REGIONAL- A return trip to the state tournament wasn’t in the cards this year for the Northeast Range/Ely girls golf team, as they placed third in the 7A sectional tournament in McGregor on Tuesday.
Walker-Hackensack-Akeley took the team title and state berth with a stroke total of 830, well clear of runner-up Pine River-Backus at 861. The Nighthawks finished well back of that with a 917.
Carena DeBeltz cashed her ticket to the Class A state tournament by firing identical 102s for a 204 total and fourth place in the 30-player field. Maizy Sunblad finished  in a tie for eighth with a 218, shaving off eight stroked from her first round score in the second., Danica Sunblad placed 16th  with a 240, and Cylvia DeBeltz rounded out the scoring with a  255 and 20th place.
Boys
With only two players entered, the only path to state available was finishing at the top of the pack, but Alex Merriman placed 15th with a 183, while Jayden Zemke withdrew after one round.

(Editor's note: The print edition story was incorrectly baseed on only first-round results. The Timberjay regrets the error.)