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Due to inclement weather, the Luverne and Hills-Beaver Creek golf teams haven’t competed in as many meets to open the season as they had hoped.
On Thursday, April 15, the two Rock County teams squared off at the Luverne Country Club.
The Luverne boys topped H-BC 167-200. On the girls’ side of things, it was Luverne defeating H-BC 210-241.
For the Cardinals, Henry Hartquist finished atop the boys’ leaderboard by shooting a 40.
Luverne’s Brady Bork finished one stroke behind Hartquist, with a final score of 41.
Luverne’s Owen Sudenga and Cooper Arends both shot a 43.
Colin Schoeneman shot a 47 for the Cardinals.
Thomas Dysthe was H-BC’s top golfer with a final score of 48.
Jacob Axness finished with a score of 49 for the Patriots.
Tyler Arends and Dallas Page both shot a 50 for H-BC.
On the girls’ side of things, it was Luverne’s Paige Sandbulte leading the way with a score of 48.
A pair of H-BC golfers finished right behind Sandbulte. Hannah Fick and Tess Van Maanen both shot a 49.
“Hannah and Tess had a good first meet,” H-BC coach Dan Ellingson said. “Both will consistently be at or below bogey golf the entire season. As our number three, four and five golfers get more experience, we hope to be around 220 as a team and eventually get below 220 by the end of the season.”
Cheyenne Schutz and Morgan Gonnerman both finished with a score of 53 to finish tied for fourth place.
Three golfers for H-BC were competing in their first varsity meet. Mackenzie Voss shot a 70. Tara Paulsen shot a 73 and Danette Leenderts shot an 87.
“Mackenzie, Tara, and Danette had never played in a golf meet before,” Ellingson said. “They did very well considering their inexperience.”