Beyer shot a 39 on the first nine and 37 on the final nine for a total score of 76 - three strokes behind medalist Aaron Wheeler of Moorhead. The Patriots finished ninth of 21 teams with a total score of 343. Moorhead won the meet with 310.

"Drake played extremely well against a lot of Class AA teams," Pequot Lakes coach Steve Stoxen said of Beyer, who made the all-tournament team.

"It's only our fourth meet of the season, so things are going pretty well," Stoxen said. "We want to keep improving since we're going to face some very good teams, like St. Cloud Cathedral, at our subsection meet (May 22 at Territory Golf Club in St. Cloud)."

Pequot Lakes was scheduled to play at The Preserve on Wednesday before traveling to Ruttger's on Bay Lake for a conference meet on Thursday.

Team scores: 1-Moorhead 310, 2-Detroit Lakes 313, 3-International Falls 323, 4-East Grand Forks 326, 5-Bemidji 327, 6-Roseau 334, 7-Staples-Motley 335, 8-Grand Rapids 336, 9-Pequot Lakes 343, 10-Crookston 346, 11-Thief River Falls 350, 12-Fosston 352, 13-Bemidji Blue 362, 14-Warroad 363, 15-Lake of the Woods 373, 16-Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 374, 17-Blackduck 378, 18-Bemidji White 390, 19-Warren 396, 20-Park Rapids 468.

Individual medalist: Aaron Wheeler (Moorhead) 73.

Pequot Lakes results: Drake Beyer 76, Jonas Dale 87, Cole Howard 89, Matt Michaelson 91, Michael Eck 94, Nic Johnsen 95.

Patriots 17th at The Pines

On April 30, the Patriots finished 17th at the Brainerd Invitational at Grand View Lodge's The Pines course.

Beyer's 83 and Dale's 89 paced Pequot Lakes. Tyler Monda of Brainerd was co-medalist with a 74. The Patriots' team score was 357 while Chaska won the tournament with a 311.

Team scores: 1-Chaska 311, 2-Edina 316, 3-Moorhead 317, 4-Alexandria 319, 5-Minnetonka 323, 6-Fergus Falls 328, 7-Sauk Rapids 330, 8t-Bemidji 333, 8t-Minnetonka (team two) 333, 10-Detroit Lakes 335, 11-Lakeville South 338, 12-Brainerd 339, 13t-Rocori 340, 13t-St. Cloud Tech 340, 15-Willmar 345, 16-Armstrong 351, 17-Pequot Lakes 357, 18-Little Falls 375, 19-St. Cloud Apollo 381.

Medalist: Tyler Monda (Brd) 74, Casey Vangsness (Alex) 74.

Pequot Lakes results: Drake Beyer 83, Jonas Dale 89, Michael Eck 93, Cole Howard 96, Levi Espeseth 96, Nic Johnsen 101.

PL competes at The Preserve

On May 1, the Patriots also finished 17th at The Preserve course. Pequot Lakes had a score of 357 while Forest Lake won with 312.

The Patriots were led by Charlie Hollinbeck with 84 and Beyer with 86. Bo Anderson of Park of Cottage Grove and Colton Boege of Rogers tied for medalist honors with 75.

Team scores: 1-Forest Lake 312, 2-(tie) Rogers and Park of Cottage Grove 313, 4-Eastview 318, 5-Mounds View 319, 6-Roseville 324, 7-Faribault 325, 8-Totino Grace 329, 9-Mahtomedi 333, 10-Stillwater 336, 11-Owatonna 337, 12-Holy Angels 338, 13-Brainerd 340, 14-Elk River 343, 15-Buffalo 350, 16-Duluth Central 353, 17-Pequot Lakes 357, 18-Big Lake 393.

Medalist: Bo Anderson (Park) and Colton Boege (Rogers) 75.

Pequot Lakes: Charlie Hollinbeck 84, Drake Beyer 86, Jonas Dale 91, Michael Eck 96, Cole Howard 105, Matt Michaelson 103.