Hills, Aitkin win Mid-Minn season title

WADENA -- Brian Hills of Aitkin shot 78 to earn medalist honors and the Gobblers went on to capture the Mid-Minnesota boys' golf conference championship Thursday at Wadena Country Club.

Aitkin won the season championship. Park Rapids, Staples-Motley and Pine River-Backus competed in Thursday's championship meet. Pequot Lakes, Crosby-Ironton, Wadena-Deer Creek and Sebeka-Menahga sent individuals to the meet but did not count in the team competition.

Team scores -- Aitkin 429, Park Rapids 473, Staples-Motley 435, Pine River-Backus 431

Medalist -- Brian Hills (A) 78

Aitkin results -- Andrew Heggem 82, Ben Johnson 84, J.J. Harrington 89, Dan Siemers 96

Staples-Motley results -- Corey Wilson 85, Brian Kavanaugh 85, Isaac Landecker 86, Josh Grossman 89, Andrew Murray 90, Travis Wilson 94

Pine River-Backus results -- Logan Sasse 80, Tyler Johnson 86, Micah Johnson 88, Javen Swanson 88, Neil Winn 89, Willie Devorak 101

Pequot Lakes results -- Josh Dale 83, Jeremy Wiczek 96, Josh Thorson 99

Crosby-Ironton results -- Joe Bower 96

Wadena-Deer Creek results -- Matt Boline 87, Michael Grieme 90, Chris Neu 90

All-conference golfers -- Hills, Sasse, Brian Kuhn (Park Rapids), Heggem, Dale, Ben Johnson, Wilson, Kavanaugh, Tyler Johnson, Landecker, Boline, Micah Johnson, Javin Swanson (Park Rapids)

Final Mid-Minn season points -- Aitkin 22, SM 17, PRB 17, Park Rapids 10

Next meet -- Staples-Motley, Wadena-Deer Creek, Crosby-Ironton in Mid-State Conference meet today at Headwaters in Park Rapids.

Pierz boys third in CMC meet

COLLEGEVILLE -- Pierz's Nathan Meyer finished one shot off the pace and the Pioneers claimed third place with 171 strokes in a Central Minnesota Conference meet Thursday.

Team scores --1-Maple Lake 162, 2-Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 168, 3-Pierz 171, 4-Rockford 171, 5-Howard Lake-Waverly 183, 6-St. Johns 189, 7-Kimball-Eagle Valley-Watkins 191

Medalist -- Phil Kuese (ML) 38

Pierz results -- Nathan Meyer 39, Chad Schirmers 41, Chris Boser 45, Dan Fischer 45, Doug Virnig 46, Mark Seelen 48

Conference standings -- 2-Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 48, 2-Maple Lake 40, 3-Pierz 38, 4-Rockford 25, 5-Howard Lake-Waverly 24, 6-St. Johns 14, 7-Kimball-Eagle Valley-Watkins 7