On the final day of the Class A State Golf Tournament at Pebble Creek Golf Club, Strei turned in the area’s top performance as he finished his final round just three strokes over par.

That 3-over-par 75 allowed Strei to crack the top 20 in the boys tournament and finish with a tie for 15th place overall.

Strei shot an 81 on Tuesday, improving six strokes Wednesday to finish with a 156 two-day total.

“Obviously I would have liked to have shot better and placed lower, but that’s kind of every player that plays the game of golf, you know you can do better and you expect better,” Strei said. “I’m happy with where I ended up overall.”

Photo by Sam Davis Sleepy Eye United’s Nolan Kucera surveys the green during the final day of the Class A State Golf Tournament in Becker at Pebble Creek Golf Club on Wednesday.

Strei, who began on the back nine at Pebble Creek Wednesday, had a par on every hole but Holes 13, 14 and 16 to sit just three strokes over par heading into his final nine. He further climbed the leaderboard with two birdies on his final nine, one coming on the par-4 third hole and the second coming on the par-5 fifth hole.

“Today I feel the big difference from yesterday was probably my mood, that was probably the biggest thing I can say,” Strei said. “I felt Day 1 I might have took it a little too seriously and let a couple shots affect me that shouldn’t have. Going into Day 2, I kind of just laid back a little bit and was like, ‘This is my last time here, I’m going to enjoy it. Hit one shot at a time and see what happens.'”

Strei said while it sprinkled on and off during his first nine holes, it rained heavily during his final nine, which actually made it easier for him.

“I’m a good weather player, so it didn’t bother me too much,” Strei said. “But it made things a little easier softening everything up.”

Sleepy Eye United also had both its boys and girls team finish up their time in the state tournament, with the girls team taking sixth out of eight teams with a two-day score of 798 and the boys team finishing seventh out of eight with a two-day score of 679.

Sleepy Eye United’s Sam Price takes a swing during the final day of the Class A State Golf Tournament in Becker at Pebble Creek Golf Club on Wednesday.

The SEU girls were once again led by junior Sam Price, who had the top girls performance from the area with a two-day total of 179 to finish tied for 26th overall. She had an 89 on Tuesday and a 90 on Wednesday.

Despite several bogey and double bogeys on her first nine holes Wednesday, which started on Hole 10, she earned birdies on the par-five second hole and par-5 fifth hole to make up some ground.

SEU senior Chloe Walter finished with a two-day total of 195 in the tournament to take 50th, with a 102 on Wednesday, while junior Kiara Murphy shot a two-day total of 197 for 54th place, shooting a 102 on Wednesday.

SEU’s Ella Pollard (227, 114 Wednesday, 80th), Elizabeth Currans (251,123 Wednesday, 82nd) and Caroline Currans (270, 136 Wednesday, 84th,) rounded out the SEU girls’ scores.

Springfield also had two girls competing on the girls’ side of the tournament in Mavri Winkelmann and Ava Lipetzky. Winkelmann finished with a two-day total of 181 for 30th place, carding an 86 on Wednesday.

Lipetzky finished 66th in the tourney with a two-day score of 210, shooting a 105 on Wednesday.

Dawson-Boyd’s Lindsey Lund shot a two-day total of 152 to finish as the girls individual champion, two strokes over par in her two rounds. Dawson-Boyd was the Class A state girls champion with a 669.

The SEU boys were led in the tournament by eighth-grader Nolan Kucera, who finished with a two-day total of 166 to finish 36th overall at state. He carded an 85 on Wednesday.

Leading the SEU boys Wednesday was fello eighth-grader Anders Coulson, who finished nine strokes over par with an 81, giving him a two-day total of 168 and a 43rd-place finish. SEU senior George Schwint finished his prep career with a two-day total of 171 for 55th place, shooting an 83 on Wednesday, while teammate Blaine Arneson turned in a two-day total of 174 to take 61st, shooting an 86 on Wednesday.

SEU senior Josh Sellner finished with a 180 for 72nd place, carding a 91 on Wednesday, while teammate Isaac Christensen had a two-day total of 181 for 73rd, with an 88 on Wednesday.

Springfield senior Braiden Davis finished his prep career with a two-day total of 173, shooting an 88 Wednesday to finish 58th overall in the tournament.

Alex Rhode of Heritage Christian Academy was the individual boys champion after finishing with a two-day total of 146, one over par. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley finished as the boys Class A champion with a 613.