HUTCHINSON — The Marshall girls golf team competed at the Hutchinson Invitational Friday night, placing fourth out of nine qualifying teams.

“The girls played pretty well. None of them had ever played the course before and it was our first 18-hole round of the season,” Marshall head coach Nancy Blanchard said.

Jaryn Hilgemann led the charge for the Tigers, finishing with 99 strokes to put her in a tie for fifteenth. 

Ali Pederson, Dayton Webskowski and Eryn Kraft finished right behind her. Pederson and Webskowski shot a 101 and a 102 to place 20th and 22nd respectively. Kraft shot a 103 to place 24th. 

Hilgemann shot a 46 through nine holes, Webskowski shot a 47, and Rylee Jacobson shot a 50 en route to a 108 total score on the day. Kraft and Pederson also shot just over a 50 through nine holes, a performance Blanchard said she was very pleased with. 

“Mentally and physically, it gets draining, so I was really proud of them,” Blanchard said, adding that the way the team’s scores have bunched up lately could help them have a wider variety of scorers going forward.

Grace Ehlers was absent from the Friday event but will compete in today’s tournament. Hilgemann will be absent from the tournament.

Marshall finished with a team score of 405, putting them seven strokes back of B.O.L.D. and five ahead of Litchfield. Hutchinson and Delano took the top to spots, finishing with 339 strokes and 354 strokes respectively.

With the exception of Kraft, three of the four Marshall scorers were underclassmen. Jacobson, who placed 34th, is also a junior.

“They’re coming in and there’s some talent in these youngsters,” Blanchard said. “It’s nice to see them starting to bring their scores down. With some young players, there can be a little more inconsistency at times, but in general, I’ve been very pleased. The practice and training that they’ve been putting in is starting to show. 

The Marshall girls golf team will prepare for a busy stretch coming up, playing at Rose Lake Golf Club in Fairmont on Saturday, at Redwood Falls Golf Club on Monday and will wrap up their busy stretch at St. Cloud Country Club on Thursday.

Red Rock Conference boys

WESTBROOK — The Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda/Westbrook-Walnut Grove boys golf team swept the top five spots at its dual meet against Red Rock Central Friday afternoon to take a dominant 158-203 win.

Sawyer Drent ran away with the individual first-place finish, scoring a 3-under-par 33 and beating the next closest finisher by five strokes.

Nathan Kueny and Brady Ross finished second and third with 38 and 39 respectively while Neil Kuehl and Mason Ommen tied for fourth with a 48 to round out the Coyotes’ scorers.

RRC had each of the next five scorers, but it was too little, too late for the Falcons. Corey Arkell and Gavin Willardson tied for sixth with a 50 while Reese Berg and Bode Determan rounded out the Falcons’ scorers with a 51 and 52. 

The schools will compete again in a Red Rock Conference tournament at Rolling Hills Golf Club on Tuesday. 

Red Rock Conference girls

WESTBROOK — The Heron Lake Okabena/Fulda/Westbrook-Walnut Grove girls golf team scored a 166 in its dual meet against Red Rock Central Friday afternoon. RRC did not field a team score.

RRC’s Aryanna Weber and Bailey Timm took the top two spots in the meet. Weber scored a 53 on the day while Timm tied HLOF/WWG’s Kellie Renneke with a 54.

Irish Hollohan and Ava herding placed fourth and fifth for the Coyotes with a 55 and 57 on the day.

HLOF/WWG and RRC will next compete at the Red Rock Conference Tournament in at Slayton Country Club on Tuesday.