Golf

       The 2026 C-I-A golf schedule is out. Let's take a look.

Friday, May 1-CIA vs Park Rapids at Headwaters C.C.

Monday, May 4-CIA vs Mora at Spring Brook Golf Course

Wednesday, May 6-CIA vs Mille Lacs Raiders at Northwoods Hills Golf Course

Friday, May 8-CIA vs Rock Ridge at Giants Ridge

Saturday-May 9-CIA vs Rock Ridge at Giants Ridge

Tuesday, May 12-CIA vs Pequot Lakes at Deacons Lodge

Wednesday, May 13-CIA vs TBD at Ruttgers

Monday, May 18-CIA vs Cloquet at Cloquet C.C>

Tuesday, May 19-CIA vs TBD at Cuyuna Rolling Hills

Wednesday, May 27-Section at Giants Ridge

Thursday, May 28-Section at Giants Ridge

       The CIA golf teams were at Purple Hawk near Cambridge Tuesday with the boys finishing first and the girls second in the team standings. The boys shot a team total of 335, fifteen strokes better than Pine City while the girls were just behind Mora for the top spot, shooting 434 to the Mustangs 418. Matt Prethish was second on the individual side shooting an 81 while Bennett Sadlowsky had an 83 for 3rd and Louie Meyer was 5th with an 85. Other CIA scores were Noah Nyberg with an 86, Caleb Smith with 90 and Langen Peterson with a 91. Everybody shot well in this event. Hailey Doucette finished 2nd for the girls with a 103 while Natalee Samuelson was 3rd with a 106. Svea Johnson had a 110, Taya Mohs shot a 115, Grayce Matich shot 136 and Bella Oren had a 137.

      Louie Meyer and Matt Prethish both shot 12 over 84 to lead the CIA boys golf team at the Staples Invite on Saturday at the Vintage. Those scores were good enough to share 10th place individually. Caleb Smith added an 88, Langen Peterson shot 90, Derek Berg shot 97 and Danny Fleming shot 100 for the day. CIA finished 4th in team standings. Princeton finished in first place while Bemidji was 2nd, Staples/Motley was 3rd just one stroke ahead of CIA in 4th place.   

       The CIA boys golf team finished in first place Thursday in the abbreviated GRC meet at Grand National at Hinckley. For the second straight meet Bennett Sadlowsky tied for the medalist spot shooting a 38 this time, just two over par. Teammates Louie Meyer and Matt Prethish were right behind, each posting 40. Noah Nyberg and Daniel Fleming both had 44. It was a great day for CIA as they finished four strokes ahead of second place Mora in the team standings. The girls were also at Grand National and they finished in 5th place in the team standings. Svea Johnson led the way with a +12 followed by Taya Mohs at +15, Natalee Samuelson at +20, Grayce Matich at +23 and Chloe Severson. at +28. 

        The CIA boys and girls golf teams were at Bulrush for a GRC meet on Tuesday and there were some great results. Bennett Sadlowsky tied for medalist honors, shooting a 76 to lead the boys to a first place finish. Louie Meyer was right behind at 79, good for 5th, Matt Prethish shot an 80 for 6th, Noah Nyberg shot 87 to finish in the top 10 and Caleb Smith and Derek Berg both had 91, good enough for 15th place in the event. The girls were led by Svea Johnson who shot a 96, good for 2nd place overall. Hailey Doucette shot a 108, finishing in 5th place, Natalee Samuelson shot 111, for 7th place, Taya Mohs had a 119, Grayce Matich shot 124 and Ava Stroschein finished with 125. The girls wound up in 4th place behind East Central, Mora and Pine City. The boys shot 322 far outdistancing second place MLWR by 34 strokes for the top spot.

(left to right are Derek Berg, Caleb Smith, Louie Meyer, Matthew Prethish, Bennett Sadlowsky and Noah Nyberg)

       The CIA boys golf team finished 4th in the Wolfpack Invite at the Tianna Country Club in Walker. Rock Ridge was first while Bemidji was second, WHA was third and Park Christian finished behind CIA in 5th place. Individually CIA did well. Bennett Sadlowsky shot a 79, seven over and finished in second place just one shot behind Gus Pederson of W-H-A. Matt Prethish also had a nice day shooting an 81, good for a tie for 3rd. Louie Meyer had a 90, 22nd place, Derek Berg was 37th with a 95, Caleb Smith shot 98 for 43rd and Quinn Crowther had a 108, good enough for 62nd place.

      Tuesday CIA is on the road again playing the course at Bulrush.

     The CIA golf team finally got their season underway Thursday, in the Detroit Lakes Early Bird. Louie Meyer led the team with a 70. Here's a look at the rest of the scores from CIA.

Ben Sadlowsky-76

Matt Preethish-78

Caleb Smith-82

Noah Nyberg-83

Quinn Crowther-86

    Caleb Smith recorded an eagle during his round.

    The JV team finished 12th in their division. Matthew Stueven shot an 88, including an eagle in his round, to lead his team along with Derek Berg. Max Raushel had a 93, along with Benson Mowers. Coen Olson shot 94 and Brody Pakarinen had a 96.  

      The CIA girls golf team got their season underway Thursday at Bulrush in Rush City. The event was the North Branch Invite and although it was a chilly day the girls were happy to get started. Best scores of the day for CIA belonged to Natalie Samuelson and Svea Johnson who both shot +38 good for a tie for 13th place in the individual standings. Taya Mohs and Grayce Matich were +49, Bella Oren was +71 and Chloe Severson was +88. CIA finished in 6th place behind Hermantown, Rock Ridge, North Branch, Hibbing and Cloquet.