ALEXANDRIA — The Minnewaska girls golf team took second and Willmar tied for sixth place Wednesday in an invitational at Alexandria Golf Club.

Minnewaska carded a 327 to finish five strokes behind team champion Detroit Lakes. Willmar and Brainerd each shot 366 in the 13-team tournament.

Willmar’s Lucia Martin Rodriguez lines up a putt on the No. 9 green at the Alexandria Golf Club on April 30, 2025.

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Wayzata’s Lauren Chambs placed first with a 74. Minnewaska’s Ava Kollman tied for second with Bri Brandt of Legacy Christian Academy. Each shot 78s.

Annika DeBoer placed seventh with an 81 and Arivia DeBoer tied for eighth with an 82.

Minnewaska’s Arivia DeBoer hits a tee shot towards the “Minnesota Hole,” the par 3 7th hole, at the Alexandria Golf Club on April 30, 2025.

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Willmar’s Lucia Martin Rodriguez tied for 14th with an 84. Kennedy Mara was tied for 24th at 88.

The meet was called late because of gun shots being heard on the course, according to the Alexandria Echo Press. No one was injured and Alexandria police were investigating the incident.

Willmar competes Thursday in Brainerd.

Minnewaska’s Kyra Nelson lines up a putt on the No. 2 green at the Alexandria Golf Club on April 30, 2025.

Sam Stuve / Alexandria Echo Press

(1) Detroit Lakes 322 … (2) Minnewaska 327 … (3) Wayzata 334 … (4) Alexandria 345 … (5) Moorhead 347 … (T6) Brainerd 366 … (T6) Willmar 366 … (T8) Legacy Christian Academy 367 … (T8) Sartell 367 … (10) Park Christian 373 … (11) Bemidji 376 … (12) Rogers 377 … (13) St. Cloud Crush 379

TOP FIVE — (1) Lauren Chambs, Wayzata, 74 … (T2) Bri Brandt, Legacy Christian Academy, 78 … (T2) Ava Kollman, Minnewaska, 78 … (4) Sophie Christianson, Detroit Lakes, 79 … (T5) Jaycie Sliper, Detroit Lakes, 80 … (T5) Sydney Miller, Detroit Lakes, 80

MINNEWASKA — (T2) Av. Kollman … (7) Annika DeBoer 81 … (T8) Arivia DeBoer 82 … (T19) Anna Kollman 86 … (T27) Kyra Nelson 89 … (T66) Michaela Johnson 102

WILLMAR — (T14) Lucia Martin Rodriguez 84 … (T24) Kennedy Mara 88 … (T51) Lily Jorgenson 97 … (T51) Avery Olson 97 … (T51) Raelynn Means 97 … (T66) Lyza Gustafson 102

The Sauk Rapids boys earned a victory by six strokes over Morris/Chokio-Alberta in the Sauk Centre Invitational at Greystone Golf Club.

Sauk Rapids shot a 317 to beat Morris/CA’s 323. Litchfield finished eighth with a 361 in the 12-team tournament at Greystone Golf Club. Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City’s 373 was good for ninth. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa took 10th with a 379 and BOLD finished 11th with a 402.

Morris/CA senior Charlie Hanson won medalist honors with a 1-under-par 71. Teammate Landen Gibson placed second with a 76. Litchfield’s Carsten Milender tied for 8th with an 81.

(1) Sauk Rapids 317 … (2) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 323 … (3) Albany 328 … (4) Melrose 350 … (5) St. Cloud 353 … (6) Sauk Centre 353 … (7) Pierz 359 … (8) Litchfield 361 … (9) Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City 373 … (10) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 379 … (11) BOLD 402 … (12) Osakis 406

TOP FIVE — (1) Charlie Hanson, Morris/CA, 71 … (2) Landen Gibson, Morris/CA, 76 … (T3) Sam Gruber, SR, 77 … (T3) Blake Silbernick, A, 77 … (T5) Brayden Johnson, SC, 79 … (T5) Bryden Prelvitz, SR, 79 … (T5) Jackson Dhein, SR, 79

ACGC — (T12) Bode Brekke 84 … (T35) Braxton Kragenbring 93 … (T40) Austin Quale 95 … (T53) Prestan Lilleberg 101 … (T57) Jacob Meyer 102 … (T61) Joseph Gratz 104

BBE — (18) Walker Winter 85 … (T35) Jaxxon Koetter 93 … (T44) Owen Roering 96 … (T63) Mason Eckstein 105 … (T63) Hudson Reed 105 … (T67) Cooper Roering 109

BOLD — (T23) Brock Beckler 88 … (T53) Brecken Erickson 101 … (T61) Nate Jacobs 104 … (T67) Adler Watson 109 … (71) Carson Bremseth 112 … (72) Connor Elfering 113

LITCHFIELD — (T8) Carstan Milender 81 … (T12) Judah Allen 84 … (47) Kaleb Wald 97 … (T51) Evan Behnke 99 … (T57) Brandon Jansky 102 … (70) Eli Capistrant 110

Tom Elliott has been the sports editor at the West Central Tribune since September 2019.
Contact him at telliott@wctrib.com or leave a message at 320-235-1150.



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