The Luverne High School girls’ golf team captured the Sub-Section 10 championship in Tyler Monday. Team members include: (from left) Lindsey Severtson, Alyssa Klein, Mindy Lysne, Brittany Boeve, Jessica Klein and Nikki Van Dyk.By John RittenhouseTen players from the Star Herald coverage area earned berths in the Section 3A Golf Championships with their performances during the Sub-Section 10 Tournament staged in Tyler Tuesday.The entire Luverne High School girls’ team advanced to the section event, which will be played Friday at the Marshall Country Club, by winning the team championship.Luverne’s Colby Anderson, Jesson Vogt and David Nelson qualified for the section meet as individuals, as did Adrian’s Kelly Banck.No Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth golfers were able to extend their seasons in Tyler.Weather conditions made a huge impact on the event, which started later than the 9 a.m. scheduled time due to wet conditions on the course. The afternoon session was influenced by a two-hour rain delay, but all players were able to complete their rounds before the day was complete.The Luverne girls were able to adapt to the conditions and survive the competition on the way to winning the team championship with a 380-stroke total. LHS upped its season record to 27-18 with the tournament victory.The Cardinals were followed by Pipestone (396), Fulda (396), Adrian (398), Murray County Central (408), Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (433) and Southwest Christian (470) in the team standings.Winning the team championship was a special occasion for LHS, which had a nine-year run of taking top honors at the sub-section meet snapped by MCC last seeason."Our girls did a very good job," said Cardinal coach Chris Nowatzki. "The conditions were very difficult and challenging, but our girls were able to adapt and persevere."Mindy Lysne and Nikki Van Dyk led the Cardinals to the team championship by playing their way into a three-way tie for second place in the individual standings. Lysne and Van Dyk both shot 19-over-par 90s.Jessica and Alyssa Klein contributed 99- and 101-stroke efforts to Luverne’s team effort. Lindsey Severtson and Brittany Boeve shot respective 105- and 109-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.Adrian junior Kelly Banck will join the Cardinals at the section tournament.Banck shot a 90 to join Lysne and Van Dyk in a three-way tie for second place in the individual standings, and lock up an individual berth into the section field.Adrian’s 19-8 team season ended with a fourth-place finish at the sub-section event.Jenni McCann contributed a 102 to Adrian’s team effort, while Brittni Strand and Jessica Loosbrock added 103s. Kim Gaddes and Dawn Bullerman shot 104- and 110-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.Fulda’s Abby Oakland won the individual title with a 13-over-par 84. MCC’s Cara Counter (93) and Pipestone’s Marcie Eitreim (94) and Sarah Schultz (95) secured individual berths into the section field.The Luverne boys were unable to successfully defend their 2003 Sub-Section team title in Tyler Tuesday.Pipestone, a team Luverne had beaten during the regular season, nipped LHS 306-313 in the final team standings.SWC (335), Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth (357), Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster (359) and T-M-B (366) round out the field.Three LHS boys did extend their seasons by qualifying for the section meet individually.Colby Anderson, who shot a 73 to tie for second place with Pipestone’s Paul Bardusen in the final individual standings, will compete in Marshall.Jesson Vogt shot a 75 to place fifth individually. David Nelson shot an 82 along with SWC’s Evan Fey. Nelson made par on a playoff hole compared with Fey’s bogey, which gave Nelson the fifth and final qualifying position in the section field.The scores of Anderson, Vogt and Nelson, along with an 83 recorded by Andy Haakenson, counted toward Luverne’s team tally. Steve Berghorst and Kirk Oldre shot 84- and 95-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.Luverne’s team season comes to an end with a 35-13 record."Our boys played well," Nowatzki said. "A 313 is a very good score; Pipestone just did a little better. Our boys had a great season. It’s the best season our boys have had since I’ve been coaching here."H-BC-E-E’s 10-7 campaign came to an end with a fourth-place effort at the sub-section event.Tom Janssen led the Patriots with an 85, while Tom Scholten, Nick Deutsch and Jason Martens contributed respective 89-, 91- and 92-stroke rounds to the team tally. Ben Herman and Jeremy Elbers shot 94- and 100-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.Pipestone’s Ben Morgan won the individual championship by shooting a par 71.SWC’s Collin Broekhuis (76) and T-M-B’s Eric Peterson (80) round out the individual qualifiers for the section event.