St. Cloud Boys Invite

ST. CLOUD — Senior Jayden Manthei put together a top-10 performance in the field of 125 golfers at the St. Cloud Country Club Boys Invitational on Thursday afternoon. His team-best performance helped the Marshall Tigers place third out of 21 teams at the tournament.

Manthei carded a score of 76 on the day to stand alone in ninth place. He birdied his first hole of the day, the par-5 tenth hole, and added an additional 3 birdies on the front 9 to finish his round at 4-over.

Every stroke counted for the Tigers’ team score. Marshall finished with a score of 317, just two strokes back of runner-up Eagan and one stroke ahead of fourth-place St. Cloud Cathedral. Fifth-place Pequot Lakes, sixth-place Sartell and seventh-place Bemidji and New London-Spicer were also each within five strokes of Marshall.

Benilde-St. Margaret’s won the tournament with a team score of 306. In the individual leaderboard, Mounds View’s Cooper Larson took first with a score of 1-under 71, BSM’s Braydon Pulcanio finished even par at 72 and Heritage Christian Academy’s Evan Villagomez and St. Cloud Cathedral’s Nathan Schuver tied for third at 1-over 73.

Manthei wasn’t the only senior leading the charge for the Marshall Tigers. Drew Parsons was the Tigers’ No. 2 golfer on the day and Brayden Louwagie was Marshall’s No. 3.

Parsons tied Sartell’s Carson Andel and Pequot Lakes’ Ethan Thomas for 14th place with a 6-over 78. Parsons recorded a pair of birdies on the front nine and another pair on the back nine, including his final hole, hole 10. 

Louwagie entered a nine-way tie for 30th in the tournament with a 9-over 81. He was particularly strong on the back 9, where he went just 3-over with a birdie.

Sophomore Keegan Fossum and junior Luke Ehlers tied for 39th as the Tigers’ final scorer at 10-over 82. Ehlers’ lone birdie on the day came on hole 15. He was fairly even on the day, going 5-over on the front and back 9, while Fossum went 3-over on the back 9 and 7-over on the front with no birdies on either.

After putting on a quality performance against one of the bigger fields they’ve faced so far this season, the Tigers will look to build on that momentum on Monday when they head to Dacotah Ridge Golf Club for the Big South Conference Championship, beginning at 9 a.m.

St. Cloud Girls Invite

ST. CLOUD — The Marshall girls golf team put on a solid performance at the St. Cloud Country Club Girls Invitational on Thursday morning. Tiger Sophomores Dayton Webskowski and Grace Rokeh each put together top-25 finishes in the field of 86 to lead Marshall to a tie for eighth place.

Marshall’s team score of 390 put them in a tie with St. Cloud Cathedral, sitting 19 strokes back of seventh-place Becker and two strokes ahead of 10th-place Monticello. Brainerd won the invite at 354 followed by Sartell and St. Michael-Albertivlle at 359 and 360 respectively.

Webskowski was Marshall’s top finisher on the day, carding an 18-over 90 to tie Becker’s Alexa Voller and Brainerd’s Meredith Holmstrom for 14th place. She was particularly strong on the back 9, where she recorded three pars and only went more than one stroke over par on a single hole once.

Also in the top third of the leaderboard, Rokeh recorded a 22-over 94 to tie WIllmar’s Lily Jorgenson and Buffalo’s Josie Lindquist for 22nd. Rokeh notched a birdie on hole 15 and also had three pars on the day.

Chanhassen eighth grader Keira Schuster was the top individual in the tournament, finishing even-par at 72 to beat out the next-closest golfer by 7 strokes. Albany senior Sophia Anderson and Sartell senior Shayla Nordlund took second and third at 79 and 80 strokes respectively.

Ali Pederson was the Tigers’ No. 3 golfer on the day at 102 while Maddi Panka was the No. 3 at 104, placing 47th and 53rd respectively. Senior Rylee Jacobson was also right behind the duo, placing 57th at 106.

Marshall will next compete on Monday at 1:30 p.m. when they head to Dacotah Ridge Golf Club for the Big South Girls Conference Championship. 

Camden boys meet

TRACY — Junior Carson Boe and Lane Arends finished first and second overall in the Camden South boys meet at Tracy Country Club on Thursday. The Lakeview duo’s top performance led the Lakers to a first-place finish at the meet.

Lakeview finished with a team score of 165, beating out second-place Canby’s sore of 176. Minneota and Yellow Medicine East carded a 205 and 209 respectively, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton placed fifth at 229 and Renville County West did not field a team score.

Boe bogeyed each of his first two holes but finished with a par or better on each of his final seven, notching three birdies to put together a score of 1-under 35.

Arends tied RCW’s Ryan Schrupp for second place with a score of 3-over 39. While Arends didn’t go under par on any holes, he was consistent all day long with seven pars in nine holes.

Trevor Tusberg and Kyle Kurowski rounded out the Lakeview scorers in seventh at 8-over 44 and 10th at 11-over 47 respectively.

Like the Lakers, the Canby Lancers also had some depth up top. Jack Abrahamson and Dylan Houseman led Canby with fourth- and fifth-place finishes. Abrahamson carded a 4-over 40 on the day, including five pars, while Houseman had a birdie and a pair of pars to finish at 6-over 42.

Brady Hulzebos and Isaac Bollerud tied Kurowsi and RCW’s Jon Driggs for 10th place to round out the Canby scorers.

Max Rost placed sixth overall as Minneota’s top scorer with a 43 on the day while Alex Munson led Tracy-Milroy-Balaton with a 44, tying Tusberg for seventh. Cooper McCosh led YME in ninth place with 46 strokes.

Canby, Lakeview, Minneota, TMB and YME will meet again today at 10:30 a.m. when they compete at Ortonville Municipal Golf Course, alongside a host of other teams.

Camden girls meet

TRACY — Canby Eighth grader Maddison Richter ran away from the competition at the Camden South girls meet on Thursday, finishing four strokes ahead of the next closest competitor to sit easily atop the leaderboard at Tracy Country Club.

Richter led the pack with a score of 49 on the day, including a par on hole 6. Canby’s team score of 235 was also the best on the day.

The Lancers won behind their depth in addition to their top scorer. Josie Frank placed fifth for Canby with a score of 60 while Haley Noyes and Jayda Namken tied for sixth, along with Lakeview’s Caitlynn Hedman, at 63.

Jersey Stensrud was the Lakers’ top scorer on the day with a 53 while Jovie Benson notched a 58. Allison Isaacs rounded out the Laker scorers with a score of 68. Lauren Boe posted a 57 but was disqualified.

Taylor Munson scored a 56 for the home-town Panthers to place third overall in the meet while Minneota’s Ava Panka placed ninth with a 67.

Canby, Lakeview, Minneota, TMB and YME will meet again today at 10:30 a.m. when they compete at Ortonville Municipal Golf Course, alongside a host of other teams.