By John RittenhouseThe Luverne golf teams participated in the first Southern Minnesota Alliance Invitational staged at different courses in Fairmont Saturday.The Alliance, which consists of teams from the Southwest and South Central Conferences, attracted all 13 schools to its first golf invitational on a cold and windy day.SWC teams earned bragging rights at event’s end as the Marshall girls won the team championship at Interlaken Country Club, and the Jackson County Central boys claimed the team championship at Rose Lake Country Club.The Luverne girls placed fifth and the boys eighth in their respective fields.Nikki Van Dyk led the LHS girls by shooting a 92. She placed sixth in the individual standings.Brittany Boeve, Alyssa Klein and Jessica Klein added 95-, 97- and 108-stroke rounds to Luverne’s team tally. Lindsey Severtson and Kaia Nowatzki shot 111- and 126-stroke scores without influencing the team effort.New Ulm’s Morgan Hagedorn shot a 90 to win the individual title for the girls.Andy Haakenson set the pace for LHS by shooting an 88 in boys’ competition.David Nelson carded a 90, while Kirk Oldre and Dan Hup rounded out the scoring with 97s. Skyler Hoiland and Grant Oldre turned in 103s without impacting the scoring.New Ulm’s Jim Fromm won the individual crown with a 74.Girls team standings: Marshall 379, Blue Earth Area 382, Windom 385, Fairmont 391, Luverne 392, NU 394, Worthington 411, Waseca 423, JCC 437, Redwood Valley 444, St. Peter 446, Pipestone 453, St. James 514.Boys team standings: JCC 337, Marshall 338, NU 340, Pipestone 348, BEA 351, RWV 363, Windom 365, Luverne 372, Fairmont 373, Waseca 379, Worthington 365, SP 382, SJ 410.