Pierz boys second in CMC meet

COLLEGEVILLE -- Doug Virnig led the Pierz boys' golf team with a 37 and helped the Pioneers take second place at Boulder Ridge in a Central Minnesota Conference meet Tuesday.

Pierz's Nate Meyer added a 38, helping the Pioneers stay one point behind Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa in the conference standings.

Team scores -- 1 - Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 158, 2 - Pierz 161, 3 - Rockford 161, 4 - Big Lake 177, 5 - Kimball-Eden Valley-Watkins 178, 6 - Maple Lake 185, 7 - St. Johns Prep 192, 8 - Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 199

Medalist -- M. Gjerde (BBE) 35

Pierz results -- Doug Virnig 37, Nate Meyer 38, Chris Boser 42, Dan Fischer 44, Chad Schrams 44, Alex Diwnebier 44

Conference standings -- Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 38, Pierz 37, Rockford 24, Big Lake 22, Maple Lake 19, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted 18, Kimball-Eden Valley-Watkins 16, St. Johns Prep 6

Next meet -- Pierz at Mora Scramble Friday.

Staples moves further ahead in Mid-Minn West Conference

PARK RAPIDS -- Staples-Motley's Andrew Murray fired a 38 to earn medalist honors at the Mid-Minnesota Conference meet Monday.

Murray's score along with Cory Wilson and Isaac Landecker's 40s helped the S-M Cardinals widen their conference lead.

Team scores --1-Staples 205, 2-Park Rapids 221, Wadena-Deer Creek 227, Menahga-Sebeka 243

Medalist --Andrew Murray (SM) 38

Staples results --Andrew Murray 38, Cory Wilson 40, Isaac Landecker 40, Peter Swenson 43, Pat Helling 44, Travis Wilson 44.

Wadena-Deer Creek results --Mike Mays 42, Andy Hillesland 44, Brennen Truax 44, Mike Grieme 45, Adam Gress 49, Nick Johnson 52.

Conference standings -- 1-Staples-Motley 90, 2-Wadena-Deer Creek 44.5.

Patriots close the gap on the Rangers

DEERWOOD -- Pine River-Backus junior Logan Sasse was the best at holding off a 15 mph wind, and some late evening cool conditions as he carded a 42 to take medalist honors at Cuyuna Country Club Monday in a Central Minnesota Conference boys' golf meet Monday.

All six Pequot Lakes Patriots shot 40's to win the meet by two strokes over Crosby-Ironton.

Team scores --1-Pequot Lakes 230, 2-Crosby-Ironton 232, 3-Aitkin 235, Pine River 259

Medalist -- Logan Sasse (PR) 42

Pequot Lakes results --Josh Dale 44, Nathan Larson 45, Andrew Kraft 46, Jeremy Wiczek 47, Josh Thorson 48, Dan Albertson 48

Crosby-Ironton results --Ricky Aulie 43, Kris Boike 44, Jamin Cousins 47, Bill Gottsch 49, Joe Bauer 49, Mike Simmonds 51

Aitkin results --Adam Siemers 43, Brian Hills 44, Ben Johnson 45, Jay Lammers 50, J.J. Harrington 53, Rocky Oihus 54

Pine River results --Logan Sasse 42, Tyler Johnson 48, Casey Stark 53, O.J. Johnson 58, Chris Sarageau 58, Cory Swenson 63

Conference standings -- 1-Crosby-Ironton 58, 2-Pequot Lakes 55, 3-Aitkin 48.5, 4-Pine River 42.5.

Kavanaugh's pace Pillager to second place

EAGLE VALLEY -- Bryan and Joe Kavanaugh shot rounds of 43 and 44, placing them in the top five, and led the Pillager Huskies boys' golf team to a second place finish in the Eagle Valley golf tournament on Monday.

Team scores -- 1-Osakis, 2-Pillager, 3-Eagle Valley, 4-Underwood, 5-AE, 6-Henning, 7-Browerville.

Medalist -- Black (O)

Pillager results -- Bryan Kavanaugh 43, Joe Kavanaugh 44, Jayson Dinkel 48, Matt Nornberg 59, Nate Wentzel 54, Brian Rhett 55.

Next meet -- P at the Vintage in Staples 8:30 a.m. Sat. May 4.