he Minnewaska Area boys golf had a busy week, golfing in three WCC meets during the week before hosting the Minnewaska Area Boys Golf Invitational, Friday and Saturday.

The Lakers placed third of the eight conference teams at a meet at Olivia last Monday night, and also placed second at a pair of meets at home and Benson, Thursday.

Results of the Minnewaska Invitational will be highlighted in next week’s paper.

This week, the Lakers are set to golf in the final WCC meet of the season at Montevideo, Monday, May 13.

After that, Minnewaska will prepare for the Section 3AA prelims, Thursday, May 23 at the Oakdale Golf Course.

WCC meet at BOLD

The Lakers finished third at the fifth WCC meet of the season last Monday night at BOLD.  Minnewaska had a four-person total of 175 to place third behind team titlist West Central Area (171) and runner-up Morris Area-CA (173).

Thatcher Sherlin and Zach Gugisberg led the Lakers with 9-hole rounds of 40 to tie for fourth.

WCA brothers, Marshall and Mitchell Dewey, tied with Morris Area junior Charlie Hanson for medalist honors with rounds of 39.

Blake Nelson was next for the Lakers with a 46 to earn 18th, while Kody Ward, Tyler Moscho and Chase Wacker all had 49s to tie for 31st, and Kash Christman carded a 53 to earn 43rd.

WCC doubleheader

The Lakers finished second at a pair of conference meets, Thursday at Minnewaska Area and Benson.

Melrose earned the team title at the meet at the Minnewaska Golf Course, winning by one stroke over the Lakers, while West Central Area placed first at Benson with a very low total of 154 to win by 10 strokes over Minnewaska Area.

Thatcher Sherlin tied for second with a 40 during the first meet of the day at home.  Charlie Hanson, the low golfer in the conference last year, earned medalist honors with a 38.

Blake Nelson was next for the Lakers with a 43 to tie for sixth, while Chase Wacker had a 44 to place 12th, Zach Gugisberg came home with a 45 to earn 17th, Tyler Moscho added a 46 to place 21st, Kash Christman had a 48 to earn 30th and Kody Ward added a 54, which placed him 35th.

•  WCA had three of the lowest seven scores during the second meet of the day at Benson, including a 37 by Charlie Hanson and Mitchell Dewey, who tied for medalist honors.

Thatcher Sherlin had a 39 to tie for fourth to lead the Lakers, while Zach Gugisberg and Blake Nelson shot 41s to tie for ninth.

Tyler Moscho came through with his team’s fourth score of 43 to place 19th, while also golfing for the Lakers were Kash Christman with a 45 (26th), Kody Ward with a 46 (28th) and Chase Wacker with a 48 (31st).

WCC meet #5 at BOLD

Boys team scoring:  

(1) WCA 171  (2) Morris Area-CA 173  (3) Minnewaska 175  (4) Melrose 179  (5) Benson 183  (6) BOLD 188  (7) Sauk Centre 188  (8) Montevideo 191

Top five:  (1) tie, Marshall Dewey, WCA; Mitchell Dewey, WCA; Charlie Hanson, Morris, all 39  (4) tie, Thatcher Sherlin, Min 40; Zach Gugisberg, Min, both 40

Minnewaska results:  (4) Thatcher Sherlin 40  (4) Zach Gugisberg 40  (18) Blake Nelson 46  (31) Kody Ward 49  (31) Tyler Moscho 49  (31) Chase Wacker 49  (43) Kash Christman 53

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WCC meet #6 at Waska

Boys team scoring:  

(1) Melrose 171  (2) Minnewaska 172  (3) Morris Area 1756  (4) WCA 177  (5) BOLD 181  (6) Benson 185  (7) Sauk Centre 187  (8) Montevideo 191

Top five:  (1) Charlie Hanson, Mor 38  (2) tie, Thatcher Sherlin, Min; Logan Schad, Mel, both 40  (4) tie, Camden Anderson, WCA; Charlie Goff, Benson, both 42

Minnewaska results:  (2) Thatcher Sherlin 40  (6) Blake Nelson 43  (12) Chase Wacker 44  (17) Zach Gugisberg 45  (21) Tyler Moscho 46  (30) Kash Christman 48  (35) Kody Ward 54

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WCC meet #7 at Benson

Boys team scoring:  

(1) WCA 154  (2) Minnewaska 164  (3) Melrose 167  (4) Sauk Centre 170  (5) Morris Area 176  (6) BOLD 176  (7) Benson 183  (8) Montevideo 186

Top five:  (1) tie, Charlie Hanson, WCA; Mitchell Dewey, WCA, both 37  (3) Grant Pfarr, BOLD 38  (4) tie, Charlie Goff, Ben; Marshall Dewey, WCA; Dylan Gruenes, SC; Thatcher Sherlin, Min, all 39s

Minnewaska results:  (4) Thatcher Sherlin 39  (9) Zach Gugisberg 41  (9) Blake Nelson 41  (19) Tyler Moscho 43  (26) Kash Christman 45  (28) Kody Ward 46  (31) Chase Wacker 48

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