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The Luverne golf teams competed in three meets last week.
They hosted the Southwest Christian-Edgerton boys and girls on May 3 when the Cardinal boys won 166-204 and the girls shot an impressive 188 in a meet with an incomplete SWC team.
The LHS boys placed third and the girls were fifth in Fairmont Saturday when sophomore Henry Hartquist claimed an individual victory.
In Big South West Division play Monday, the LHS girls were fourth in Windom and the boys were second in Worthington.
Both teams will compete in the Big South Conference championship meet on Monday at Dacotah Ridge Golf Club in Morton.
Luverne vs. Southwest Christian-Edgerton
The Cardinal boys’ and girls’ golf teams hosted the Southwest Christian-Edgerton Warriors in a nine-hole meet on Tuesday, May 3.
The LHS boys defeated the SWC Warriors 166-204.
Henry Hartquist earned medalist honors with an even par round of 36. Junior Brady Bork also had a strong showing for the Cardinals with a round of 38. Tyler Arends shot a 45 and Owen Sudenga a 47 to complete the Luverne scoring.
Also competing for Luverne were Levi Gonnerman (49) and Colin Schoeneman (49). Jared
Fischer led the Warriors with a round of 44.
The LHS girls fired their best score of the season, a 188, against an incomplete SWC-Edgerton team.
Leading the way for the girls was senior Morgan Gonnerman, who shot a 44 to earn medalist honors at the meet.
Junior Lauren Hansen shot a 46 for Luverne and fellow junior Jocelynn Mann scored a 48.
Also scoring for Luverne was senior Cheyenne Schutz, who carded a 50 for the event.
Perceyis Trierweiler (52) and Mallory Nelson (59) also competed for the Cardinals.
SWC-Edgerton’s Brielle Vis registered a score of 45.
Fairmont Invitational
The Luverne boys’ team placed third out of 12 teams Saturday at Rose Lake Golf Club in Fairmont.
The Cardinals shot a 336 in the meet that was ultimately won by St. Peter with a team score of 325.
The Cardinals were paced by Hartquist, who shot a round of 75 to claim medalist honors for the meet.
“Henry played a solid round overall,” said Cardinal boys’ coach John Sichmeller.
“His round was starting to slip away, but he hit a couple of clutch putts late in the round to save himself. This was a really good field of players and to come out on top as the individual champion should give Henry a lot of confidence as we get close to playoff time.”
Bork also played well for the Cardinals with a 79 to claim fifth place. Arends and Sudenga fired a pair of 91s to contribute to the team score for Luverne. Schoeneman (95) and Gonnerman (99) also competed for the Cardinals.
The Cardinal girls’ team played across town at Interlaken Golf Club. The girls shot a team score of 426 to place fifth out of seven teams at the event. Fairmont won the tournament with a score of 367.
Gonnerman had the best score for the girls with a score of 102. Also scoring for the Cardinals were Schutz (103), Hansen (109), and Mann (112).
Makayla Huisman shot a 114 and Nelson scored a 121 for Luverne.
Big South West Division
The LHS girls competed in the third of four Big South Conference events on Monday in Windom.
The girls shot a team score of 416 to place fourth overall in the event. Redwood Valley came out on top with a 352.
Gonnerman shot a team best 95 to finish in sixth place individually. Hansen (99), Schutz (106), and Mann (116) all contributed to the team scoring for the Cardinals.
Nelson (117) and Trierweiler (121) also participated in the meet for Luverne
“It was nice to play in decent weather today. We struggled a bit with getting the speed of the greens down,” said Luverne girls’ golf coach Chris Nowatzki.
“We are hoping to iron out a few kinks this week as we prepare for some big events coming up. There’s a lot of potential in this group and I’m eager to see how they respond.”
On the boys’ side the Cardinals finished second out of the six teams in the division. Marshall shot a team score of 329 to best the Luverne score of 337 on a windy day at the Worthington Country Club.
Leading the way for the Cardinals once again was Hartquist, who shot an 80 to place second individually at the meet. Bork carded a round of 82 which placed him third overall. Arends (87) and Schoeneman (88) also contributed toward the Luverne team score.
Sudenga (90) and Gonnerman (96) also competed for the Cardinals.