Perham golfer Reid Aakre takes 12th at Class AA state tournament

Reid Aakre turned his first trip to the Class AA boys golf state tournament into a top-12 finish, carding a 148 over two days and placing 12th at Ridges at Sand Creek in Jordan. The Perham High School 11th grader opened with a 4-over-par 76 and bounced back with a 72 to close out the 2026 meet among Minnesota’s best.

Aakre’s first-round 76 came after a day that included the normal state-meet pressure and the kind of mistakes that can quickly push a player out of contention. Instead of letting that opening round define the week, he settled in on the second day and shaved four strokes off his score, a recovery that lifted him into the top dozen in the state.

For Perham, the finish carried more weight than one line in a results sheet. Aakre was the school’s lone boys golfer to reach state individually, and Perham Schools reported that he qualified alongside Brooklyn Glorvigan, a 10th grader who also earned an individual berth. Earlier in the postseason, Perham’s boys and girls golf squads competed in section play at Bemidji Town and Country Club on June 1-2 but did not advance as teams, which made the individual state trips even more significant for the program.

That combination points to a Yellowjackets golf pipeline that still has room to grow. Aakre’s run gave younger Perham golfers a realistic target: make the state field, handle the first-round nerves, and finish strong enough to climb the leaderboard on the second day. In a county program where team advancement did not come through this spring, an individual top-12 finish offered a concrete sign that Perham golfers can still compete at the Class AA level.

The overall field underscored the size of the task. Blake School won the Class AA team championship, Detroit Lakes finished fourth, and players such as East Grand Forks’ Brody Johnson, who was right behind Aakre at 149, and Hawley’s Hudson Midthun, at 151, were part of the chase around him. Against that backdrop, Aakre’s 148 was more than a solid scorecard. It gave Perham a state-level result that now sets the standard for the next wave of Yellowjackets golfers.