McGREGOR — Pine River-Backs senior Isaiah Aulie shaved seven strokes off his opening round 85, to fire a 78 Wednesday, May 27, and place third in the Section 7-1A Tournament at Minnesota National Golf Course.
Aulie jumped up six spots thanks to a relatively quiet round of 40-38. He posted just one double bogey, his opening hole, and added four bogeys and 13 pars for his 78 to advance to the Class 1A State Tournament for a third straight season.
Younger brother Brady Aulie placed 32nd with a 194 and Connor Mink placed 39th for the Tigers.
Team scores: 1-Duluth Marshall 328-336 — 664, 2-Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 326-339 — 665, 3-North Woods 345-352 — 698, 4-Stella Maris Academy 366-386 752, 5-Cass Lake-Bena 372-389 — 761
Individual medalist: Bennett Scissions (Duluth Marshall) 75-75 — 150
Pine River-Backus results: 3-Isaiah Aulie 85-78 — 163, 32-Brady Aulie 98-96 — 194, 39-Connor Mink 97-105 — 202
Next: Pine River-Backus in Class 1A State Tournament at Pebble Creek Golf Club, Becker, Tuesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 10.
BIWABIK — Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin’s Matt Prethish shot a 15th-place 81 to lead his team to ninth place after the opening round of the Section 7-2A Tournament Wednesday, May 27, at The Quarry at Giants Ridge.
Prethish will be joined by seniors Bennett Sadlowsky and Caleb Smith in Thursday’s final round. Sadlowsky shot an 84 to land in 30th and Smith was 33rd with an 85.
Team scores: 1-Rock Ridge 306, 2-Hermantown 318, 3-North Branch 320, 4t-Two Harbors 335, 4t-International Falls 335, 6-Proctor-Esko 336, 7t-Cloquet 338, 7t-Hibbing 338, 9-Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin 339, 10-Greenway/Nashwauk-Keewatin 340, 11-Pine City 366, 12-Mesabi East 371, 13-Moose Lake-Willow River 377, 14-Mora 385
First-round leader: Graeme Harvey (Rock Ridge) 74, Cal Scott (Rock Ridge) 74, Nicholas Melvin (North Branch) 74
Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin results: 15-Matt Prethish 81, 3-Bennett Sadlowsky 84, 33-Caleb Smith 85, Louie Meyer 89, Quin Crowther 90, Derek Berg 115
Next: Crosby-Ironton/Aitkin in Section 7-2A Final Round at The Quarry at Giants Ridge, Biwabik, Thursday, May 28.
Carr drives Flyers to 3rd
EAST GULL LAKE — Peyton Carr matched his three bogeys with three birdies to shoot an even-par 71 and lead the Little Falls Flyers to third place Wednesday, May 27, in the Cardinal Invite at Cragun’s Legacy Courses.
Carr birdied the third, 16th and 18th for his even-par round. Teammate Bode Kapsner was 15th with a 79 and Dawson Carr placed 18th.
Pequot Lakes, led by Tollef Birkeland’s 6-over 77, placed fourth. Nathan Cekalla finished eighth with a 76 to pace the Pierz Pioneers to fifth.
Thomas Johnson shot a 78 to lead the host Staples-Motley Cardinals to sixth and the Pillager Huskies tied for ninth with Melrose as Parker Pallansch tied Johnson’s 78 for 11th.
Team scores: 1-St. Cloud Cathedral 299, 2-Albany 301, 3-Little Falls 313, 4-Pequot Lakes 324, 5-Pierz 327, 6-Staples-Motley 333, 7-Milaca 334, 8-Sauk Centre 337, 9t-Melrose 339, 9t-Pillager 339, 11-Foley 350, 12-Osakis 356, 13-Royalton 364, 14-Wadena-Deer Creek inc.
Individual medalist: Peyton Carr (Little Falls) 71
Little Falls results: 1-Carr 71, 15-Bode Kapsner 79, 18-Dawson Carr 80, 36-Logan Gold 83, 39-Will Threlkeld 86, 59-Hunter Hudalla 94
Pequot Lakes results: 10-Tollef Birkeland 77, 21-Huck Balmer 81, 25-Bodie Nybakken 82, 31-Waylon Katterhagen 84, 33-Dylan Pederson 85, 59-Jaxon Woodman 94
Pierz results: 8-Nathan Cekalla 76, 21-Ty Leidenfrsot 81, 33-Beau Virnig 85, 33-Trevor LeBlanc 85, 55-Brady Dick 92, 69-Shay Watercott 100
Pillager results: 11-Parker Pallansch 78, 26-Jackson Camacho 83, 50-Gabe Wiczek 88, 53-Oliver Espe 90, 55-Riley Kramer 92
Staples-Motley results: 11-Thomas Johnson 78, 21-Jackson White 81, 45-Oskar Doll 87, 45-Ashton Anderson 87, 55-Evan Schultz 92, 79-Zachary Tabatt 100
Wadena-Deer Creek results: 72-Hudson Hathaway 101, 76-Trevin Kern 104
Next: Little Falls, Pequot Lakes, Pierz, Pillager, Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek in Section 6-2A First Round at Blackberry Ridge Golf Course, Sartell, Monday, June 1.
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