WATFORD CITY -- Hazen won the first Class B boys golf meet of the season, edging Stanley by a stroke.
Hazen senior Chad Marshall may have provided that edge, winning medalist honors over Shanley's Tanner Borud by one stroke. Marshall shot a 74 while Borud had a 75.
Dickinson Trinity finished fifth in the tournament. Lance Pender led the Titans with a 78, which landed him in a four-way tie for third place.
Trinity first-year coach Brock Cuskelly said the nervousness was obvious since few of the teams had much of a chance to work outside considering the weather this past month.
"It's really nice to see them out there playing on the course and doing exactly what they needed to work on," Cuskelly said.
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"A lot of them needed to work on the short game, that's where they lost a lot of strokes. That comes with spending time out there and getting a feel for everything."
Watford City Invitational
Team scores: Hazen 312, Stanley 313, Watford City 337, Beulah 339, Trinity 353, Marshal-Langford-Sherwood 362, Killdeer 366, Tioga 368, Divide County 368, Minot-Ryan 370, Garrison 371, Ray 380, Des Lacs-Burlington 383, Williston-Trinity Christian 383, Berthold 386, Grenora 426.
Individual Top 6: 1, Chad Marshall, Hazen, 74. 2, Tanner Borud, Stanley, 75. 3, Lance Pender, Trinity, 78; Colton Stiefel, Hazen, 78; Ryan Seil, Williston Trinity Christian, 78; Zach Jarmin, Stanley, 78.
Other Trinity finishers: Nathaniel Knopik 84; Sam Jilek 94; Christian Rodakowski 97; Michael Mann 99; Nick Weir 99.
