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THE WALSH COUNTY PRESS Wednesday, June 12, 2019
CARRINGTON, N.D.
South Border girls golf
standout Emily St. Aubin
added to her growing col-
lection of individual state
championships on
Wednesday, May 29 dur-
ing the 2019 North Dako-
ta High School Activities
Association Class B State
Tournament at Cross
Roads Golf Course.
St. Aubin, a sopho-
more, successfully de-
fended her individual
medalist crown shooting a
two-day total of 154
her
state
Aubin becomes the first
high school girls golfer in
state history to win four
NDHSAA-sponsored in-
dividual state golf cham-
pionships. Laura Kraft of
Jamestown won three:
straight Class A gh'!s titles
from 2008-2010.
The team state title was
won by Kindred. The
Vikings shot a two-day
team total of 695 strokes-
six shots better than nmner
up Bowman County
which posted a score of
701. Kindred last won a
Class B girls golf state ti-
tle in 2014. The V'ddngs
have now won seven state
team. rifles in program his-
tory (2002, 2004, 2005,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2019).
St. Aubin entered the fi-
nal round with a six-stroke
lead after shooting a 4-
over 76 on Tuesday. Her
lead increased to nine
shots after nine holes on
Wednesday. St. Aubin
ended Wednesday with a
6-over '78 earning one
birdie on Hole 3.
St. Aubin's previous ti-
tles came in 2016 (seventh
grade at Cross Roads Golf
Course), 2017 (eighth
grade at Tom O'Leary
Golf Course in Bismarck)
and 2018 (freshman at
Dakota Winds Golf
Course in Hankinson).
Individual Top 10 (All-
State): 1, Emily St. Aubin,
South Border, 76-78-154;
2, Katie Keator, Heart
River 82-80-162; 3 (tie),
Karlee Schmitt, Hazen,
88 -76-164; Brooke Peter-
son, Bowman County, 85-
79-164; 5 (tie), Ainsley
McLain, Grafton, 84-82-
166; Asha Valliere, Tioga,
82-84-166; 7 (tie), Camp-
bell Clarys, Heart River,
88-80-168, Avery Bartels,
Kindred, 82-86-168; Syd
Blum, Linton/HMB, 83-
85-168; Bailey Hulm, L'm-
ton/HMB, 85-83-168.
Team Scores: 1, Kin-
dred 349-346-695; 2,
Bowman County 358-
343-701; 3, Linton/HMB
353-356-709 (won
tiebreaker); 4, Heart Riv-
er 365-344-709; 5,
Napoleon/G-S 380-353-
733; 6, Grafton 370-365-
Photo: Submitted
Top: The 2019 Park River Area Girls Golf team parlicipated in the state toumament.
Pictured are Back (Lto R) Kafina Whaley, Brook Shirek, Kylie Jacobson, Gigi Brouil-
lard, Front: Des nee Hahn, Claire Wharam, and Greta Wharam. Middle: Gigi Brouil-
lard finished the toumament in 35th place. Bottom: Katrina Whaley finished the tour-
nament in 26th place.
485-957.
In the team gross rank-
ings for area golfers in the
Class B Girls Golf Tour-
nament, Graffon finished
in sixth place. Grafton
golfers finished with the '
following individual gross
rankings: Ainsley McLain,
5; Carlee Sieben, 41;
Cassie Erickson, 78; Walk-
er Demers, 87; Penny
Martinez, 96.
Park River Area fin-
ished in 1 lth place. Park
River Area golfers fin-
ished with the following
individual gross rankings:
Karina Whaley, 26; Gigi
Brouillard, 35; Kylie Ja-
cobson, 92; Brook Shirek,
95; Destinee Hahn, 98;
Claire Wharam, 106.
Eighth grader Ainsley
McLain of the Grafton
team als0 was named to
the 2019 Class B Girls
Golf All-State Team.
Photo: Larry Bid
Above: Park River Area senior Hannah Gordon's high school career came to a dose with a 101tl #ace finish in
javelin at the North Dakota Slate Track and Field Meet in Bismarck at the end of May, but her career will not
stop there. Gordon hassigned on to compete at Valley City State University. "I'm really excited to have Hannah
a part of our Track & Field Family at VCSU next year," said Valley City State University Head Cross Coun'ay / l
Track & Field Coach Daniel Scheff. 1-1annah a really great studeni, leader, and have a strong passion and love i
forthe sport of Track and Reid. Hannah is someone that will be able to step in as a Freshmen and make a mean- !
ingful impact within our Family in the throws and I'm really exdt to see what she can do and accomplish dur- i
ing her lime at VCSUI" ]
735; 7, Langdon 366-376-
742; 8, Edgeley-Kulm
381-364-745; 9, Carting-
ton 379-376-755; 10,
Northern Lights 388-390-
778; 11, Park River 415-
396-811; 12, Stanley 416-
399-815; 13 Des Lacs-
Burlington 414-404-818;
14, Dunseith 410-409-
819; 15, Oak Grove 430-
406-836; 16, Velva 433-
412-845; 17, Beach 461-
452-913; 18, Tioga 472-
JAMESTOWN, N.D. A year
ago, Kindred boys golf standout
Parker Bartels finished runner up
at state.
In 2019, Bartels - now a junior
paced the field at the North
Dakota High School Activities
Association Class B State Tour-
nament earning medalist honors on
Wednesday, May 29 at Jamestown
Country Club.
Bartels shot a two-day total of
150 (6-over) and won the tourna-
ment by three strokes. He fin-
ished Wednesday with a 2-over 74,
trimming two shots off his Tues-
day total of 76.
Entering Wednesday, Bartels
was in a four-way tie for the lead
with teammate Mark Olson (2018
NDHSAA Class B medalist) and
the Oak Grove sophomore duo of
Grayson Wetch and Scott Boehn-
ing.
At the turn on Wednesday, Bar-
tels held a two shot lead over
Wetch and Boehning. Down the
stretch it would come down to Bar-
tels and Wetch.
Wetch pulled even with Bartels
after posting a birdie on Hole 16.
The season came down to two
holes and Bartels seized the mo-
ment carding two birdies on 17 and
18 to wrap up the victory.
Wetch finished the tournament
with a 9-over 153. Olson tied for
third with May-Port-CG's
Nicholas Dale with 155s.
Kindred won its second straight
team state championship with a
tw0-day total of 625 24 shots
better than runner-up Oak Grove
(649).
The Vikings have now won
six state championships in the
last nine seasons (2011, 2012,
2013, 2016, 2018, 2019).
Individual Top 10 (All-State):
1, Parker Bartels, Kindred, 76-74-
Photo: Larry Bid
Above: Jack Whaley finished in 79th place at state.
150; 2, Grayson Wetch, Oak
Grove, 76-77-153; 3 (tie)Nicholas
Dale, May-Port-CG, 78-77-155;
Mark Olson, Kindred 76-79-155;
5, Scott Boehn'mg, Oak Grove, 76-
80-156; 6, Sid Ullyott, Langdon,
78-80-158; 7 (tie) Zachary Hen-
drickson, Our Redeemer's, 82-
77-159; Seth Hetzel, Stanley, 81-
78-159; Sam Henke, Kindred, 78-'
81-159; 10. Jett Mattson, Heart
River, 81-79-160.
-Team Scores: 1, Kindred 311-
314-625; 2, Oak Grove 323-326-
649; 3, Hillsboro-Central Valley
340-344-684; 4, Heart River 341-
344-685; 5, Grafton 348-342-690;
6 (tie) Western Morton 354-360-
714; Bottineau 355-359-714; 8,
Des Lacs-Burlington 370-350-
720; 9, Northern Lights 365-362-
727; 10, Linton/HMB 365-366-
731; 11, Dickinson Trinity, 362-
374-736; 12, LaMoure-L-M 369-
373-742; 13, South Border 372-
388-760; 14 (tie), Harvey-Wells
County 391-375-766; Stanley 399-
367-766; 16, Pembina County
North 396-386-782; 17, Langdon
398-400-798; 181 Divide COunty
444-425-869.
In the team gross rankings for
area golfers in the Class B Boys
Golf Tournament, Grafton fin-
ished in fifth place. Grafton golfers
finished with the following indi-
-vidual gross rankings: Parker
Close, 21; Dalton Albercht, 29;
Aiden McLain, 36; Ty Moe, 41;
Weston Sangrait, 67 and Brandon
Albercht, 109.
Park River Area's lone golfer,
Jack Whaley finished in 79th place
in the individual gross rankings.
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