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Girls repeat in sub-section golf

By John RittenhouseOne team and two individuals from the Star Herald coverage area extended their seasons during the Sub-Section 10 Golf Championships staged in Tyler Tuesday.The 37-8 Luverne girls repeated as team champions of the event, punching their ticket to the Section 3A Championships scheduled for Friday in Marshall.Adrian’s Kelly Banck and Luverne’s Andy Haakenson advance to the section meet as individual qualifiers.The LHS girls, who won the Southwest Conference team title Friday, claimed their 11th sub-section crown in the last 12 years in dominating fashion. The Cardinals outscored second place Fulda (369-387) by 18 shots. Adrian (402), Murray County Central (409), Pipestone (416), Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (448) and Southwest Christian (450) round out the field.Alyssa Klein led the Cardinals to victory by shooting an 86, which was good for second place in the individual standings.Nikki Van Dyk, Lindsey Severtson and Brittany Boeve contributed 93-, 94- and 96-stroke rounds to the winning team effort. Jessica Klein and Kaia Nowatzki shot 98- and 117-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.Adrian’s 37-8 team season came to an end Monday, but AHS senior Banck earned the right to play in Marshall individually (the winning team and the five individual players not on the winning team advance to the section event in sub-section competition.)Banck shot an 89 to lock up the second individual qualifying position.Jenni McCann and Jessica Loosbrock added 104-stroke efforts to Adrian’s third-place finish in the team standings, while Kim Gades chipped in a 105. Dawn Bullerman and Brittany Loosbrock shot 108- and 131-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.Pipestone won the boys’ team title by outscoring second-place Luverne 310-328, ending a 16-34 team season for the Cards. SWC (340), Sioux Valley-Round Lake-Brewster (347), Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth (347) and T-M-B (349) capped the field.Haakenson shot a three-over-par 75 to capture the top individual qualifying spot for the section meet.Kirk Oldre shot an 83 for LHS, while David Nelson and Skyler Hoiland added 85s to the team effort. Daniel Hup and Grant Oldre shot 87- and 88-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.H-BC-E’s 1-14-1 season came to an end Monday.Jason Martens led the Patriots with an 84. Adam Finke and Tom Scholten carded 87s, while Travis Broesder capped the team scoring with an 89. Andrew Scholten and Grant Hoogendoorn shot 102s without contributing to the team effort.

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