Staples World photo by Tom Crawford Clearing the way High school golfer Nick Forsberg cleared the green of leaves, sticks or other obstacles moments before taking his second shot on the fifth hole, a Par 3, at the Vintage on Saturday. He nailed his putt for a birdie on the way to a medalist round of par 72.

The Staples Motley boys golf team hosted their Cardinal Invitational on Saturday and competed in three other meets this past week.

Fresh- man Nick Forsberg shot a par 72 Saturday at The Vintage to capture medalist honors and lead his team to a second place finish.

The Cards had a total score of 324, 11 strokes off the pace set by first place St. Cloud Cathedral.

Other Saturday scores for the Cards included an 82 by Michael Strain, 83 for Zach Israelson, 87 for Travis Meyers, 88 for Tanner Roberts and 94 for Logan Swensrud.

A Cardinal junior varsity team finished 13th among the 16 teams that played at The Vintage on Saturday, shooting a team total of 392.

The Cardinal boys golf team finished fourth among 13 teams competing April 20 at The Territory Golf club at St. Cloud in the Pre-Section 6AA boys tournament.

Cardinal freshman Nick Forsberg shot an 80 for a tie for third lowest score of the day. Nathan Hoefflin of St. Cloud Cathedral was medalist with a par 72, while Joe Overman of Albany had a round of 78.

Also in the top ten was Zach Israelson's 83. Other Cardinal scores included Michael Strain 90,Tanner Roberts 91, Travis Myers 92 and Eric Nelson 104.

Cardinal boys finished in third place April 23 at the Pequot Lakes Invitational held at The Preserve at Grandview. SM had a 337 total team score,, finishing behind Pequot Lakes at 329 and Brainerd at 331.

Travis Myers had the low score for the Cards at The Preserve, with a round of 82. He was followed by Israelson at 84, Forsberg 85, Strain 86, Roberts 88 and Swensrud at 103.

The Staples Motley boys were the winners at the Blueberry Invite, held at Blueberry Pines and hosted by the Menahga Sebeka Warriors. The Cardinals shot a 330 total, beating out Pequot Lakes (341) and Detroit Lakes (350) for top honors.

Staples World photo by Tom Crawford Teeing off Staples Motley High School golfer Michael Strain, a lefty, watched as his tee shot on the first hole sailed down the fairway.

At Blueberry, Michael Strain turned in the best Cardinal score with an 80, third best round of the day. Forsberg carded an 81, Myers 84, Israelson 85, Roberts 88 and Swensrud 94.

Saturday at The Vintage, St. Cloud Cathedral won with 313. East Grand Forks came in third with a 333.

Cardinal Invitational results

Team scores: 1-St. Cloud Cathedral 313, 2-Staples Motley-1 324, 3-East Grand Forks 333, 4-Providence Academy 335, 5t-Pequot Lakes 336, 5t-Perham 336, 7-Detroit Lakes 345, 8t- Moorhead 348, 8t-Shattuck- St. Mary's 348, 10-Princeton 349, 11-Park Christian 369, 12-Barnesville 374, 13-Staples Motley-2 392, 14-Crosby Ironton 403, 15-Nevis 407, 16-Wadena-Deer Creek 414

Medalist: Nick Forsberg (SM) 72

Staples Motley 1 results: 1-Forsberg 72, Michael Strain 82, Zach Israelson 83, Travis Myers 87, Tanner Roberts 88, Logan Swensrud 94

Staples Motley 2 results: Trent Hagenson 92, Andrew Nelson 97, Eric Nelson 100, Mitch Hagenson 103, Jordan Warner 106, Sean Cantleberry 118.