REGIONAL- North Woods golfer Tori Olson finished her high school golf career on Wednesday by finishing 15th in the two-day Class A state golf tournament at the Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker.
The North Woods ace  found herself 10 strokes off the pace in 13th position after the opening round on Tuesday.
Olson shot a 14-over-par 86, with identical nines of 43. Her round was five strokes better than last year’s opener at state, where she finished 22nd.
On Wednesday, Olson opened play on the back nine, where she struggled early before righting the ship and settling in for a solid string of pars. With golfers shifting places throught the day, Olson flirted with breaking into the ton ten before falling back to 15th at the end of the round. Due to weather and darkness, play was halted before all golfers were off the course, so all scores were adjusted to 16 holes rather than 18.
NER-Ely
District 7A champion NER-Ely was fifth in the eight-school team competition after Tuesday’s play, with their 395 total putting them in striking distance of fourth-place Heritage Christian Academy at 375, and they held onto that position at the end of the tourney.
Abby Koivisto led the way, finishing in a three-way tie for 17th at 28 over par. improving from her 24th position after the first day of play. The rest of the squad was well down the leaderboard, with Maizy Sunblad at 49th, Carena DeBeltz at 51st, Danica Sunblad at 69th, Cylvia DeBeltz at 75th.  Ezra Chamberlin  also teed it up for NER-Ely but withdrew on the second day of the tourney.