Crookston Pirate Junior Grace Fischer competed on the final day of the MSHSL Class AA Girls Golf Tournament at the Ridges at Sand Creek Golf Course in Jordan. Fischer shot a 105 yesterday putting her in 72nd place after Day 1. Due to rain and lightning delays, the tournament was shortened to just 9 holes of play today for a total of 27. Fischer went off the back nine for her 9 holes and shot a 46 for a two-day total of 151 which was good for a tie for 68th place in the tournament. Lake City easily won the State Tournament with a score of 491, 39 strokes better than second-place finishing Fergus Falls. Mallory Belka of Perham won the individual title with an impressive score of +6 114 over the 27 holes.
BACK NINE –
With each golfer only playing 9 holes on the final day of the tournament, Fischer like everyone else was assigned to the back nine. She shot a 53 on the back nine yesterday but got off to a much better start today. She started with a double bogey but put together back-to-back pars on the 125-yard par-three eleventh hole, and 285-yard par-four twelfth hole. Fischer ran into some trouble on the par-four 339-yard thirteenth hole and recorded a triple bogey, but would bounce right back with a par on the 260-yard par-four fourteenth hole. Fischer would double bogey the next two holes before getting a par on the par-three 116-yard seventeenth hole. Fischer would then end her round with a bogey for a score of 46, seven strokes better than her 53 on the back nine yesterday. The 46 gave her a total score of 151 for the 27-hole State Tournament.
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Below are the results from the full 27 holes at the State Tournament.
| Teams (Top Team is State Champion) | Pirates | Score | |
| 1. Lake City – 491 | Grace Fischer (68th place) | 151 | |
| 2. Fergus Falls – 530 | |||
| 3. Pequot Lakes – 535 | |||
| 4. Minnewaska Area – 539 | |||
| 5. Providence Academy – 548 | |||
| 6. St. Croix Lutheran – 564 | |||
| 7. Jordan – 582 | |||
| 8. Mesabi East – 604 | |||
| Top Individuals (Top Individual is State Champion) | Score | ||
| 1. Mallory Belka (Per) | 114 | ||
| 2. Ella Matzke (Lake City) | 117 | ||
| 3. Anna Eckmann (PR) | 119 | ||
| 4. Julian Brown (Redwood Valley) | 120 | ||
| 4. Genevieve Birkeland (PL) | 120 | ||
| 4. Victoria Woytassek (Jordan) | 120 |
PICTURES COURTESY OF CROOKSTON GIRLS GOLF COACH JEFF PERREAULT
