Facing a 4-shot deficit heading into Day 2 of the Section 6AA Tournament, K/EV-W junior Avery Maus shot a personal best 78 to leapfrog into the 2023 Girl’s State Golf Tournament next week in Jordan, Minn. The tournament will have been played at the time of this publication, and it took place on Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan on Tuesday, June 13, and Wednesday, June 14. The top team in the Section and the Top 5 girls in the field not on the top team advance to the state tournament.
The K/EV-W girl’s golf team took 7th in the Section 6AA Meet at Blackberry Ridge Golf Club in Sartell. It is the top four teams that advance from Day 1, and the top eight golfers who are not part of the four winning teams advance to Day 2 of Sections.
Results from Day 1: 1. Pequot Lakes 337; 2. Albany 350; 3. Little Falls 373; 4. St. Cloud Cathedral 388; 5. Milaca 389; 6. Melrose Area 398; 7. K/EV-W 415; 7. -Staples-Motley 415; 9. Pierz 422; 10. Wadena-Deer Creek 426; 11. Osakis 461; 12. Paynesville Area 471; 13. Sauk Centre 474.
K/EV-W Scores: Avery Maus 88; Madalyn Notch 104; Paige Kneip 110; Rachel Coulter 113; Mykayla Ballard 132; Cadence Meierhofer 142.
Day 2 Results from Section 6AA Tournament: (2-Day Total) 1. Abby Turkowski, Little Falls (SR) 160; 2. Morgan Krieger, Pequot Lakes (SR) 160; 3. Genevieve Birkeland, Pequot Lakes (SO) 161; 4. Mallory Uselman, Staples-Motley (JR) 163; 5. Sophia Anderson, Albany (JR) 164; 6. Avery Maus, K/EV-W (JR) 166; 7. Annie Neva, Pequot Lakes (JR) 168; 8. Imagine Hines, Little Falls (7th) 171.
Both Avery Maus and Luke Ashbrook have qualified to represent K/EV-W Golf at the 2023 State Class AA Golf Tournament at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan, Minn. Results will be posted at www.mshsl.org/2023-state-golf-results.