Wind wreaks havoc

Wind was the big winner on Day 1 of the Class A state golf meet.

The wind howled and pushed scores up at Dickinson’s 6,748-yard, par 72 Heart River Golf Course.

The tough conditions messed with the Blue Jays two youngsters who qualified for the tournament as eighth-grader Austin Rene finished with an 89 and sophomore Jakobi Lux a 95.

“Wind was certainly a factor today,” JHS coach Dean Kraft said. “It takes what you’ve put together as a plan to attack the course and you basically throw that out the window.

“My guys struggled a lot with club selection and selecting their aim points. You can hit what you think are good shots only to have them so wind affected they just don’t turn out the way you had envisioned.”

Rene was OK tee to green, but struggled putting and around the greens.

“Today was a day where you are going to miss a lot of greens and have to rely on your short game,” Kraft said. “Austin just couldn’t seem to get that aspect of his game going. He’s been so sharp with his short game so hopefully he can turn that around tomorrow.”

Lux had a better second nine after a shaky start.

“Good mental toughness when things went as poorly as they did on the front. He did a good job on letting the first nine go and started fresh on his second nine,” Kraft said of Lux.

West Fargo enters the second and final round with a seven-shot lead over Fargo Shanley for the team title.

Riley Johnson of West Fargo fired an even-par 72, giving him a two-stroke edge over Ty Kennedy of Grand Forks Central.

Class A State Golf Tournament

At Heart River Golf Course, Dickinson

Team results

West Fargo 312, Fargo Shanley 319, Bismarck High 324, Bismarck Century 326, Bismarck St. Mary’s 330, Wahpeton 334, Minot 335, Grand Forks Red River 337, Dickinson 340, Fargo Davies 340, Fargo South 345, Mandan 351.

Individual results

1, Riley Johnson, West Fargo, 72. 2, Ty Kennedy, Grand Forks Central, 74. 3, Jacob Dehne, Century, 76. 4, Tyler Rivard, Shanley, 77. 5 (tie), Connor Holland, West Fargo, 78. 5 (tie), Cam Hager, Shanley, 78. 7 (tie), Nick Evin, West Fargo, 79. 7 (tie), Nick Stavn, Bismarck, 79. 7 (tie), Jake DeForest, St. Mary’s, 79. 10 (tie), Nick Nustad, Bismarck, 80. 10 (tie), Jordan Smith, St. Mary’s, 80. 10 (tie), Drew Lingle, Century, 80. 14 (tie), Zach Overvold, Davies, 81. 14 (tie), Ryan Ames, Wahpeton, 81. 14 (tie), Luke Strom, Red River, 81. 17 (tie), Thomas Strandemo, Shanley, 82. 17 (tie), Trenton Schwehr, Bismarck, 82. 17 (tie), Nick Jenson, Valley City, 82. 17 (tie), BJ Mahar, Williston, 82. 17 (tie), Ben Wobaum, Shanley, 82. 17 (tie), Austen Strom, Fargo North, 82.

23 (tie), Payton Johnson, West Fargo, 83. 23 (tie), Derek Weninger, Bismarck, 83. 23 (tie), Tanner Halter, Dickinson, 83. 23 (tie), Brady Ohman, Red River, 83. 23 (tie), Taran Albright, Minot, 83. 23 (tie), Ben Sorenson, Valley City, 83. 31 (tie), Sam Wangler, Bismarck, 84. 31 (tie), Jared Lentz, Valley City, 84. 31 (tie), Jared Steen, Fargo South, 84. 31 (tie), Thomas Nelson, Wahpeton, 84. 31 (tie), Jake Richels, Wahpeton, 84. 37 (tie), Troy Ressler, Century, 85. 37 (tie), Jake Hintz, Fargo South, 85. 37 (tie), Charlie Hermes, Wahpeton, 85. 37 (tie), Sean Ternes, Century, 85. 37 (tie), Josh McCormick, St. Mary’s, 85. 37 (tie), Alex Priebe, Dickinson, 85.

43 (tie), Cole Johnson, West Fargo, 86. 43 (tie), Braxton Heupel, Minot, 86. 43 (tie), Grant Dvorak, St. Mary’s 86. 43 (tie), Jersey Kelly, Minot, 86. 43 (tie), Zach Sklebar, Fargo North, 86. 48 (tie), Colton Murphy, Mandan, 87. 48 (tie), Chase Fuginger, Fargo South, 87. 48 (tie), Tucker Bruington, Mandan, 87. 48 (tie), Jake Kist, Mandan, 87. 48 (tie), Eric Christiansen, Wahpeton, 87. 48 (tie), Parker Sirek, Wahpeton, 87. 54 (tie), Max Restemayer, Davies, 88. 54 (tie), Matt Schirado, Bismarck, 88. 54 (tie), Bryan Pallen, Davies, 88. 54 (tie), Joe Kassian, St. Mary’s, 88. 54 (tie), Ricky Phillips, Grand Forks Central, 88. 59 (tie), Jon Baune, Fargo South, 89. 59 (tie), Jon Nord, Red River, 89. 59 (tie), Thomas Gilchrist, St. Mary’s, 89. 59 (tie), Austin Rene, Jamestown, 89.

64 (tie), Jack Eickhof, Red River, 90. 64 (tie), Zach Vollan, Mandan, 90. 64 (tie), Grady Meyer, Shanley, 90. 64 (tie), Tyer Kast, Minot, 90. 64 (tie), Trevor Swangler, Davies, 90. 64 (tie), Michael Storandt, Shanley, 90. 70 (tie), Taylor Trenda, Mandan, 92. 70 (tie), Tucker Windels, Davies, 92. 70 (tie), Carter Donnan, Dickinson, 92. 70 (tie), Ty Jones, Minot, 92. 70 (tie), Tyler Miller, Century, 92. 70 (tie), Barret Eickhof, Red River, 92. 76, Chase Pulczinski, West Fargo, 94. 77 (tie), Jordan Beyer, Century, 95. 77 (tie), Jakobi Lux, Jamestown, 95. 79, Jake Wavra, Grand Forks Central, 96. 80, Austin Tweet, Mandan, 99. Andrew Thompson, Grand Forks Central, DQ. Landon Poss, Fargo South, DQ. Shay Ridl, Dickinson, WD. Jarrett Etches, Fargo South, WD.

Sun sports editor Dave Selvig can be reached at (701) 952-8460 or by e-mail at daves@jamestownsun.com

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