Golden Gopher Golf Spectacular Fundraiser

Thursday, June 21, Perham Lakeside Golf Course

Gross Scores

T-1.  59— Kurt Nelson, Jay Anderson, Shane Hendrickson, Kelly Nelson

T-1.  59—  John Paulson, Jeff Brown, Paul Huenke, Charlie Larson

T-2.   60— Gerry Hall, John Samuelson, Tom Hanson, Tony Satter

T-2.   60— Matt Hanson, Mike Guehna, Nick Kalina, Bobby Kalina

T-2.   60— Vern Schnathorst, Steve Sundby, Tanner Schnathorst, Austin Rusness

Net Scores

1.   47.9— John Bennett II,  John Bennett III, Jerry Rogers, Bernie Bergrath

2.   48.0— Scott Bjerke, Ehren Zimmerman, Craig Samuelson, Mike Peterson

3.   50.0— Steve Brown, Lowell Roisum, Kathy Roisum, Amy Brown

2.   51.0— Tim Birkeland, Nick Nyhus, Becky Nyhus, Michele Baker

The University of Minnesota ‘Golden Gopher Spectacular’ will be Thursday, June 21 at Perham Lakeside Golf Course.  The 4-person scramble will cost $125 per golfer.  Registration begins at 11 a.m. with a banquet starting at 12 p.m.  The shotgun start to the golf tournament will be at 1:15 p.m.

Several Gopher coaches and athletes will be in attendance. 

To register, call Nick Anderson at 218-346-6070, or e-mail: nanderson@perhamlakeside.com

The Frazee girls golf team handed out their awards after the Frazee Golf Fundraiser Scramble this past Saturday at Frazee Golf Course. The team cut their scoring average by an amazing 44 shots per 9 holes from a season ago.

Letter winners included: Brittany Lormis, Maddisan Parsons, Sydney Dahlgren, Alexis Parsons, Mary Tychsen, Becky Karasch, Cara Roers.

Academic Award winners with GPA above a 3.0: Brittany Lormis, Maddisan Parsons, Alexis Parsons, Mary Tychsen, Cara Roers, Shayna Rodeman.

Heart O’Lakes All-Conference: Alexis Parsons.

Team Awards:

Most Improved Golfer: Becky Karasch.                   

Most Valuable Golfer: Alexis Parsons.

Section Qualifiers: Becky Karasch, Alexis Parsons.

Frazee’s Beau Hanson finished in a tie for 3^rd place overall in the Class A State Tournament at Pebble Creek G.C. in Becker.  The Hornet senior finished with a 151 (77-74).  He finished strong, shooting a 34 on his final 9 holes in Wednesday’s final round.

Cordell Weber, a sophomore from Martin County West, won the Class A State Championship with a 144 (71-73).  Sam Eisenhuth, another sophomore from Northeast Range, was the runner-up with a 1445 (73-72). 

Hanson tied with Aaron Walzak, a freshman from Mountain Lake Christian, and Cass Lake-Bena senior Dakotah Brunelle.

Hanson was making his 4th State Tournament appearance.  He finished 4th in 2009 as a freshman in the Class AA Tournament with a 149.  He won the 2010 Class A State Championship with a 1-day total of 71.  The 2nd day of competition was canceled that year due to weather.  Last year, Hanson finished in a 4-way tie for 3rd place with a 151.  He will golf at Odessa College in Texas next year.

Frazee senior Zack Ziegler finished in a tie for 49^th place with a 2-day total of 173 (89-84)

Perham junior Rachel Nelson finished in a tie for 36^th place in the Class AA Girl’s Tournament with a 2-day total of 177 (91-86).  Detroit Lakes ran away with Class AA girls team title with a 619, led by 8^th grader Kate Smith, who won medalist honors with a 4-under par 140, a girl’s State record.

Click HERE for the full Class A boy’s results.

Click HERE for the full Class AA girl’s results.

The Detroit Lakes golf teams are the class of Class AA in Minnesota.  Both the Laker boys and girls captured Class AA State Championships Wednesday at Ridges at Sand Creek G.C. in Jordan.

The Detroit Lakes girls continued their dominating season all the way through to a Class AA State Championship this week at Ridges at Sand Creek G.C. in Jordan.  The Lady Lakers took a 27-stroke lead into the 2nd day of competition Wednesday.  They closed out the tournament by outshooting the field by 8 strokes, finishing with a 2-day total of 619 (308-311).  Minnewaska Area was a distant 2^nd with a 654 (335-319), followed by St. Croix Lutheran in 3^rd (691).

Laker 8^th grader Kate Smith won the Class AA Individual Championship with a 4-under par 140 (70-70), a Class AA record and tied for the all-time lowest girl’s score at a State Tournament (Katie Detlefsen, Minnehaha Academy, 2006).  She is the youngest girl’s State Champion, and the 1^st individual State Champion from Detroit Lakes.

Smith was 9 strokes ahead of runner-up Kourtney Williams of Becker, who finished with a 149 (77-72).  Williams, a senior, was also the runner-up last year.  Smith finished 5^th as a 7^th grader last year.

Next up for the Lakers was sophomore Trisa Hutchinson, who finished 4^th with a 154 (77-77).  Matty Tschider, another sophomore, finished tied for 10^th with a 162 (80-82).  Sophomore Natalie Roth was tied for 17^th with a 165 (83-82),  Courtney Hedstrom, the team’s only senior, finished 20^th with a 166 (81-85), and freshman Sydney Busker finished 23^rd with a 170 (86-84).

It’s the 2^nd State Championship for the Lady Lakers.  They also won the title in 2006. D.L. was the runner-up last year with a 658, as Red Wing won the title with a 641.  Detroit Lakes was also named the State Academic Champions for 2012.

Click HERE for the full Class AA girl’s results.

The Detroit Lakes golf teams are the class of Class AA in Minnesota.  Both the Laker boys and girls captured Class AA State Championships Wednesday at Ridges at Sand Creek G.C. in Jordan.

The Detroit Lakes boy’s won their 2^nd straight State Championship, and 3^rd overall (they also won in 2008) by holding off Hermantown.  The Lakers were in 1^st place after the 1^st day of competition on Tuesday with a 291, 3 strokes ahead of Staples-Motley, and 11 ahead of Hermantown. 

But Hermantown had the best round of the day on Wednesday, a 300.  That, combined with D.L.’s 310, made things interesting down the stretch, but the Lakers held on, finishing with a 2-day total of 601 to take the title.  Hermantown finished with a 602, followed by Staples-Motley in 3^rd place with a 607.

D.L. won last year’s title with a 606 (302-304).

Hermantown did have the individual champion, as Taylor Sundbom, a senior, took the title with a 142 (73-69).  D.L. junior Karter Smith was the runner-up with a 145 (67-78).  The defending Class AA champ, Max Duetz of Marshall, finished 5^th with a 147.  Marshall, last year’s team runner-up, finished 5^th with a 617.

The Lakers Michael Herzog finished in a tie for 7^th place with a 149 (76-73), followed by Tyler Baukol in a tie for 16^th with a 152 (71-81).  Austin Rusness was the team’s 4^th scoring golfer, finishing in a tie for 36^th with a 158 (80-78).

Click HERE for the full Class AA boy’s results.

The Detroit Lakes Lady Laker golf team has a commanding lead after the 1^st day of the Class AA State Tournament at Ridges at Sand Creek G.C. in Jordan.  The Lakers shot a 308 on the 1^st day Tuesday and will take a 27-stroke lead into Wednesday’s 2^nd round.  Minnewaska Area is a distant 2^nd with a 335.

Eighth grader Kate Smith is the 1^st day leader with a round of 70 (37-33).  Minnewaska senior Brianna Janu of Minnewaska was in 2^nd place with a 75.

The Lakers other scoring golfers were:  Trisa Hutchinson (T-4^th, 41-36—77);  Matty Tschieder (T-8^th, 40-40—80);  Courtney Hedstrom (T-10^th, 41-40—81);  Natalie Roth (T-17^th, 41-42—83);  and Sydney Busker (T-29^th, 47-39—86).

Perham’s Rachel Nelson is in a tie for 44^th place after the 1^st round with a 91 (49-42).

Click HERE for full results.

The Detroit Lakes boy’s and girls both defended their Section 8AA titles Monday at Longbow G.C. in Walker and will return to State, along with Perham’s Rachel Nelson.

The Laker boys, the defending Class AA State Champs, returned to State with a 1^st place score of 308.  Fergus Falls was 2^nd with a 313, followed by Perham in 3^rd with a 315.

Austin Rusness, a junior, led the D.L. boys with a 3^rd place finish with a 74.  Karter Smith, another junior was tied for 4^th with a 75.  Michael Herzog was next for the Lakers with a 78, followed by Tyler Baukol and Nate Bausman with 81’s. 

D.L. will be making their 8^th overall trip to State, and will be looking for their 3^rd title overall (2008, 2011)

Perham senior’s Dan Cavanagh and Evan Arvig missed a chance to qualify for State by 1-stroke with 78’s.  Senior Toby Curtis and junior Nick Kalina both had 79’s.

Girls

The Laker girls returned to State with a 309 Monday at Longbow.  They finished a dominating 69 strokes ahead of 2^nd place Thief River Falls (378).  The Lady Jackets finished 3^rd with a 387.

D.L. golfers finished in the top-4 spots individually. Eighth grader Kate Smith earned medalist honors with a 75.  Natalie Roth, a sophomore, was the runner-up with a 75.  Trisa Hutchinson and Matty Tschider, both sophomores, finished tied for 3^rd with 79’s.

The Lady Lakers finished 2^nd at State last year.  They are making their 5^th State appearance overall, and will be looking for their 2^nd championship (2006).  Smith was the team’s top finisher at State last year, tying for 5^th place with a 159.  Hutchinson was tied for 14^th with a 164,  Roth finished 17^th (166), and Tschider tied for 19^th (169).

Perham junior Rachel Nelson will be making her 1^st trip to State.  She finished 7^th overall with an 88.  Eighth grader Becca Huus shot a 92 for the Lady Jackets, followed by junior Destiny Mitchell (98) and sophomore Michaela Soule (109).

The Class AA State Tournament will be held at Ridges at Sand Creek G.C. in Jordan June 12-13.  Girl’s tee times will start on hole No. 1 and No. 10 at 7:30 a.m.  Boy’s will tee off on No. 1 and No. 10 at 11:40 a.m.

The Frazee boy’s golf team will send a pair of individuals to the State Class A Golf Meet.  Hornet senior’s Beau Hanson and Zack Ziegler will compete at Becker’s Pebble Creek G.C. June 12-13. 

Hanson won the Section 6A Individual Championship Monday at Pebble Lake G.C. in Fergus Falls with an even-par 72.  Hanson shot par on all 18 holes.  The 4-time Heart O’ Lakes Conference Champion will be making his 4^th trip to State.  He finished 4^th in 2009 as a freshman in the Class AA Tournament with a 149.  He won the 2010 Class A State Championship with a 1-day total of 71.  The 2^nd day of competition was canceled that year due to weather.  Last year, Hanson finished in a 4-way tie for 3^rd place with a 151.

Ziegler finished in 3^rd place overall at Monday’s 6A Championship with an 82.  He competed in his 1^st State Tournament last year, finishing tied for 30^th with a 168. 

Ziegler will tee off at 12:52 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12 on Pebble Creek’s ‘Red’ Course.  Hanson will tee off at 1:10 p.m. on the ‘White’ Course.

Mahnomen won the team title with a score of 339.  Otter Tail Central was a distant 2^nd with a 347.

In the 6A Girl’s Championship, Barnesville won the team title with a 403, 5 strokes better than Lake Park Audubon’s 408.  Barnesville’s Sami Hammer earned medalist honors with a 92.

Frazee freshman Alexis Parsons finished in 15^th place overall with a 107.  Sophomore Becky Karasch finished 17^th with a 109.

The Frazee boy’s golf team will not have a chance to repeat as Section 6A champs after the South Sub-Section Meet Friday at Pebble Lake Golf Club in Fergus Falls.  The Hornets boy’s finished in 4^th place with a 350. 

The top-2 teams from the sub-section advance to the Section Championship June 4 at Pebble Lake G.C. The top-6 individuals outside of the golfers from the qualifying teams also advance to the section finals.

Pillager won the boy’s team title with a 334.  Otter Tail Central was 2^nd with a 346, just ahead of Park Christian (347) with the Hornets 4 strokes behind OTC.

Frazee did have the top-2 individuals as Beau Hanson earned medalist honors with a 76, and teammate Zack Ziegler taking 2^nd with a 79.  Both seniors will advance as individuals to the 6A Championship June 4.

The Lady Hornets will also have 2 golfers advance to the 6A Championship. Becky Karasch, a sophomore, finished 6^th overall with a 103, and freshman Alexis Parsons tied for 10^th with a 105. As a team, Frazee finished in 6^th place with a 446, minus one of their top golfers, Mary Tychsen, who was unable to participate.

“Good day for our girls with Becky and Alexis advancing,” head coach Dave Conzemius said.  “We were shorthanded without our second best player (Tychsen).  With her, we would have been in the mix as a team as well.”

Barnesville won the South Sub-Section girl’s team title with a 414.  Nevis finished in 2^nd place with a 427. 

Janelle Kappes of Ada-Borup/Norman County West was the medalist with a round of 91.