Nathan Beitler/MDN Minot North senior Kasen Rostad tees off at the first hole of the 2025 West Region Boys’ Golf Tournament on Wednesday. Rostad placed third individually in the tournament and the Minot North team placed second overall..

The Minot High and Minot North boys’ golf teams competed in Wednesday’s 2025 West Region Boys’ Golf Tournament and have qualified to compete in the state tournament.

Minot North High School came in second place during the tournament with an overall score of 305, just two strokes behind the tournament winner and defending WDA champion, Century High School.

Minot North’s first seeded player and top golfer for the event was senior Kasen Rostad. Rostad came in third place individually with a 73, just one over par.

Rostad started out Wednesday’s round strong at 11:09 a.m. with a birdie on the first hole. He sank the ball in three strokes on the 394 yard hole. He kept the momentum going strong through the next two holes of the course, taking par on the second and another birdie on the third.

Holes four and five proved to be slightly more challenging for Rostad, as he dropped a bogey on each.

He kept even until the eight hole where he earned another bogey and ended the front nine one over par with 37 strokes.

Rostad was able to bring himself back to par during the eleventh hole with another birdie, but two more bogeys on holes 12 and 13 brought him to two over par.

He was able to secure another birdie on hole 15 to make the back nine an even par with 36 strokes.

“As a team, we played some good rounds of golf, but we didn’t get as many birdies as we wish we had,” said Rostad. “You have to keep yourself in a good headspace.”

Rostad said that he team has mostly nailed down their driving, but they could still work on their mid-iron and short game. He said that future rounds may come down to who is going to putt and chip the best.

Next week’s state golf tournament will be Rostad’s fifth.

Minot High’s top golfer for the tournament was senior Fischer Johnson. Johnson was seeded fifth on the team going into the tournament.

Johnson started his round on the first hole at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. He started off strong on the first four holes, picking up par on each one except for the second where he hit a birdie.

He started to fall behind midway through the front nine, picking up three bogeys on the fifth, sixth and seventh holes. He ended the front nine two over par with 38 strokes.

Johnson dropped three bogeys on the tenth, twelfth and eighteenth holes, but was able to pick up a birdie on the eleventh and fifteenth holes, bringing him to just one over par on the back nine with 37 strokes.

Johnso ended the round three over par with 75 strokes and was ranked seventh individually overall.

The medalist for the tournament was Century High School sophomore Parker Back. At the end of his round, Back had scored four under par with a total stroke count of 68.

Senior Ryker Landers was runner-up for the tournament, ending the round one under par with a total of 71 strokes.

Kasen Rostad was named region senior athletes of the year and Minot North coach Shane Hannegrefs was named WDA coach of the year.

The top six teams in the tournament will be moving on to the state tournament to be held Tuesday, June 3 and Wednesday, June 4 at the Vardon Golf Club in Minot. Minot Public Schools Athletic Director Mitch Lunde will serve as tournament manager.