ELY- The Northeast Range – Ely girls golf team teed it up on their home course this week and took second in the seven-team East Range Conference tourney on Monday at the Ely Golf Club.
Four teams fielded enough golfers to compete for the team title, and NER-Ely’s total of 204 strokes was just eight behind winner Rock Ridge.
Abby Koivisto led the team with a third-place finish and carded a 10-over-par 47. Coming in seventh was Carena DeBeltz with a 50, followed in ninth place by Danica Sunblad, who shot a 53. Maizy Sunblad rounded out the team scoring in 12th with a 54.
The team fared well in an invitational tourney in Hibbing on Friday, May 10, taking third place among the nine teams competing for the team title.
Maizy Sunblad led the charge in Hibbing, placing third in the 18-hole par 72 event with an 86. Koivisto wound up in 17th with a 101, Ruby Milton shot a 106 to finish 23rd, and DeBeltz shot a 111 for 29th place.