The Northwestern High School girls golf team put an end to Hayward's undefeated Heart O' North Conference season Monday at Hayward.
The Tigers shot a team score of 181 to edge the Hurricanes, shooting 187. Chetek finished in third place with a team score of 262.
"Tonight was a huge victory for our team. Hayward has dominated all season," said Stacy Burfield, NHS head coach. "They are an extremely good team and terrific competitors. My girls love to play with them because they're such wonderful athletes and good people.
"Lucy Thaler, Hayward's coach, does an excellent job coaching the girls on how to be class-act athletes."
Senior Taylor Prior tore up the course with a 41, just one stroke back from meet medalist Brittany Neff of Hayward. Prior had been out of Northwestern's lineup due to illness recently.
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"It's nice to see her healthy again," Burfield said. "Taylor made a 40-foot putt and chipped one in just off the green tonight. Her short game has always been pretty solid, and today they finally dropped."
Also picking up some conference points individually for the Tigers was Jordan Lindberg, who carded a 45.
"Jordan had some trouble off the tee early on, strapping her with unwanted penalty strokes, but she fought hard to get it back," Burfield.
Rounding out Northwestern's scoring were Hayley Botten with 47, Yui Tabata with 48 and Nicolette Lindberg with a non-counting 59.
"Hayley Botten and Yui also had great rounds tonight," Burfield said. "Hayley was slamming the ball down the fairway, consistently out-driving her competitors, and Yui contributed her low score with a nice clean short game."
The Tigers may have won their latest bout with Hayward, but the Hurricanes were without their top golfer Monday for medical reasons. Hayward is expected to be back to full strength next week.
"Tonight's match may have been even closer had she been able to play," Burfield said. "We'll have to step up our game even more for the conference tournament."
Team Results
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1. Northwestern, 181; 2. Hayward, 187; 3. Chetek, 262.
Individual Results
(Top 10 plus NHS)
1. Brittany Neff, Hayward, 41; 2. Taylor Prior, NHS, 41; 3. Jordan Lindberg, NHS, 45; 4. Hayley Botten, NHS, 47; 4. Chelsea Tremblay, Hayward, 47; 6. Yui Tabata, NHS, 48; 7. Acacia Crow, Hayward, 50; 7. Britt Adams, Hayward, 50; 7. Hannah Lee, Chetek, 50; 10. Jenny Xu, Hayward, 52; 11. Nicolette Lindberg, 59.
NHS JV results
Gwen LaPole, 56; Gabby Colby, 62; Mikaela Ganz-Brown, 68.
Spartans top Cumberland
The Superior High School girls golf team made short work of Cumberland Monday with a 172-216 team victory Monday.
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SHS senior Janelle Strewler was the meet medalist.
"Janelle Strewler got off to a fast start with a birdie on the first hole," said SHS head coach Dan Schulz. "She followed the birdie on the first with six consecutive tap-in pars."
On the eighth hole, Strewler hit a 260-yard drive down the middle of the fairway, leaving only 160 yards on the par five. She then struck a nearly perfect eight iron to 10 feet away from the hole. Her eagle attempt came up short from dropping in the hole, but she tapped it in for an easy birdie.
Strewler finished off her round at one under par with a 35.
"Cassie Berg also played really solid with a 41 and Allison Gotelaere continued her consistent ball striking, posting a 46," Schulz said.
Anne Tracy carded a 50 for the SHS varsity golfers, and Allison Johnson finished with a non-counting 58.
The SHS JV team also won its match with Cumberland, finishing just seven strokes ahead. Superior's Abby Clemons had the low score with a 48.
The Spartans next play Monday against Ladysmith and Chetek.
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Varsity scores
Superior, 172 -- Janelle Strewler, 35; Cassie Berg, 41; Allison Gotelaere, 46; Anne Tracy, 50; Allison Johnson, 58.
Cumberland, 216 -- Ranae Ricci, 45; Kaitlyn Peichel, 54; Kimmy Gotch, 56; Kerri Holmes, 61; Taylor Friese, 69.
JV scores
Superior, 161 -- Abby Clemons, 48; Alisha Moran, 55; Abbie Bronson, 58; Kail O'Neill, 63.
Cumberland, 168 -- Lydia Bozych, 50; Savanna Kriedeman, 58; Megan Miller, 60; Jozie Hendrin, 64.
Northwestern Invitational
The Superior High School girls golf team finished first at the Northwestern Invitational Friday afternoon at Hidden Greens Golf Course in Solon Springs.
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The Spartans finished with a team score of 384, 11 strokes better than Hayward's 395 and 36 better than Northwestern's 420.
Superior's Janelle Strewler and Cassie Berg were low golfers with 93s. Strewler was awarded medalist honors after a tiebreaker.
Superior's Allison Gotelaere also finished fifth at 95 while Northwestern's Taylor Prior and Hayley Botten were seventh and eighth with scores of 98 and 99, respectively.
Also golfing for Northwestern were Yui Tabata with an 111 and Jordan and Nicolette Lindberg with 112s.
"We were happy to have Taylor back in action after missing Thursday's meet in Barron due to illness," NHS coach Stacy Burfield said. "She really adds a lot to our team in terms of playing ability and leadership.
"She and Hayley had a great front nine, but the back nine proved to be a little more challenging for nearly everyone."
Other scores for Superior were Anne Tracy's 103 and Abby Clemons' 108.
"Superior shot amazingly well," Burfield said. "Hidden Greens is a difficult course for girls golf, but Superior showed otherwise.
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"The course was beautiful as ever and the girls took advantage."
Northwestern Invitational
at Hidden Greens, Solon Springs
Friday, Sept. 11
Team results
1. Superior, 384; 2. Hayward, 395; 3. Northwestern, 420; 4. Rice Lake, 424; 5. Ladysmith, 433; 6. Spooner, 480; 7. Barron, 498; 8. Cumberland, 510; 9. Chetek, 535.
Top 10 individuals
1. Janelle Strewler, SHS, 93; 2. Cassie Berg, SHS, 93; 3. Britt Adams, H, 94; 4. Brittany Neff, H, 95; 5. Allison Gotelaere, SHS, 95; 6. Karalee Krisak, L, 97; 7. Taylor Prior, NHS, 98; 8. Hayley Botten, NHS, 99; 9. Acacia Crow, H, 100; 10. Megan Landes, RL, 101.
XC teams take 4th
Both the boys and girls Superior High School cross country teams finished fourth overall in the Rice Lake Invitational Tuesday. The Spartan girls competed against 26 total teams and the SHS boys faced a field of 31 teams.
Shane Holmes was the top boy finisher for Superior, taking sixth place in 17:21.3. For the girls, Leah Holmes was 13th for the Spartans in a time of 16:34.4.
Varsity Boys team results
(Top 10, Field: 31)
1. Hudson, 73; 2. Cambridge-Isanti, 76; 3. Chippewa Falls, 145; 4. Superior, 154; 5. St. Croix Central, 196; 6. Webster, 209; 7. Hayward, 262; 8. Menomonie, 289; 9. New Richmond, 338; 10. Glenwood City, 357.
Varsity Girls team results
(Top 10, Field: 26)
1. Menomonie, 59; 2. Hudson, 106; 3. Colfax, 193; 4. Superior, 244; 5. Chippewa Falls, 256; 6. New Richmond, 257; 7. Flambeau, 274; 8. Cambridge-Isanti, 277; 9. Rice Lake, 285; 10. Eau Claire North, 289.
Boys Overall Individual Results
(Top 10 plus Superior; Field: 215)
1. Brett Johnson, St. Croix Central, 16:30.9; 2. Jack Taylor, Webster, 16:39.0; 3. Jacob Ball, Hudson, 16:40.0; 4. Matt Rudquist, Hudson, 16:41.0; 5. Ryan Kromer, Hudson, 17:09.1; 6. Shane Holmes, Superior, 17:21.3; 7. Nate Scharenbrock, Flambeau, 17:21.9; 8. Kyle Salmonson, Chippewa Falls, 17:22.4; 9. Andrew Faris, Chippewa Falls, 17:24.5; 10. Joel Allen, Cambridge-Isanti, 17:25.6; 25. Evan Walpole, Superior, 18:07.0; 39. Andy Heytens, Superior, 18:36.1; 43. Brandon Westmoreland, Superior, 18:51.3; 44. Mike Chevalier, Superior, 18:54.0; 64. Levi Felton, Superior, 19:31.5; 76. Erick Tunell, Superior, 19:42.2.
Girls Overall Individual Results
(Top 10 plus Superior; Field: 200)
1. Sarah McMahon, Colfax, 14:59.8; 2. Samantha Nelson, Frederic, 15:46.5; 3. Katie Wetzstein, Hudson, 15:49.3; 4. Rachel Zachar, Hudson, 15:50.2; 5. Courtney Sawle, Menomonie, 15:57.4; 6. Elizabeth Simak, Hayward, 16:03.0; 7. Nicole Schmidt, Menomonie, 16:04.1; 8. Hannah Knickerbocker, Cambridge-Isanti, 16:05.8; 9. Jordan Kelch, Menomonie, 16:10.3; 10. Molly Osuldsen, Bruce, 16:19.5; 13. Leah Holmes, Superior, 16:34.4; 18. Natalie Kintop, Superior, 16:48.4; 46. Ashlee Knight, Superior, 17:31.8; 64. Catie Albrecht, Superior, 17:51.2; 108. Katie Guello, Superior, 18:42.6; 123. Marissa Foley, Superior, 19:04.0; 124. Nicole Mattson, Superior, 19:04.0.
Nemadji Invite
The Northwestern High School girls cross country team won its first ever Superior Spartan Invitational Thursday evening at the Nemadji Golf Course.
The Tigers actually tied for first place with Esko, but won the title with the faster sixth runner.
"It was a big win for our girls," NHS coach John Woodbury said. "Both our girls and boys teams have a lot of depth, so we'll see a lot of changes on varsity this year."
Ashland won the boys varsity title with Northwestern finishing third and the host Spartans fourth.
Hibbing swept the individual titles with Sam Saccoman winning the boys race and Tatum Garrity the fastest girls.
For the Spartans, Evan Walpole finished 13th and Leah Holmes was sixth. Both are freshmen.
For the Tigers, Zach Yepma was 12th and Olivia Amber eighth. Amber is also a freshman.
Superior also finished fourth in the girls varsity race.
Superior was back in action Tuesday at Rice Lake while the Tigers run again at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Eveleth/Gilbert Invitational.
Nemadji Invitational CC Meet
Team Results List
Nemadji Golf Course
Thursday, Sept. 10
Boys Varsity
1. Ashland, 70; 2. Duluth East, 114; 3. Northwestern, 123; 4. Superior, 127; 5. Hibbing, 138; 6. Duluth Denfeld, 143; 7. Virginia, 163; 8. Esko, 184; 9. Duluth Central, 197; 10. Mesabi East, 251; 11. Proctor, 257; 12. Cloquet, 283; 13. Marshall, 335; 14. Carlton, 401.
Girls Varsity
1. Northwestern, 78; 2. Esko, 78; 3. Duluth East, 83; 4. Superior, 115; 5. Hibbing, 136; 6. Duluth Central, 155; 7. Cloquet, 177; 8. Ashland, 184; 9. Carlton, 246; 10. Mesabi East, 269; 11. Proctor, 281; 12. Virginia, 313.
Individual Results
Boys Varsity
(Top five plus NHS and SHS)
1. Sam Saccoman, Hibbing, 17:11.2; 2. Joel Johnson, Hibbing, 17:11.8; 3. Guthrie Cunningham, Duluth East, 17:18.1; 4. Jackson Lindquist, Esko, 17:25.3; 5. Andy Mackey, Ashland, 17:46.9; 12. Zach Yepma, Northwestern, 18:08.7; 13. Evan Walpole, Superior, 18:08; 17. Nathan Nelson, Northwestern, 18:23.8; 20. Andy Heytens, Superior, 18:25; 27. Brandon Westmoreland, Superior, 18:39.9; 28. Jari Mackie, Northwestern, 18:42.4; 31. Mike Chevalier, Superior, 18:47.7; 32. Travis Sznaider, Northwestern, 18:51; 34. Bob Tahtinen, Northwestern, 19:07.8; 36. Levi Felton, Superior, 19:10.9; 37. Seth Korhonen, Northwestern, 19:11.3; 54. 525 Erick Tunell, Superior, 19:51.3; 65. Ty Rankin, Northwestern, 20:30.4; 89. Shawn Koski, Superior, 22:22.6.
Girls Varsity
(Top five plus NHS and SHS)
1. Tatum Garrity, Hibbing, 15:52.2; 2. Sarah Chasson, Cromwell-Floodwood, 16:12.2; 3. Diana Hanka, Duluth Central, 16:21.4; 4. Lindsey Dahl-Holm, Carlton, 16:30.2; 5. Marsia Shady, Esko, 16:37.5; 6. Leah Holmes, Superior, 16:41.4; 8. Olivia Amber, Northwestern, 16:45.3; 12. Natalie Kintop, Superior, 16:58.8; 13. Jordon Johnson, Northwestern, 16:59.9; 17. Angela Snow, Northwestern, 17:24.2; 22. BethAnn Gurske, Northwestern, 17:36.6; 23. Tess Nelson, Northwestern, 17:43.1; 25. Elli Teige, Northwestern, 17:49.2; 26. Carinda Larson, Northwestern, 17:56.4; 30. Catie Albrecht, Superior, 18:10.4; 38. Nicole Mattson, Superior, 18:38.6; 39. Ashlee Knight, Superior, 18:38.6; 41. Katie Guello, Superior, 18:46.4; 52. Marissa Foley, Superior, 19:23.4.
Copper Falls Cross Country Invitational
Copper Falls State Park
Sept. 12 at Mellen
Boys Team Results
1. Chequamegon, 41; 2. Ashland, 52; 3. Drummond, 85; 4. Hayward, 89; 5. Washburn, 139; 6. Ironwood, 185; 7. South Shore, 195; 8. Solon Springs, 216; 9. Mellen, 217; 10. Butternut, 266.
Girls Team Results
1. Hayward, 41; 2. Ironwood, 74; 3. Ashland, 76; 4. Hurley, 84; 5. Chequamegon, 99; 6. Washburn, 114.
Individual Results
Boys Varsity
(Top 3 plus Solon Springs)
1. Alan Peterson, Ironwood, 16:08.5; 2. Jed Carlson, Chequamegon, 17:00.9; 3. Alex Barbeln, Chequamegon, 17:18.8; 31. Nick Grubbe, Solon Springs, 19:54.7; 33. Cody Utyro, Solon Springs, 19:59.9; 54. Trenton Wester, Solon Springs, 22:09.7; 55. Evan Grubbe, Solon Springs, 22:11.6; 56. Kyle Vandenberghe, Solon Springs, 22:14.9.
Girls Varsity Race
(Top 3 plus Solon Springs)
1. Katlyn Kretzschmar, Mellen, 14:28.1; 2. Kelli Carlson, Drummond, 15:18.3; 3. Hallie Sandberg, Ashland, 15:23.9; 4. Christina Micheletti, Drummond, 15:27.8; 5. Jaclyn Zosel, Solon Springs, 15:40.8; 48. Brooke, Solon Springs, 20:33.7.
