The Luverne boys’ golf team played in the first round of the Section 3AA Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 26, at Buffalo Lake Golf Club in Oakdale.
The Cardinals shot a team score of 325 to place fourth out of 16 teams in the tournament.
The top five teams in the section advance to Round 2 on Wednesday, June 1. New London-Spicer currently sits at the top of the leaderboard after shooting a team score of 311 on Day 1.
“Our goal coming in was to be one of the five teams moving on to Day 2 and we accomplished that,” said Luverne boys’ coach John Sichmeller.
“It was a cold and windy day, and we were still able to shoot our lowest team score of the year. If we can have a good day in Round 2, you never know what can happen.”
Leading the Cardinals was sophomore Owen Sudenga, who shot a 76 to place him tied for third individually and only one stroke off the tournament lead.
“Owen had a rough start to the season but he is starting to play some really good golf. It has been fun to see him figure things out and play the way that we know he can,” said coach Sichmeller.
Sophomore Henry Hartquist had a solid round for the Cardinals as well with a 78 to tie for 10th place individually. Junior Brady Bork fired an 82 and senior Colin Schoeneman shot an 89 to contribute to the Luverne team score. Also competing for Luverne were freshman Levi Gonnerman (100) and sophomore Tyler Arends (101).
The winning team after Round 2 and the Top 5 individuals will advance to the state meet later this month.
The LHS girls’ team had round one postponed due to weather and was scheduled to compete Tuesday, May 31, after the Star Herald press time.
Top teams and individuals from Round 1 will move to Round 2 the following day.