Golf

       The 2026 C-I-A golf season has come to an end.

     The second day of the Section Golf Meet at Giants Ridge ended the season for all of the CIA boys and girls' teams. Neither team was able to advance anyone to the State Golf Meet in June. Bennett Sadlowsky was the top scorer for the boys as he finished the meet with scores of 84-82 good enough for 17th place. Teammate Matt Prethish shot 81-87 finishing in 24th and Caleb Smith shot 85-88 and finished in 32nd place. On the girls side Avah Strohschein and Svea Johnson both finished in 25th place. Avah shot 108-110 while Svea shot 100-108. Taya Mohs finished in 27th after posting 109-101 and Natalee Samuelson was 35th with scores of 113-109.

    Day one of the boys Section golf meet at Giant's Ridge saw the CIA team come up short in the team standings and won't get to advance to day two but they did have three individuals who will play again Thursday in the Individual portion of the tourney. Matt Prethish shot an 81 just out of the top five and he will advance along with Bennett Sadlowsky who had 84 and Caleb Smith who shot 85. After play tomorrow the top five individuals will advance to State.

     Tuesday was a day for history to be made at Giants Ridge in the girls Section 7AA girls' golf tournament. The CIA girls had never had a golfer advance to the second day of the Section, but they not only advanced one, they advanced five golfers to Thursday's final round. In the team standing CIA is currently 6th with Rock Ridge leading the pack. Svea Johnson led the way shooting an even 100 good enough for 12th place entering play Thursday. Also advancing will be Hailey Doucette in 21st, Avah Stroschein in 26th, Taya Mohs in 31st and Natalee Simonson in 36th place. 

      Matt Prethish shot a great round of 76 to lead CIA to first place at the Farewell to Mid-Minn event at Cuyuna Rolling Hills on Tuesday. His score was good enough for medalist honors as CIA won the team event with a score of 326, a full 40 shots better than second place Staples/Motley. Louie Meyer and Bennett Sadlowsky shared 3rd place after both shot 83. Quinn Crowther shot 84, Noah Nyberg had an 86 and Caleb Smith finished with a 92.

    Bennett Sadlowsky shot 83 Monday at the Cloquet Country Club to lead CIA to a 7th place team finish. Grand Rapids and Hermantown tied for first place with an even 300 score. Sadlowsky was followed by Quinn Crowther with an 84, Langen Peterson with 87, Caleb Smith with 89, Derek Berg had 91 and Coen Olson shot a 99.

      The CIA boys golf team was at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Deacons Lodge on Tuesday. Bennett Sadlowsky led CIA with an 80, finishing in a tie for 5th overall. Matt Prethish was right behind at 81, Noah Nyberg shot an 83, Louie Meyer had an 86, Caleb Smith had an 88 and Quinn Crowther shot 99. 

     The CIA golf teams were at Northwoods Hills Wednesday for a meet, and the boys took 1st place and the girls ended up in 2nd place in the team standings. In the boy's competition Noah Nyberg had another good day finishing with an 80, good enough for 2nd place. Bennett Sadlowsky was third after shooting 81. Matt Prethish and Quinn Crowther both shot an 84, good for 4th place, Louie Meyer shot 86 and Caleb Smith finished with an 88. On the girls' side Svea Johnson shot 99 for 3rd place, Taya Mohs had a 101, good enough for 5th place, Natalee Samuelson shot 109 for 7th and Hailey Doucette shot a 111 for 10th place. Mora won the girls event with a score of 391 with CIA next at 420. The boys finished six strokes ahead of Pine City in the team standings.

     The CIA boys golf team was at Headwaters near Park Rapids for a meet on Friday. Bennett Sadlowsky shot a seven over 79 for 14th place to lead his team while Louie Meyer shot an 85 and Caleb Smith had an 87. Quinn Crowther had a 93, Noah Nyberg had 94 and Danny Fleming finished with a 97. The team scores had CIA finishing in a tie for 8th place out of 21 teams participating.   

       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)