Ortonville to win the girls tournament.
Polingo shot 74 for boys medalist honors, finishing two strokes ahead of Buckingham. Minnewaska’s Esten Stenrud shot 79, Easton Popma shot 80 and Zach Maurer of Benson finished with an 81.
New London-Spicer’s Eli Sweep finished second with an 88, Litchfield’s Kelsey Wattenhofer was third with a 90, Benson’s Kellie Enderson shot 91 and Litchfield’s Kalley Spreiter shot 94.
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Benson Invite
Boys
Team scoring
Minnewaska Area 325, Dawson-Boyd 334, Litchfield 338, Benson 348, YME 358, Clinton-GB 361, Ortonville362, MACCRAY 369, LQPV 376, BBE 387, Morris/CA 394, Benson JV 443, RCW 500
Individual
TOP 5 – Josh Polingo. Lit, 74; Brett Buckingham, Waska, 76; Esten Stenrud, Was, 79; Easton Popma, DB, 80; Zach Maurer, Ben, 81
Area results
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LITCHFIELD – Polingo 74, Brandon Nelson 88, Dillon Storm 84, Nic Meyer 92
MORRIS/CA – Jacob Zosel 84, Andrew Ulrich 92, Tony Bruns 106, NickBoots112
BBE – Gregory Jacobs 90, Austin Trustheim 88, Jayden Miller 96, Sam Wosmek 103
BENSON – Maurer 81, Nathan Hawley 84, Max Peterson 91, Ryan Hampton 92
DAWSON-BOYD – Popman 80, Kemen 82, Christian Thoen 84, Dalton Palmer 88, Spencer Erickson 87
LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY – Riley Sigdahl 88, Hunter Lind 93, Matt Bornhorst 93, Jaden Kallhoff 102
YME – Mitch McCosh 84, Charles Blue 84, Sam Jans 92, Grant Lalim 98
RCW – Tom Grosklags 128, Ryan Countryman 125, Sean Grosklags 116, Steve Coutnryman131
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MINNEWASKA – Buckingham 76, Steensrud 79, Isaac Burgess 88, Peter Frischman 85, Jake Peters 85
MACCRAY – Brady Madsen 84, Dean Schroeder 90, Isaac Gosseling 96, Andrew Gosseling 99
Girls
Team scoring
Litchfield 363, Ortonville 385, Morris/CA 411, BBE420, Benson 424,YME 426, Dawson-Boyd 462, LQPV 463, New London-Spicer 459, MACCRAY, inc.
Individual
TOP 5 – Kennedy Sommerfeld, Lit, 82; Eli Sweep, NLS, 88; Kelsey Wattenhofer, Lit, 90; Kellie Enderson, Ben, 91; Kalley Spreiter, Lit, 94
Area results
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LITCHFIELD – Sommerfeld 82, Wattenhofer 90, Alex Tipka 97, Kalley Spreiter 94
MORRIS/CA – Shiori Legate 95, Maddie Hennen104, Lily Erdal103,Megan Kirkeide109
BBE – Peyton Miller 99, Jaden Gossen113, Emily Wosmek 106, Maddie Baker102
BENSON – Kellie Enderson91, Shayla Burns 115, Rachel Lee 110, Nicole Ascheman 115, Katie Samuelson 108
DAWSON-BOYD – Tracy Polzine 114, Raeann Tuff 116,Taylor Loose 108, Katheryn Madson124
LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY – Alison Dahle 106, Abby Stender 107, Shannon Busse 117, Tayler Dahl 133
MACCRAY – Tiffany Mogard114, Lauren Wubben 124, Isabelle Plagge 118
YME – Erica Moritz 95, Leah Jeseritz 101, Cassie Thelen119, Megan Larson119
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NEW LONDON-SPICER – Sweep 88, Brooke Beuning 127, Anika Olson125, Dezirae Illies129
