WORTHINGTON — For the third season in a row, the Lakeview boys golf team is headed to the state tournament. The Lakers dominated the 3A section championship at Great Life Golf & Fitness on Thursday, finishing 23 strokes ahead of their next closest competition to claim the victory.

The Lakers finished the tournament with a team score of 688, beating out Canby’s 711, Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton’s 739 and Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda’s 748. SWC/E had been in second after the first day, trailing Lakeview’s 345 by 16 strokes, but the Lakers continued to pull away as the Eagles faded.

Carson Boe was the tournament’s individual champion, carding a 142 after finishing even-par both days. He had three birdies on each day of the tournament and heads into state with high expectations after placing third last season.

Also up near the top of the leaderboard for the Lakers was Lane Arends, who carded a 164 to place fourth. He carded a 10-over on the first day of the tournament and a 12-over with two birdies on the second.

TMB’s Alex Munson finished as the tournament runner-up with 155 strokes, 13 back of Boe. The Panther junior carded a 76 on Wednesday with two birdies and shot just 1-over on the back 9 to earn his first state tournament berth.

HLOF/WWG’s Nathan Kueny also earned an individual state tournament qualification, as did Canby’s Dylan Houseman, Jack Abrahamson and Brady Hulzebos. Kueny placed third overall with a 160 while the Canby trio took fifth, sixth and seventh place.

Houseman and Hulzebos each enter the tournament as seniors while Abrahamson is in his junior season. Houseman shot a 91 on Thursday and an 85 on Thursday, Abrahamson split an 86 and a 91 and Hulzebos shot a 95 followed by a clutch 84. Hulzebos’ score put him one stroke ahead of Southwest Minnesota Christian’s Jared Fischer and Gavin Rieck and Murray County Central’s Lucas Kuball’s tie for eighth place, narrowly helping him avoid a tiebreaker for the final state slot.

RTR’s Isaac Norgaard led his team with 185 to tie MCC’s Jett Veldhuisen for 13th place while Minneota’s Keaton Jurrens, Lakeview’s Kyle Kurowski and Mason Ommen tied for 15th with 186 strokes.

Landon Teske was the Lakeview No. 4 golfer, shooting a 198 to tie HLOF/WWG’s Neil Kuehl adn SWC/E’s Kade Fey for 23rd. Canby’s Isaac Bollerud rounded out their scorers with a 187 to place 18th.

The state tournament will begin on June 11 and continue on June 12 at Pebble Creek in Becker.

3A girls

WORTHINGTON — Rachel Huso and Ava Johnson took the top two spots at the Section 3A girls golf tournament at Great Life Golf & Fitness on Thursday, leading the Murray County Central girls golf team to the section title and a state tournament appearance.

Huso and Johnson shot 184 and 185, with Johnson’s score putting her 11 strokes ahead of the next closest golfer. Huso’s day 2 score of 90 and Johnson’s score of 92 were also the two lowest rounds of the day.

MCC put together a team score of 811, edging out runner-up Russell-Tyler-Ruthton by six strokes. HLOF/WWG placed third with 885 strokes while Canby took fourth at 925.

RTR put up a quality fight to get to state. Jenna Gossen, Shae O’Leary and Teigyn O’Leary all placed as top 5 individuals — excluding MCC golfers — to earn state tournament qualifications.

Gossen placed third overall with a 193 after shooting a 100 on Wednesday while Shae O’leary shot a 94 on day 2, the third-lowest score of the day, to work her way up to fourth place overall. Teigyn shot a 210 to place eighth after her 101 first-day score put her in fourth heading into Wednesday.

Lizzie Daniels placed fifth overall for MCC with a two-day score of 210 while Lauren Larson’s 243 rounded out the MCC scorers in 18th place.

Zoey Williams was the Knights’ final scorer, placing 12th with a score of 223, but the Rebels’ top duo canceled out the Knights’ depth.

Canby eighth grader Maddison Richter and Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda senior Marissa Becker tied for sixth at 207 strokes each while Becker’s teammate Marenna Bang was the first golfer out of the state tournament cut with a 211 to place ninth.

Tracy-Milroy-Balaton freshman Taylor Munson rounded out the tournament’s top 10 with a 212.

Lakeview’s low-scorer was Lauren Boe, shooting a 224 to place 13th, while Minneota’s Ava Panka and Wabasso’s Chloe Rohlik placed 14th and 16th respectively at 229 and 240.

The state tournament will begin on June 11 and continue on June 12 at Pebble Creek in Becker.