ALEXANDRIA — In a division where resilient golfers made the Junior 13-15 semifinal round at the 105th Resorters Tournament, the trait was on display again on Friday, Aug. 7.
Bouncing back from three holes down, No. 15-seed Luke Langley continued his run into the finals, taking down Glenwood’s Odin Sherlin in 19 holes at Alexandria Golf Club. In the other semifinal match, reigning Junior 10-12 division champion Jackson Bergstrom defeated Alexandria’s Garrison Johnson 1-up in pursuit of a second consecutive title.
Bergstrom and Langley will compete for the Junior 13-15 championship at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Alexandria Golf Club.
Here’s what happened in the penultimate round of the tournament.
Jackson Bergstrom def. Garrison Johnson, 1 up
A pair of former Junior 10-12 division champions met in the semifinals, with Bergstrom keeping Johnson, the 2023 Junior 10-12 division champion, at bay throughout their match after reestablishing a 1-up lead with par at the par-4 No. 5 hole following Johnson tying the match with par at the par-4 No. 4.
Taking a 3-up lead after winning the par-4 No. 10 hole, Bergstrom responded to Johnson winning the par-3 No. 11 by winning the par-5 No. 12 with a par after his opponent ran into trouble, holding serve the rest of the way at Johnson cut the deficit down to a single hole. The Cardinal boys golfer won with birdies at the par-3 No. 13 and No. 17, but Bergstrom tied him to win the match with par at the finishing par-4 No. 18.
Bergstrom, a Sartell product, has fared well transitioning into an 18-hole division, beginning his run to the final with a 2-up victory over No. 13-seed Jaxn Hacker. He then outlasted Beckham Bell for a 1-up win in the quarterfinals.
Luke Langley tees off at the par-4 No. 9 hole during the Junior 13-15 semifinals at the 105th Resorters Tournament on Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, at Alexandria Golf Club.
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Luke Langley def. Odin Sherlin, 19 holes
As the No. 15-seed in this year’s tournament, Langley has proven to be a formidable opponent in a deep field, outlasting Sherlin, the No. 11-seed, following several rallies to tie the match.
Birdies at the par-5 No. 6 and par-3 No. 7 holes along with a par at the par-4 No. 8 helped Sherlin build a 3-up lead, only for Langley to get one back with par at the par-4 No. 9. He then won three of the first five holes on AGC’s back nine to square up the contest and won the finishing par-4 No. 18 to force a sudden-death playoff following Sherlin’s birdie at the par-3 No. 17, winning the first extra hole.
Langley, who traveled north from the Dallas-Fort Worth area to play in the Resorters, defeated co-medalist and No. 2-seed Drew Schiena in the opening round 1-up before besting Griffin Kranz in the quarterfinals 3-and-2.
Saturday, Aug. 8, at Alexandria Golf Club
12:15 p.m.: Jackson Bergstrom vs. Luke Langley
Blake Durham is the Sports and Outdoors Editor at the Echo Press. He joined the newspaper in September 2025 and covers various sports in Alexandria and throughout Douglas County. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a bachelor’s degree in communications in 2022.