Girls' golf: Boysen leads West Central Area, Janu leads Minnewaska

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Tiffany Boysen led the West Central Area girls’ golf team to a seventh-place finish at the Hawley Invite last Thursday.

Boysen shot a 54 as the Knights finished with a team score of 237. Marissa Hayward shot a 56, while Katie Larkin and Hunter McKenzie shot a 59 and 68 to round out the top four scorers for WCA.

HAWLEY INVITE

TEAM SCORES – 1. Pelican Rapids – 185; 2. Perham – 204; 3. DGF – 205; 4. Barnesville – 218; 5. Hawley-UH – 226; 6. Frazee – 231; 7. WCA – 237; 8. Breckenridge – Inc.

WCA SCORES – Hayward – 56; Boysen – 54; Larkin – 59; Morgan Grove – 70; Vessa Bumgardner – 77; Hunter – 68

Boysen leads knights

West Central Area’s Tiffany Boysen posted a round of 47 to pace the Knight girls’ golf team in its seventh place finish at Frazee Tuesday.

“Tiffany Boysen was very excited about her game,” said head coach Kari Kreft. “She averaged a bogey round, which is great. She was just out of the running for a medal with her 47.”

The Knights also got rounds of 58 from Marissa Hayward and Katie Larkin.

“Katie broke into the 50s again and managed to take another stroke off her game,” said Kreft. “We would love to see that continue. It is fun to see her feeling confident about her golf game.”

West Central Area was without the services of Morgan Grove and McKenzie Hunter. Filling those spots were Vessa Bumgardner with a 69 and Hailey Kreft at 73.

“It was fun to see some others step up to the bat,” said the Knight coach. “Vessa is making good, steady contact with the ball.”

HEART O’ LAKES CONFERENCE GIRLS’ GOLF

TEAM SCORES – 1. Pelican Rapids 179, 2. Perham 182, 3. Hawley-Ulen-Hitterdal 210, 4. Barnesville 212, 5. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 215, 6. Frazee 224, 7. West Central Area 232, 8. Breckenridge 269.

MEDALIST – Rachel Nelson, Perham, 39.

WEST CENTRAL AREA RESULTS – Tiffany Boysen 47, Marissa Hayward 58, Katie Larkin 58, Vessa Bumgardner 69, Hailey Kreft 73.

Lakers fourth

For the first time this season, Minnewaska did not win a golf meet, finishing fourth at the Alexandria Invitational last week.

Alexis Guggisberg led the Laker contingent, finishing sixth with a score of 79, followed by teammate Ellen Stensrud with 80.

ALEXANDRIA INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES – Detroit Lakes 320, Red Wing 332, Wayzata 332, Minnewaska 337, St. Cloud Apollo 340, Alexandria Black 348, St. Cloud Tech 349, Chanhassen 351, Rocori 360, Moorhead 386, Fergus Falls 387, Osakis 396, Albany 406, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 410, Sartell 410, Alexandria Red 466, Sauk Rapids 525, Melrose 527.

MEDALIST – Sarah Burnham, Wayzata, 69.

MINNEWASKA SCORES – Alexis Guggisberg 79, Ellen Stensrud 80, Jenna Janu 87 Brianna Janu 91, Ashlyn Guggisberg 93, Ariel Ostrander 120.

Waska first

Minnewaska improved its lead in the West Central North Conference to three points after winning its third consecutive girls’ golf outing.

The Lakers, led by freshman Jenna Janu’s medalist performance of 39, outdistanced themselves from second place Albany by 23 strokes.

Ashlyn Guggisberg and Ellen Stensrud each had rounds of 42, with Alexis Guggisberg finishing off the scoring with a 43.

WEST CENTRAL NORTH

CONFERENCE GIRLS’ GOLF

TEAM SCORING – 1. Minnewaska 166, 2. Albany 189, 3. New London-Spicer 200, 4. Sauk Centre 216, 5. Paynesville 226, 6. Melrose 283.

MEDALIST – Jenna Janu, Min, 39.

MINNEWASKA – Jenna Janu 39, Ashlyn Guggisberg 42, Ellen Stensrud 42, Alexis Guggisberg 43

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