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DL wins 2A golf tourneys, WHA boys take 1A, PL's Birkeland girls 2A champ

The boys and girls golf teams from Detroit Lakes won the 2025 Class 2A state tournaments. They also won their sections.
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The boys and girls golf teams from Detroit Lakes won the 2025 Class 2A state tournaments. They also won their sections.

The Detroit Lakes boys and girls teams won the Class 2A state golf tournaments. The Walker-Hackensack Akeley boys won the 1A title, and Pequot Lakes' Genevieve Birkeland is the girls 2A champ.

Three Northern Minnesota teams and one student-athlete won titles at the 2025 Minnesota State High School League state golf tournament Tuesday and Wednesday, June 10 and 11.

The Walker-Hackensack-Akeley boys are first-time state champions. They dominated the Class 1A tournament, winning by 18 strokes. The Wolverines were led by junior Maverick Reed, who tied for fourth individually, and defending-state-champ senior Parker Brock, who tied for eighth.

The Detroit Lakes boys and girls teams won the 2A tournaments. The girls are back-to-back champions, winning the title for the ninth time in 15 state appearances, per the MSHSL. The boys captured their fourth title in as many showings.

Two Lakers placed individually: Junior Brock Burhans tied for third, and freshman Sophie Christianson tied for fourth.

Pequot Lakes senior Genevieve Birkeland is the 2A girls champion. Birkeland was a finalist for Ms. Minnesota Golf and will golf for the University of St. Thomas.

The Pequot Lakes girls golf team hugs senior Genevieve Birkeland, who won the 2025 2A title.
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The Pequot Lakes girls golf team hugs senior Genevieve Birkeland, who won the 2025 2A title.

The Pequot girls finished seventh as a team, one place ahead of Rock Ridge.

In the 1A team competition, the Badger-Greenbush-Middle River boys finished sixth, the girls fifth and the WHA girls seventh. The Cloquet boys placed fifth in 2A.

Megan Buffington joined the KAXE newsroom in 2024 after graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Originally from Pequot Lakes, she is passionate about educating and empowering communities through local reporting.