Cardinals rule the Ranger Invite

DEERWOOD - Cydney Hasselberg and Julia Schock shot 86s, Kelly Hagenson carded a 90 and Hailey Roberts fired a seventh-place 93 to lead the Staples-Motley Cardinals girls' golf team to first at the Ranger invite on the Lakes Course at Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge Tuesday.

Molly Hoppe shot 85 to finish second individually and help Brainerd to fourth.

Pequot Lakes finished fifth and was led by Audra Clement's 99.

Jamie Welle's 100 landed Crosby-Ironton into sixth.

Tracy Gustafson just missed the top eight individually, but her 95 placed Wadena-Deer Creek in eighth. Kristin Gotvald shot 97 to lead Pierz to ninth.

Team scores: 1-Staples-Motley 355, 2-Hibbing 372, 3-Virginia 395, 4-Brainerd 414, 5-Pequot Lakes 432, 6-Crosby Ironton Maroon 434, 7-Isle 448, 8-Wadena-Deer Creek 452, 9-Pierz 455, 10-Greenway-Coleraine 481, 11-Esko-Carlton 483, 12-Crosby Ironton White 507, 13-Eveleth-Gilbert Inc.

Medalist: Ashlie Helstrom (H) 78

Brainerd: Molly Hoppe 85, Morgan Twamley 109, Erin Olejnicak 110, Brittany Kohlmeier 110, Amanda Svoboda 120, Courtney Jindra 126

Crosby-Ironton: Jamie Welle 100, Molly Sand 112, Andrea Miller 107, Steph Sand 115, Ali Swancutt 117, Brandie Henrichs 121

Pequot Lakes: Audra Clement 99, Megan Lenz 101, Erika Schwalbe 114, Chelsea Ekeberg 118, Kayla Skog 120

Pierz: Kristin Gotvald 97, Alissa Folger 116, Anna Poster 120, Maria Jansen 122, Sam Herold 125, Hannah Hoheisel 134,

Staples-Motley: Cydney Hasselberg 86, Julia Schock 86, Kelly Hagenson 90, Hailey Roberts 93, Darcy Martin 100, Kirstin Iverson 107

Wadena-Deer Creek: Tracy Gustafson 95, Kayla Krause 111, Katie Anderson 112, Jenna Ludovissie 134, Breanna Speed 158, Amanda Kramer 159

Next: Brainerd, Crosby-Ironton at Grand Rapids Invitational at Sugarbrook 9 a.m Saturday; Pequot Lakes in Staples-Motley Invite 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Kavenaugh shoots to seventh

UNDERWOOD - Pillager's Caitlin Kavenaugh shot a seventh-place 104 in Tuesday's Underwood girls' golf invitational.

Team scores - 1-Osakis 400, 2-Ortonville 472, 3-Henning 485

Individual medalist - Kelsie Ross (Os) 92

Pillager results - 7-Caitlin Kavanaugh 104

Next meet - Pillager in Browerville Invite at Double Eagle Golf Course Tuesday.

Rush City 243, Aitkin 252

DEERWOOD - Melissa Welshons shot a 52 for medalist honors in Tuesday's Great River Conference girls' golf match at Cuyuna Country Club.

The Gobblers fell to Rush City 243-252.

Team scores: Aitkin 252, Rush City 243

Medalist: Melissa Welshons (A) 52

Aitkin: Dayna Weizenegger 68, Molly Burman 65, Kaila Schaaf 67, Kaitlin Konsor 78, Kelsey Dagen 81

Next: Aitkin in Great River Conference Triangular at Mille Lacs, 4:30 p.m. Thursday.