The Vikings girls golf team came in fifth place at the Purple Hawk Invite April 23.

"It seems the combination of a stiff NW breeze and the soggy conditions on the course made The Hawk tough to play," head coach Dave Ambers said.

Scores

Amy Aho 95

Lacee Scherer 101

Kelsey Johnson 109

Katie Foley 112

Jeni Farr 124

Hope Chenevert 131

Total 418

TEAM RESULTS

1) Spring Lake Park 381

2) Rogers 412

3) Chisago Lakes 415

4) St. Francis 417

5) North Branch 418

6) Blaine 427

7) Becker 439

8) Princeton 456

9) Champlin Park 459

10) Cambridge - Isanti 462

11) Hermantown 467

12) Milaca 474

13) Duluth East 474

14) STMA 477

15) Mora 482

16) Braham 509

17) Pine City 520

18) Foley 546

19) Cloquet 636

20) Highland Park (incomplete)

Viking Amy Aho's 95 earned her a sixth place medal she was ninth in the 2006 event and Wildcat Krista Liebsch was 10th with a 100. Blair Bonner of St. Paul Highland Park and Alex DeBoer of Spring Lake Park carded the lowest scores with 86. DeBoer took the first place medal home as a result of a tie-breaker.

Switching matches, the Viking girls took advantage of good weather and home course advantage to grab two conference wins the last full week in April.

On April 25 the Vikings broke into the win column with a 199-203 win over Chisago Lakes. Amy Aho and Lacee Scherer led their team. Both golfers overcame first-hole, triple bogey eights to share medalist honors with identical 46's.

The heroine-of-the-day award went to Jeni Farr. Golfing in the fourth slot, Farr came in with a season-best 51. Katie Foley recorded a 56, despite finding the out-of-bounds twice and the water once.

A week after the Vikings shot a disappointing 219 in a nine-stroke loss at St. Francis, they rebounded with a season-best score April 12. The team's 193 was good enough to beat St. Francis‚ 194.

Scherer and Aho shared medalist honors. This time, neither girl had a score higher than six as they each pared three holes and totalled 44 strokes.

"Even with those two 44's on the score sheet, the win over the Saints wouldn't have been possible without someone else stepping up. This day, it was Kelsey Johnson who cemented the win a season-best 50," Ambers said.

Scores vs. CL

Lacee Scherer 46

Amy Aho 46

Katie Foley 56

Jeni Farr 51

Hope Chenevert 60

Laurel Dresel 67

Total 199

scores vs. St. Francis

Lacee Scherer 44

Amy Aho 44

Katie Foley 55

Kelsey Johnson 50

Jeni Farr 61

Hope Chenevert 70

Total 199