Bowyer 2nd, Viking boys 3rd in home meet

On a frigid and windy day, Lauren Bowyer tied Shae Oleson of Russell-Tyler-Ruthton for low score, but lost out on a tiebreaker for medalist in the Camden Conference girls' meet Friday art Countryside Golf Course in Minneota.
Only two girls' teams had full squads for the conference meet. Canby shot a 185 and RTR a 243. Minneota has not had a complete squad for two years.
"The cold and windy weather affected my play of strategy quite a bit," said Bowyer, who has signed a national letter of intent to play for Minnesota-Crookston next year. "I had a few holes where I was overcompensating and dropping my shoulder, which led me to have some extra stokes."
In the boys' event, Cole Myhre led Minneola with a 44 for sixth place overall, followed closely by teammates Jackson Esping in seventh with a 45 and Alex DePestel eighth with a 46.
Minneota finished third with a 182 score. Lakeview placed first with a 173 and Yellow Medicine East was second with a 177.

GIRLS TEAM SCORES: (1) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 236 (only full team)

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL SCORES: (1) Shea Oleson, RTR, 48* (2) Lauren Bowyer, Minneota, 48 (3) Kara Rangaard, Canby, 57 (4) Zoey Williams, RTR, 60 (5) Paige Viessman, Canby, 61 (6) Lilli Opdahl, Canby, 62 (7) Teigyn O'Leary, RTR, 63 (8) Shelby Korman, RTR, 67
* won on a tiebreaker

BOYS TEAM SCORES: (1) Lakeview 173 (2) Yellow Medicine East 177 (3) Minneota 182 (4) Canby 199 (5) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 208

BOYS INDIVIDUAL SCORES: (1) Carson Boe, Lakeview, 37 (2) Nikson Knapper, YME, 41 (3) James Peterson, YME, 42; Ethan Schwankl, Lakeview, 42; Jack Abrahamson, Canby, 42 (6) Cole Myhre, Minneota, 44 (7) Jackson Esping, Minneota, 45 (8) Alex DePestel, Minneota, 46