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Even with some struggles at the top, the Jamestown High School girls golf team sits in a manageable spot after the first day of the Lifetime Vision Source East-West Classic.

Sierra Bennion led the Blue Jays with an 87 and Maria LeFevre added a 90 to help Jamestown to a first-day score of 417 Monday at the Jamestown Country Club. The Jays sit in ninth place out of 15 teams. The tournament concludes today, with action starting at 8 a.m.

“We are very happy with that position,” Jamestown coach Dean Kraft said. “Our seventh-graders did a great job.”

Bennion is tied with Bismarck Century’s Annie Nelson for 14th, while LeFevre is tied for 16th with Minot’s Haili Duchscherer.

Fargo Davies’ Allyson Meyer and Fargo South’s Cassidy St. Germain shot 79s to lead the pack. Davies had four scorers inside the top 10. In third is Davies’ Kathleen Marsh (80), while West Fargo’s Ashley Bixby, Davies’ Jennifer Marsh and Dickinson’s Rachel Jahner are tied for fourth with 82s.

Davies’ success gave it a commanding lead, as the 325 is 22 strokes ahead of Fargo North. Bismarck Century (358), Dickinson (386) and Grand Forks Red River (389) rounded out the top five, respectively.

Jamestown is 10 strokes behind Bismarck High, but eight strokes ahead of Mandan. Though it may not have made much of a difference in the team score, Kraft said Bennion didn’t have her best day.

“She had a little trouble off the tee today,” Kraft said. “She was pushing shots to the right and getting into trouble. I think she was pretty disappointed with her score.”

Still, Kraft said he expects her to contend for the best scores on the second day.

“Last year at state, she ran into some difficulty, and came out the second day and shot the third best score of the day,” Kraft said. “She’ll throw that away and be ready to go.”

LeFevre was just 5-over par after the front nine, but Kraft said she ran into some hurdles on the back.

“She had a couple of errant shots,” Kraft said. “She had about three holes in a row where her score kind of ballooned.”

Mara LeFevre shot a 119 for Jamestown, while teammates Kaitlin Mullowney (121), Sarah Azure (124) and Ashlyn Weis (154) finished behind her, respectively.

East-West Classic

at Jamestown Country Club

Day 1

Team scores: 1, Fargo Davies 325; 2, Fargo North 347; 3, Bismarck Century 358; 4, Dickinson 386; 5, Grand Forks Red River 389; 6, Minot 399; 7, West Fargo 405; 8, Bismarck High 407; 9, Jamestown 417; 10, Mandan 425; 11, Fargo Shanley 428; 12, Fargo South 432; 13, Grand Forks Central 435; 14, Wahpeton 437; 15, Valley City 510.

Individual top 10

1T, Allyson Meyer, FD, 79; Cassidy St. Germain, FS, 79; 3, Kathleen Marsh, FD, 80; 4T, Ashley Bixby, WF, 82; Jennifer Marsh, FD, 82; Rachel Jahner, Dickinson 82; 7, Riana Cooper, Dickinson, 83; 8T, Addie Long, FN, 84; Alex Woken, FD, 84; Kayla Barke, Williston, 84.

Results by team

Fargo Davies (325): Allyson Meyer 79, Kathleen Marsh 80, Jennifer Marsh 82, Alex Woken 84, Bailey Gemar 91

Fargo North (347): Addie Long 84, Annie Twells 86, Hanna Berg 86, Keely Spiess 91, Kenzie Jenson 95, Briana Heskin 105.

Bismarck Century (358): Alex Leidholm 85, Annie Nelson 87, Bri Flynn 92, Alex Hopkins 94, Lauren Bischof 98, Lindsey Reede 102.

Dickinson (386): Rachel Jahner 82, Riana Cooper 83, Jill Mueller 109, Katherine Kessel 112, Kelsey Yon 122.

Grand Forks Red River (389): Cali Halverson 94, Casey Debeltz 94, Alexis Caoili 99, Morgan Hetletved 102, Hilary Whalen 113, Betsy Seaver 117.

Minot (399): Haili Duchscherer 90, Paige Argent 100, McKinley Bender 103, MaKensey Arlien 106, Evie Reynolds 109, Casara Tessendorf 123.

West Fargo (405): Ashley Bixby 82, Brittany Rheault 97, Kennedy Kraft 111, Sierra Peterson 115, Ashley Peterson 120, McCall Brown 120.

Bismarck High (407): Katie Kasper 91, Ashley Doppler 101, Sierra Deringer 107, Gretta Gilje 108, Ciara Schock 115, Kylie Bergan 146.

Jamestown (417): Sierra Bennion 87, Maria LeFevre 90, Mara LeFevre Kaitlin Mullowney 121, Sarah Azure 124, Ashlyn Weis 154.

Mandan (425): Kayla Helbling 103, Sydnie Mongeon 105, Megan Broeckel 106, Devon Comeau 111, KayCee Schulz 113.

Fargo Shanley (428): Hannah Ohm 97, Payton Thimjon 105, Aly Corbid 106, Abby Armstrong 108, Grace Dietz 109, Katey Wold 118, Marcella Hanson 131.

Fargo South (432): Cassidy St. Germain 79, Emily Grothmann 92, Abbie Baumann 125, Katy Weaver 136, Maddie Johnson 147, Meredith Grothman 147.

Grand Forks Central (435): Shaylee Ferguson 100, Alizjah Swenson 108, Samantha Marshall 109, Jordan Reiter 118, Kaylin Anderson 130, Frankie Goode 132.

Wahpeton (437): Morgan Strand 105, Kelsey Darwin 107, Emma Rubish 112, Leslie Hibl 113, Jessica DeVillers 118, Katie Meyer 126.

Valley City (510): Kassidy Ronningen 118, Sara Gilbertson 118, Saidee Oberlander 124, Rachel Schueneman 150, Mikayla Gustafson 151.

Williston (incomplete): Kayla Barke 84, Alyssa Wiedrich 120, Whitney Pflug 125.

Turtle Mountain (incomplete): Kayana Trottier 113, Gia Davis 120, Amber Allery 143.

Sun sports writer Chris Aarhus can be reached at (701) 952-8462 or by email at caarhus@jamestownsun.com

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