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Johnson and Nyhus Qualify for Class A State Golf Meet

By Craig Olson, 06/01/19, 12:00AM CDT

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Ellie Johnson of Pelican Rapids placed seventh (102-93-195) and Grace Nyhus of Ottertail Central was ninth (96-103-199) in the Section 6A Girls Golf Meet on Thursday at Perham Lakeside Golf Course.  Both girls qualified for the State Class A Tournament by being among the top five golfers not members of the winning team, which was Park Christian School.

The Falcons won the meet with a score of 679 (331-348) and Pine River-Backus was second with an 808 (408-400).  Third place went to Ottertail Central with an 842 (424-418) and Pelican Rapids recorded a score of 917 (452-465) to finish in fourth place.

Medalist honors went to Emily Doeden of Park Christian (75-76-151) and her teammate Emily Stueland was runner-up (86-89-175).  The top four golfers were from Park Christian School.  Amy Jacobson (83-94-177) and Amanda Strom (87-94-181) were third and fourth, respectively.

Other individual qualifiers were Justine Day (97-86-193) of Walker-Hackensack-Akeley-Laporte, Bella Netland (108-94-202) of Pine River-Backus and Hannah Barchus (104-98-202) of the Tigers.

Here are the other individual scores for area golfers, by team.
Ottertail Central – Megan Weber 106-102-208, Adysen Tysdal 123-98-221, Makenna Tysdal 109-115-224, Madison Ness 113-116-229, Megan Hodnefield 117-129-246

Pelican Rapids – Emma Seter 114-114-228, Jenna Stetz 109-124-233, Sophia Paulson 127-134-261

Hillcrest – Audra Ewan 110-99-209, Kayla Thompson 115-111-226

Breckenridge – Kennedy Schuler 113-101-214