The Luverne High School golf team played in two meets this past week.
Both the boys’ and girls’ teams hosted Worthington Tuesday, April 18, when the Cardinal boys beat the Trojans 167-191 and the girls’ team lost 208-228 to the Trojans.
On Monday, April 24, both teams played in a Big South: West Division Event against multiple schools.
The boys’ team traveled to Pipestone, taking second place out of six teams, and the girls’ team traveled to Worthington, placing fourth out of four teams.
The girls’ golf team will travel to Fairmont Thursday, April 27, and Windom Monday, May 1.
The boys will host multiple teams Monday, May 1, at the Luverne County Club.
Luverne vs. Worthington
The Cardinals hosted Worthington Tuesday, April 18, when the boys beat the Trojans 167-191.
“I was happy with our scores considering the weather that we had,” head coach John Sichmeller said.
“Hartquist had a very good round for the conditions. Bork and Sudenga also had solid rounds for us.”
Luverne boys’ scores
Henry Hartquist 38
Brady Bork 40
Owen Sudenga 41
Will Bergman 48
Levi Gonnerman 49
Tyler Arends 49
Worthington boys’ scores
Tyler Jaycox 43
Andrew Mulder 47
Spenser Braaksma 49
Spenser Nickel 52
Waylon Crooks 56
Wesley Widbom 63
The Luverne girls lost to Worthington 208-228.
“Lauren Hansen played pretty well for the conditions. It’s never easy to pull off a great performance when you are battling the weather,” girls’ head coach Chris Nowatzki said.
“We improved on our first meet, and hopefully they can keep it up as the season progresses.”
Luverne girls’ scores
Lauren Hansen 49
Deziree Nath 56
Abigail Anderson 61
Perceyis Trierweiler 62
Kiesli Smith 63
Averill Sehr 69
Worthington girls’ scores
Madison Beckmann 50
Lily Mahlberg 50
Claire Mahlberg 54
Ellie Weg 54
Mia Nixon 54
Tarren Spartz 55
LHS at Big South: West Division Event
The Luverne boys’ golf team played in a Big South Division Event at the Pipestone golf course Monday, April 24, where they took second place out of six schools.
Marshall captured first place with a combined score of 154. Luverne was second with 154, Windom was third with 159, Pipestone was fourth with 173, Worthington was fifth with 174 and Redwood Valley placed sixth with 175.
“We played very well overall. It was back and forth with us and Marshall all round,” Sichmeller said.
“Their No. 1 player holed out from the bunker on the last hole for birdie that got them the win.”
The top four players’ scores from each team were used to calculate the team’s total score.
Luverne boys’ scores
Henry Hartquist 35
Owen Sudenga 38
Brady Bork 39
Tyler Arends. 42
Levi Gonnerman 44
Will Bergman 47
The Luverne girls played in a Big South Division Event April 24 in Worthington where they placed fourth out of four teams.
“There is tremendous potential with this crew,” Nowatzki said.
“We have to clean up a few things and just try to avoid those big numbers.”
Redwood Valley placed first with a score of 185, Worthington was second with 206, Marshall was third with 210 and Luverne was fourth with 230.
Luverne girls’ scores
Lauren Hansen 46
Deziree Nath 59
Perceyis Trierweiler 62
Kiesli Smith 63
Abigail Anderson 67
Mallory Von Tersch 69