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LHS girls reel in third straight Sub-Section title

By John RittenhouseNine athletes from the Star Herald coverage area extended their golf seasons at the Sub-Section 10 Championships Monday in Tyler.The Luverne girls won their third straight sub-section title as a team, and will send their entire squad to the Section 3A Golf Championships at the Marshall Country Club Friday.LHS senior Andy Haakenson won the boys’ sub-section individual title, punching his ticket to the section event.Adrian seniors Jessica Loosbrock and Kim Gades also qualified for the section field individually.Led by solid performances from Brittany Boeve and Alyssa Klein, the LHS girls upped their season record to 31-6 after running away with the sub-section team championship.Luverne shot a 361 as a team, outscoring second place Murray County Central (382) by 21 strokes. Pipestone (408), Adrian (416), Southwest Christian (457) and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (470) capped the field.Boeve and Klein placed first and second in the individual standings with respective 79- and 85-stroke efforts.Nikki and Krista Van Dyk added 97- and 100-stroke rounds to Luverne’s winning team tally. Em Juhl and Kaia Nowatzki shot 105- and 116-stroke tallies without influencing the scoring.A 15-10 team season came to an end for the AHS girls, but Loosbrock and Gades locked up two of five individual berths into the section field during Monday’s event.Loosbrock shot a 94 and Gades a 95 to lead the Dragons to their fourth-place finish as a team.Dawn Bullerman and Brittany Loosbrock added 111- and 116-stroke scores to Adrian’s team effort. Brianna McCarthy and Carmen Wieneke shot 127- and 136-stroke rounds without padding the scoring.Haakenson may have played his best round of golf of the season to win the sub-section individual title in boys’ competition.The LHS senior, who qualified for the section event individually in 2005, shot a tournament-low 73 to earn the right to play in Marshall Friday.Haakenson’s effort wasn’t enough to carry the LHS boys to a team title.Pipestone and Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster led the field with 307 and 330-stroke tallies, while the Cards placed third with a 335. Southwest Christian (357), Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth (368) and T-M-B (383) round out the field.David Nelson carded an 86 (an 84 would have sent him to the section meet) for the Cards, who end team competition with a 17-33 record. Kirk Oldre and Adam Kindt pitched in 88s to the team tally, while Skyler Hoiland and Chris Engesser shot 94- and 95-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.H-BC-E, which finishes the year with a 7-12 record after placing fifth in Tyler, received 89-stroke efforts from Tom Scholten and Caleb Ellingson.Andrew Scholten and Adam Finke chipped in 94- and 96-stroke scores to the team tally. Jason Martens shot a 97 without padding the scoring.

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