DePestel 2nd in Camden Championships
Alex DePestel shot a 78 to tie for second place in the boys' Camden Conference championships Monday on a sun-splashed day at Marshall County Club.
Lauren Bowyer, Minneota's lone member on the girls' team, shot an 88 and finished fourth overall to earn her fourth straight all-conference status.
Lakeview won the boys' team title with a 319, 24 strokes ahead of runner-up Minneota. Carson Boe of Lakeview was medalist with a 69. DePestel and Ryan Schrupp of Renville County West tied for second with 78's.
Lindsey Lund of Dawson-Boyd was the medalist for the girls. Sarah Halvorson of Lac qui Parle Valley was just a stroke back in second with an 84. Alyssa Swedzinski of Dawson-Boyd placed third with an 87.
Minneota's DePestel, Anthony Rybinski (14th) and Cole Myhre (17th) earned all-conference.
BOYS TEAM SCORES: (1) Lakeview 319 (2) Minneota 343 (3) Lac qui Parle Valley 349 (4) Dawson-Boyd 352 (5) Community Christian 371 (6) Renville County West 382 (7) tie, Central Minnesota Christian and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, each 383 (9) Yellow Medicine East 384 (10) Canby 396 (11) MACCRAY 411
BOYS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: (1) Carson Boe, LQPV, 69 (2) tie, Alex DePestel, Min; and Ryan Schrupp, RCW; each 78 (4) Gavin Husman, MAC, 79 (5) Lane Arends, Lake, 81 (6) Caron Besonen, LQPV, 82 (7) Chase Christensen, RTR, 83 (8) tie, Cole Arends, Lake; and William Giese, LQPV; each 84 (10) Evan Mork, DB; Jonathan Reid, CC; Carson Stratmoen, DB; and Ethan Schwankl, Lake; all 85 (14) tie, Anthony Rybinski, Min; and Jack Abraham, Can; each 86 (16) Nick Moritz, YME, 88 (17) tie, Cole Myhre, Min; James Peterson, YME; Collin Swedzinski, DB; and Charlie Ulstad, LQPV; all 89
MINNEOTA BOYS SCORES: DePestel 78, Anthony Rybinski 86, Cole Myhre 89, Jackson Esping 90, Max Rost 100, Lucas Rybinski 106
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: (1) Lac qui Parle Valley 363 (no other full teams)
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: (1) Lindsey Lund, DB, 83 (2) Sara Halvorson, LQPV, 84 (3) Alyssa Swedzinski, DB, 87 (4) Lauren Bowyer, Min, 88 (5) Kaitlyn Kittelson, LQPV, 91 (6) Isabella Jacobs, LQPV, 92 (7) Shae O'Leary, RTR, 93 (8) Molly Halvorson, LQPV, 96 (9) Kara Rangaard, Can, 99 (10) Kori Bristle, MAC, 103 (11) tie, Grace Vacek, LQPV; and Alexis Noble, MAC; each 104 (13) Sydney Gustafson, CC, 105
MINNEOTA GIRLS SCORES: Bowyer 88
Camden Conference Meet
(Results Friday, May 13)
While Minneota senior Lauren Bowyer extended her medalist string to five straight, the Minneota boys finished second to Lakeview ion the Camden Conference meet Friday in Granite Falls.
Bowyer, who tied for medalist honors in the first conference meet but lost on a tiebreaker, has shot 41 in four of her last five wins, including this one. She had a 43 in the other.
Minneota's Anthony Rybinski had a career-best 40 to tie for second in the boys' meet with Ethan Schwankl of Lakeview. Carson Boe of Lakeview took medalist honors with a 37.
Jackson Esping shot a 44 for the Vikings, while Cole Myhre had a 46 and Alex DePestel a 48.
BOYS TEAM SCORES: (1) Lakeview 154 (2) Minneota 185 (3) Yellow Medicine East 192 (4) tie, Canby and Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, each 209
BOYS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS: (1) Carson Boe, Lake, 37 (2) tie, Ethan Schwankl, Lake, and Anthony Rybinski, Min, each 40 (4) tie, James Peterson, YME; Lane Arens, Lake; and Chase Christensen, RTR; all 41 (7) Alex Munson, TMB, 42 (8) Jack Abrahamson, Can, 43 (9) tie, Jackson Esping, Min; and Garret Brandt, RTR; each 44 (11) Nikson Knapper, YME; Brayton Hammer, YME; and Parker Geistfeld, Lake; all 45 (14) tie, Cole Myhre, Min; and Cooper McCosh, YME; each 46 (16) tie, Isaac Bollerud, Can; Camden Hansen, RTR; and Trey Helmke, Lake; all 47 (19) tie, Alex DePestel, Min; and Nick Moritz, YME; each 48
MINNEOTA RESULTS: Anthony Rybinski 40, Jackson Esping 44, Cole Myhre 46, Alex DePestel 48, Max Rost 49, Lucas Rybinski 55
GIRLS TEAM SCORES: (1) No full teams
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL SCORES: (1) Lauren Bowyer, Min, 41 (2) Kara Rangaard, Can, 48 (3) Shae O’Leary, RTR, 51 (4) Teigyn O'Leary, RTR, 55 (5) Lilli Opdahl, Can, 57 (6) Paige Viessman, Can, 61 (7) Shelby Korman, RTR, 63
MINNEOTA RESULTS: Bowyer 41Minneota Invitational
(Results Tuesday, May 10)
The Minneota boys finished fourth out of 12 teams at its home meet at Countryside Golf Club.
Cole Myhre finished in a five-way tie for third place with a 79. Carson Boe of Lakeview was medalist with 72, six strokes ahead of runnerup Brady Schwindemann of Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa.
Lakeview was the boys' team champion with 321, 10 strokes ahead of BBE, who had 331. Dawson-Boyd finished with 344 and Minneota 349.
Alex DePestel shot 89 for the Vikings, while Jackson Esping shot 90 and Anthony Rybinski and Max Rost each had 91.
Lauren Bowyer of Minneota tied for second with Alyssa Swedzinski of Dawson-Boyd in the girls' meet with 92. Lindsey Lund of Dawson-Boys was medalist with a 90.
MACCRAY was the girls' team winner.
BOYS TEAM SCORES - (1) Lakeview 321 (2) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 331 (3) Dawson-Boyd 344 (4) Minneota 349 (5) Yellow Medicine East 350 (6) Lac qui Parle Valley 364 (7) Renville County West 373 (8) Community Christian 378 (9) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 381 (10) tie, MACCRAY and Canby, each 387 (12) Central Minnesota Christian 392
BOYS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - (1) Carson Boe, Lakeview, 72 (2) Brady Schwindemann, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, 78 (3) tie, Cole Myhre, Minneota; Ryan Schrupp, RCW; Gannon Walsh, BBE; Carson Besonen, LQPV; and Ethan Schwankl, Lake; all 79 (8) Chase Christensen, RTR, 80 (9) Gavin Husman, MAC, 81 (10) Collin Swedzinski, DB, 82 (11) tie, Jack Paulson, DB; and Drew Hjeimeland, DB, each 84
MINNEOTA SCORES - Myhre 79, Akex DePestel 89, Jackson Esping 90, Anthony Rybinski 91, Max Rost 91, Lucas Rybinski 110
GIRLS TEAM SCORES - (1) MACCRAY 450 (2) Community Christian 453 (3) Lac qui Parle Valley 638
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - (1) Lindsey Lund, DB, 90 (2) tie, Lauren Bowyer, Min; and Alyssa Swedzinski, DB; each 92 (4) tie, Alexis Noble, MAC; and Shae O'Leary, RTR; each 101 (6) Kara Rangaard, Can, 105 (7) Sydney Gustafson, CC, 106 (8) Shelby Korman, RTR, 108 (9) Katrina Velyon, CC, 110 (10) Kari Bristle, MAC, 113 (11) tie, Hope Reid, CC; and Alex Bristle, MAC; each 117
MINNEOTA SCORE - Bowyer 92