For the first time in program history, the Hills-Beaver Creek girls’ golf team advanced to the second day of the section tournament.
After shooting a 472 on Day 1 of the section tournament, the Patriots shot a 464 on Wednesday, June 2, in Worthington.
The Patriots finished third overall with a final two-day score of 936.
Adrian took home first place with a final team score of 826.
Heron Lake-Okabena finished in second place with a score of 848.
Westbrook-Walnut Grove was fourth with a score of 1,027.
H-BC’s Tess Van Maanen just missed qualifying for the state tournament with a score of 202.
Van Maanen missed the cut by one stroke, as Russell-Tyler-Ruthton’s Shae O’Leary made the cut with a score of 201.
Hannah Fick finished the two-day tournament with a final score of 229. Fick shot a 119 on the first day and a 110 on Day 2 of the tournament.
Tara Paulsen shot a 123 on both days of the tournament to finish with a final score of 246.
Mackenzie Voss shot a 135 to finish with a final score of 239.
Danette Leenderts shot a 138, after shooting a 128 the first day of the tournament.
Minneota’s Lauren Bowyer was the top individual performer with a final score of 181.
For the boys, H-BC’s Thomas Dysthe and Ethan Kruger reached Day 2 of the tournament.
Dysthe missed the bid for the state tournament by four strokes.
After shooting a 96 on Day 1, the H-BC senior shot a 90 on Day 2 to finish with an overall score of 186.
Kruger shot a 127 on Day 2 after shooting a 99 on Day 1 of the tournament.
Hunter Schmidt of Martin County West and Brock Henning of Adrian tied for the top spot with a score of 164.
Adrian finished as the top team with a final overall score of 735.