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Senior makes all-league team in Marshall

By John RittenhouseLuverne High School senior Colby Anderson played his way onto the 2004 All-Southwest Conference Golf Team during the league’s annual tournament played Friday at the Marshall Country Club.Anderson recorded a two-over-par 74 during the 18-hole event to finish regulation play in a deadlock with Pipestone’s Paul Barduson.Anderson and Barduson competed in a playoff to decide which player to earn the fifth and sixth spots on the All-SWC roster. Anderson won the playoff, giving the LHS leader fifth place in the individual standings.Jackson County Central’s Brett Benson won the SWC individual title with a three-under-par 69. Marshall’s Tom Homan, Worthington’s Jeremy Berger and Marshall’s Tony Krogan all shot one-over-par 73s. A playoff left Homan in third place, Berger in fourth place and Krogan in fifth place.In what was a tight team competition, the Luverne boys placed fifth in a seven-team field.The Cardinals shot a 317 for the event, leaving them 16 strokes off the pace set by Marshall (301). JCC (313), Worthington (313) and Redwood Valley (316) topped LHS in the standings. Windom (327) and Pipestone (327) capped the field.Along with Anderson, Andy Haakenson, Jesson Vogt and Steve Berghorst contributed 78-, 80- and 85-stroke rounds to Luverne’s team tally.David Nelson and Kirk Oldre shot 87- and 91-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.No LHS girls were able to crack the Top-Six to earn all-league status during their appearance in Marshall.Like the boys, the Cardinal girls placed fifth out of seven teams.Luverne (387) topped Pipestone (407) and Worthington (415) in the team standings. Marshall (365), Windom (370), RWV (380) and JCC (384) led the field.Jessica Klein shot a 92 to lead the Cardinals during the tournament. Alyssa Klein, Brittany Mulder and Mindy Lysne contributed 94-, 97- and 104-stroke rounds to the team effort.Nikki Van Dyk and Lindsey Severtson turned in 105- and 117-stroke efforts without influencing the scoring.Windom’s Tera Christensen won a playoff with Marshall’s Erin Strautz to win the SWC individual title. Both girls shot 12-over-par 84s.JCC’s Michele Edlin placed third with an 84, RWV’s Alecia Prins fourth with an 87, Marshall’s Kirsten Haukom fifth with an 89 and Windom’s Casey Christensen sixth with a 90.

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