SEU’s Sam Price was the individual conference champion, repeating for the fourth consecutive season. Price put up second-place and sixth-place finishes in the first two legs, but in the third leg Monday at Fox Lake Golf Club, where points are doubled, Price put up a score of 85 to place first.

“It definitely shows my resilience through golf,” Price said. “I started with not a super-great season, so it definitely shows how I’m able to push through and finish out with a good round for my last conference meet.”

Price said she had to work to put the start of the season behind her and finish strong in the final leg.

“I had to reset mentally,” she said. “It’s definitely a hard sport on the mental side. Kind of being able to overcome the harder rounds is definitely something that’s helped a lot. I also spent a lot of time working this weekend on a lot of things and kind of got it down.”

Staff photo by Ari Selvey Wabasso's Carlee Jenniges takes a shot from the tee box during the third leg of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Girls Golf Tournament Monday at Fox Lake Golf Club.

With the extra boost coming from being named conference champion, Price says she’s ready to take on the section tournament to try to return to state for the fifth consecutive season.

“It definitely is a big confidence booster for sure,” she said.

Springfield’s Mavri Winkelmann placed second in both the third leg of the tournament, shooting an 89, as well as the overall tournament, leading her team to a co-championship. Winkelmann said that winning a share of the conference tournament championship meant a lot to the team as a whole.

“It feels amazing,” she said. “We worked so hard this year, coming back from last year, it was such an improvement. We did so well and I’m very proud of our team.”

Winkelmann said her short game and mentality were some things that helped her to her second-place finish on Monday.

Staff photo by Ari Selvey Springfield's Mavri Winkelmann follows her chip shot from just off the green during the third leg of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Girls Golf Tournament Monday at Fox Lake Golf Club.

“Chipping was definitely one of my stronger suits,” She said. “Putting, kind of my short game in general. Driving helped a lot, but overall it was my mental game. The mental game is so important in this sport. Keeping your chin high, it’s important, and I had a good day with that.”

Rounding out the top finishers in the overall conference tournament were SEU’s Kiara Murphy, Springfield’s Ava Lipetzky, Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Truman/Martin Luther’s Charlotte Berhow, Springfield’s Annie Kuehn, Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart’s Ava Ahlbrecht, SEU’s Ella Pollard, Alden-Conger’s Kamri Reichl, Alden-Conger’s Bethany Yokiel, Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop’s Anika Lee, Cedar Mountain’s Bailey Woodford, Alden-Conger’s Courtney Bakkedahl and St. James/Madelia’s Devyn Paris.

For the third leg of the tournament on Monday, SEU won on the day with a 385, with Springfield following with a 397. Alden-Conger placed third (420), followed by St. James/Madelia (424), GFW (428), BLHS and Wabasso (445), GHEC/T/ML (452), New Ulm Cathedral (461), and Martin County West (471). Cedar Mountain was incomplete.

For individuals after Price and Winkelmann on Day 3, Murphy placed third (93), while Yokiel took fourth (95). Reichl finished fifth (97), and Berhow and Kuehn tied for sixth (99). Kuehn, Lipetzky, Woodford, Pollard and Paris all tied for eighth (100). GFW was led by Lee in 12th (102), while Albrecht placed 13th (103). Wabasso was led by Alexis Jensen who tied for 19th (108). Chloe Gillis led Cathedral with a 110 to place 26th.

KUCERA, SEU SWEEP TOMAHAWK-VALLEY BOYS TOURNEY

Photo by Jake Olson Sleepy Eye United’s Nolan Kucera putts during the final leg of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament on Monday at Rose Lake Golf Club in Fairmont.

FAIRMONT — SEU’s Nolan Kucera completed his sweep of the Tomahawk-Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament by shooting a 74 to win the third leg of the tournament Monday at Rose Lake Golf Club on Monday.

Kucera also won the first and second leg of the tournament individually and finished as conference champion as a freshman.

“It means a lot,” Kucera said. “It’s my first year winning it, so It’s pretty exciting to win. Just feels amazing.”

Kucera said that limiting penalty strokes and staying consistent were key to taking home the championship.

Kucera also helped SEU win the conference as a team as SEU shot a 319 in the third leg to lead the field. Cedar Mountain placed second on the team side (350), followed by Alden-Conger (356), GHEC/T/ML and GFW (363), Springfield (366), St. James/Madelia (387), Cathedral (392), MCW (393), Wabasso (417) and BLHS (425). The SEU boys also won the first two legs of the conference tournament, making it a clean sweep overall.

GHEC/T/ML’s Jevin Garry and Alden-Conger’s Ryan Hintz tied for second individually after Kucera (78), followed by SEU’s Blaine Arneson (80) and Anders Coulson (82), MCW’s Knox Larson and SEU’s Isaac Christensen (83), Cedar Mountain’s Carson Schiller (84) and GHEC/T/ML’s Gavin Kester and Cedar Mountain’s Thomas Dahmes (85). Lincoln McCue led GFW with an 87 to tie for 11th, while Carter Wilson tied for 15th (89) to lead Cathedral. Springfield was led by Colten Sell’s 90 to place 17th, While Brayden Guetter led Wabasso with a 18th-place finish (91).

Alden-Conger finished the tournament second overall in the points race, followed by Cedar Mountain.

Hintz finished second overall behind Kucera in individual tournament points, followed by Coulson, Arneson, Schiller, Kester, Christensen and Larson.