MGA Press Release

Deeg, Bolstad/University Win in Record-Setting Fashion

MONTICELLO -- Cassie Deeg posted the lowest individual girls score in the 49-year history of the MGA Team Championships on Thursday. The MGA Junior Girls champion, who will be a sophomore at Stillwater in a few weeks, added a 72 to the 71 she had produced at Monticello Country Club in Wednesday's first round.

Her 143 aggregate for the two days gave her a three-stroke victory over Gretchen Huhnerkoch (72-74--146).

Deeg and Huhnerkoch were both members of the Les Bolstad/University Golf Course, which won the girls team competition for the fifth consecutive year -- and also set a record for lowest two-day total, with a 289 (two scores count each day).

Second-place Crystal Lake finished 31 strokes behind, at 320, and the Vintage was another seven back at 327.

This, incidentally, was the last junior tournament for Huhnerkoch, who will be starting her freshman year at Wichita State later this month. In the 25 tournaments she's played this year, Huhnerkoch has been the medalist 13 times, been second six times and third another four times.

Laura Petterson of Crystal took third place individually. She shot 76 on Thursday for an overall 154, which was one better than the 155 by Cydney Hasselberg (79-76) of the Vintage.

With Deeg's victory, Bolstad/University has now take the individual championship home in five of the last six years. Lauren Huhnerkoch (Gretchen's older sister) took the title in 2004, and BU's Hillary Gerster won it the next year, in '05, and again in '07. Last year, Gretchen Huhnerkoch came out on top, and now Deeg.

As for the boys, Micah Meogordon of Meadows GC replicated a first-round 70 on Thursday, for a two-day tab of 140, and that made him the winner by two shots over Myles Pfingston (74-70--144) of Interlaken.

Danny Cameron, an all-state high player from Jefferson who was competing at Monticello as an individual only, ended up one further back, alone in third place at 145 (72-73).

Minnetonka led after the first day with a 223 (three boys' scores count toward the team total), and shot the same score on Thursday to win the boys team trophy with an overall 446.

29th MGA State Junior Team Championships

At Monticello Country Club

Par 72

Final results

Girls Division

 18 Hole Team Total (2 of 4 scores) 36 Hole Team Total

Bolstad/University    143 / 146 289