Girls golf team is a solid third in Big South meet; WHS baseball gets win

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The Worthington High girls golf team took third Thursday at a Big South Conference event at Shoreland County Club in St. Peter. Marshall was the team winner at 199 strokes; the Trojans came in at 218.

Claire Meyer had the best round for WHS and was third among all individuals with a 48. Greta Mahlberg's 55 had her in 14th place, and Ava Schutz's 57 had her in 19th. Ashlyn Krohn was close behind with a 58. Also competing were Giselle Deleon and Ellie Drost, who both had 60s.

The Trojans' boys golf team placed seventh Thursday at a Big South Conference event at Montgomery National Golf Course. St. Peter placed first at 154 — one stroke ahead of Marshall -- and Worthington finished at 180.

Gerrit Larson had the lowest round of the day for WHS at 41, which was good enough for 11^th overall among all individuals. Next for the Trojans was Cameron Krommendyk, who carded a 45 and came in 27th; Hunter Heitkamp and Blake Vosburgh each had 47s and tied for 33rd. Also competing were Easton Drost (53) and Tyson Petersen (57).

In baseball Thursday, WHS — which lost to St. Peter 13-1 to open its 2026 season — earned a road win over the Saints, 9-2.

Austin Gruis, Dom Larson and Dom Pavelko had three hits apiece as the Trojans collected 17 hits in all. Wyatt Petersen, Brayden Raymo and Talen Turner had two hits each. Ethan Anderson pitched the first six innings, and Easton Hostikka tossed a scoreless seventh.

Worthington, now 2-8, plays at 7-2 Adrian-Ellsworth on Friday. Catch the action at 5:30 p.m. on 104.3 La Voz.

WHS played host to St. Peter in a softball game at the Minnesota West field and was defeated 16-4.

St. Peter tallied seven runs in the top of the third inning to move ahead 11-0. The Trojans got on the scoreboard in the bottom of that inning when Leah Nelson singled, advanced on a perfect Anna Gordon sacrifice bunt and came home on a Macie Mahlberg RBI single, her second hit of the game. Worthington would threaten to add more, but got a tough break when Breeta Johnson lined into a double play with the bases loaded to end the inning.

Minnesota West's baseball team will play its final two home games of the season at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Friday against Century College. Now 15-24 on the year, the Bluejays will then play two at Century on Saturday to close out their spring.