Katelyn Storbeck looks to sink a putt during the BSC East Division Meet held on Monday, May 8.

Lightning caused an early end to the Big South Conference East Division meet for girls held on Monday, May 8, at Blue Earth.

Since not every player was able to complete all 18 holes, the BSC coaches made the decision to use the first nine holes of the meet to determine the outcome.

Fairmont captured first place with a team total of 178. The host Blue Earth Area Buccaneers finished second with 187. St. Peter nabbed the third-place slot with a score of 197, Waseca was fourth with 222, New Ulm took fifth with 231 while Jackson County Central did not have a complete team.

BEA’s Katelyn Storbeck and St. Peter’s Adrianna Bixby each scored a 40 to tie for medalist honors.

Storbeck ended her round with six pars.

Payten Gudahl had two pars and finished with a 46, Madison Ehrich had a 47 with one par and Rylan Storbeck completed BEA’s scoring with three pars and a 54.

The Bucs will be back in action on Monday, May 15, when they compete in the Big South Conference Tournament at Dacotah Ridge Golf Club which is near Morton.

Fairmont Cardinals Invitational

The Blue Earth Area girls golf team took fourth place at the 10-team Fairmont Cardinal Invitational held at Rose Lake Golf Club on Saturday, May 6.

Redwood Valley finished with a team score of 338 to take first place, 21 strokes ahead of second-place Fairmont, who finished with 359. Worthington placed third with 366, BEA was fourth with 373 and St. Peter took fifth with 385.

Coming in at sixth place was Marshall with 401, North Union, Iowa shot 405 to finish seventh, Luverne was eighth with 420, Jackson County Central finished ninth with 431 and New Ulm was 10th with 478.

Julian Brow from Redwood Valley was the medalist for the meet with an even-par 71 for the 18-hole course.

The Buccaneers were led by Payten Gudahl who finished in fourth place with a 41-42-83.

Gudahl, who was the runner-up with a round of 88 at last year’s Cardinal Invite, had four pars on the front nine and then added four more pars on the back nine.

Katelyn Storbeck had the second lowest score for BEA with a 44-43-87 to tie for ninth place.

Storbeck birdied two holes and had three pars.

Rylan Storbeck finished with a 49-51-100 to finish in a three-way tie for 23rd place. She had three pars for the day.

Also contributing to the team score was Madison Ehrich with a 51-52-103, which put her in a tie for 29th place. Her round included two pars.

Also golfing for the Bucs were Hailey Becker and McKinley Hanson. Becker shot a 61-54-115 while Hanson carded a 59-60-119.