The Northwestern Tigers were second and the Superior High School boys golf team was third Friday and Saturday at the Scott Miller Invitational at Telemark and Hayward Golf and Tennis.
Virginia won the team title with a score of 611. The Tigers carded a 639 and the Spartans came in at 644.
Virginia's Olaf Walkky won medalist honors with a two-day total of 144. Northwestern's Justin Alexson was second with a 148, Superior's Chris Rochon was eighth at 155 and Northwestern's Gabe Dinkel tied for ninth place at 156.
Also for the Spartans, Daniel Burger and Spencer Sitek tied for 15th place with 162s; Nolan Holcombe was 27th with a 168; and Blake Johnson came in 55th place with a 178.
"Chris played solid golf for us both days, he has displayed the consistency you need from a number one golfer all season," SHS coach Dan Schulz said. "Spencer responded from a sub-par performance on Friday with his best round of the year at Telemark on Saturday. Spencer is an excellent ball striker and his short game is steadily improving. Aside from a couple loose shots, which led to bogeys he was able to put everything together Saturday en route to a nice round of 76 (four over par)."
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Holcombe's tournament included an eight-over-par round of 80 at Hayward Golf and Tennis on Friday.
"He has improved dramatically over the past two seasons," Schulz said. "He didn't start competing in golf until his junior year of high school, but if he continues to gain confidence and improve his scores he will be an asset as we prepare for post-season competition."
Also golfing for the Tigers were Grant Pearson, 166; Peter Lindsay, 170; and Josiah Vik, 181.
The Tigers, who were at Spooner Tuesday, and Spartans, who are at Ashland at noon Wednesday, will both be at the Rice Lake Invitational at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Tigers
The Tigers improved to 10-0 in the Heart O' North Conference with a 154-172 win over Cumberland Monday evening at Botten's Green Acres.
All five NHS golfers recorded lower scores than Cumberland's lowest golfer.
Dinkel was the medalist with a 36, followed by Alexson and Lindsay, 39s; and Pearson and Vik, 40s.
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Cumberland was led by Kyle Whitman's 42.
TIGER TALES: Dinkel is currently second in the conference standings with 41 points. Bloomer's Logan Price is first with 42 points. Northwestern's Alexson is eighth with 25 points. ... The NHS JV defeated Cumberland 55-64. Brady Engstrom led the way with a 53.
Spartans
The Spartans were back in action Monday, finishing fifth at the Wilderness Invitational at Fortune Bay. The event was sponsored by Virginia.
Hermantown won the team title with a score of 319. Superior finished at 332.
Burger was the Spartans' low golfer, tying for ninth place with an 81. Johnson came in 17th place with an 82; Holcombe was 22nd at 83; Rochon's 86 was good for 36th place; and Sitek and Brady Uotinen tied for 84th place with 98s.
Scott Miller Invitational
At Hayward, Friday and Saturday
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Team Results
1. Virginia, 611; 2. Northwestern, 639; 3. Superior, 644; 4. Hudson, 648; 5. (tie) Eau Claire North, New Richmond, 657; 7. Eau Claire Memorial, 658; 8. Duluth Denfeld, 673; 9. Unity, 675; 10. Somerset, 699; 11. (tie) Chippewa Falls, Hayward, 700; 13. Rice Lake, 709; 14. Baldwin-Woodville, 723; 15. Menomonie, 734; 16. (tie) Bloomer, Virginia JV, 735; 18. Ashland, 739; 19. Chetek-Weyerhaeuser, 763; 20. Grantsburg, 767; 21. Ladysmith, 781; 22. Cumberland, 792; 23. Barron, 794.
Individual Results -- Top 10
1. Olaf Walkky, Virginia, 144; 2. Justin Alexson, Northwestern, 148; 3. Matt Kesanen, Virginia, 149; 4. Nate Webb, Eau Claire Memorial, 152; 5. Kendall Faanes, Eau Claire North, 153; 7. Ben Lewis, Hudson, 154; 8. Chris Rochon, Superior, 155; 9. (tie) Dakota Lundstrom, Virginia, Gabe Dinkel, Northwestern, 156.
Superior's Scores
8. Chris Rochon 77-78--155
15. Daniel Burger 85-77--162
27. Nolan Holcombe 80-88-- 168
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15. Spencer Sitek 86-76--162
55. Blake Johnson 93-85--178
Total 328-316--644
Northwestern's Scores
2. Justin Alexson 75-73--148
8. Gabe Dinkel 74-82--156
32. Peter Lindsay 87-83--170
59. Josiah Vik 86-95--181
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22. Grant Pearson 83-83--166
Total 318-321--639
2012 Wilderness Invitational
Monday at Fortune Bay
Team Scores
Hermantown, 319; Virginia, 319; Grand Rapids, 325; Cloquet, 332; Superior, 332; Duluth Denfeld, 343; Dryden, Ont., 345; Hibbing, 347; Eveleth-Gilbert, 352; Duluth East, 353; International Falls, 353; Fairmont, 364; Northeast Range, 366; Duluth Marshall, 379; Greenway, 379; Mesabi East, 381; Ely, 396; North Woods, 418; Two Harbors, 427; Wrenshall, 473.
Top Individuals
1. Alec Odegaard, Grand Rapids 75
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2. Olaf Walkky, Virginia 77
3. Brett Musich, Int'l. Falls 78
4. Taylor Sundbom, Hermantown 79
4. Andrew Krasaway, Hermantown 79
4. Sam Eisenhuth, Northeast Range 79
4. Matt Kesanen, Virginia 79
8. Josh Becks, Hermantown 80
9. Nick Neve, Cloquet 81
9. Shane Bowen, Denfeld 81
9. Trent Sundbom, Hermantown 81
9. Dakota Lundstrom, Virginia 81
9. Daniel Burger, Superior 81
14. Marc Peterson, Cloquet 82
15. Honza Cervenka, Grand Rapids 82
16. Travis Weiss, Hermantown 82
17. Blake Johnson, Superior 82
18. Andy Sederlund, Virginia 82
19. Eric Fryc, Cloquet 83
20. Adam Getson, Dryden 83
21. Dom Toninato, Duluth East 83
22. Nolan Holcombe, Superior 83
23. Alex Lackner, Virginia 83
24. Austin Fowler, Grand Rapids 84
25. Alec Palin, Grand Rapids 84
26. Jon Rue, Hibbing 84
27. Brandon Adamski, Denfeld 85
28. Geoff Kitt Dryden 85
29. Hunter Haavisto Eveleth-Gilbert 85
30. Zach Strom Cloquet 86
31. Billy Seitz Duluth East 86
32. CJ Andrews Eveleth-Gilbert 86
33. Josh Baldus Fairmont 86
34. Carter Welchlin Fairmont 86
35. Brady Walls Int'l. Falls 86
36. Chris Rochon Superior 86
37. James Cragun Crosby-Ironton 87
38. Jesse Moder Denfeld 87
39. Kirk Markowski Dryden 87
40. Brett Kromy Grand Rapids 87
