The Cornbelt Conference held its league golf championships Monday. The boys title came down to a playoff at West Bend, where Harris-Lake Park snuck by rival Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire to get the championship. Both teams finished the day with scores of 341. West Bend-Mallard wound up third (365), North Union fourth (368), CWL fifth (373), Ventura sixth (377), and Clay Central-Everly seventh (399). A top the leaderboard was Dylan Smith of GT/RA, with a round of 78, besting HLP’s Ryan Gembler by a stroke (79). The Wolves also received an 81 from Nathan Kyle, an 89 by Ryan Mann, and a 92 on the card of Tanner Hiveley. GT/RA had scores of 81 from Blaze Alesch, an 89 by Ethan Peterson, and a 93 from Tyler Dalen.
The girls, meanwhile, took the links in Graettinger, for a meet that would be won handily by North Union. The Warriors totaled a 415, finishing 39 shots better than second-place Harris-Lake Park (454). Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire took third (511), followed by Clay Central-Everly fourth (520), West Bend-Mallard fifth (528), Ventura sixth (544), and CWL seventh (587). Medalist honors went to Brittney Evans of North Union with a 97, a stroke better than HLP’s Macy Gunderson with a round of 98 to finish runner-up. The Lady Wolves also counted a 114 from Rachel Vellema and a 118 by Noreen Morrow, both earning 2nd Team All-Conference honors. Emily Anderson came in with a 124 and Amanda Hibma a 126 to earn 3rd Team All-Cornbelt accolades.
Rivals Estherville-Lincoln Central and Spirit Lake met at Brooks National Golf Course for a Lakes Conference boys’ dual Monday, and in the end, the Indians claimed an eight stroke victory, 155-163. Four players tied for medalist honors with rounds of 38, Corey Potter, Tate Hanson, and Zach Skopec for Spirit Lake, and Max Brashear from ELC. The Indians also counted a 41 from Scott Hummel, while the Midgets carded a 41 from Logan Spoo, and a pair of 42’s by Tucker Milburn and Corey Reeves.
Nine teams competed at a girls’ only golf meet at Sibley-Ocheyedan, with red-hot Spirit Lake claiming the overall title. The Indians registered a 198, the only sub-200 score of the day. The host Generals grabbed second place with a 205, followed by LeMars in third (205), Estherville-Lincoln Central fourth (220), Okoboji tied for fifth (220) with Central Lyon, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn was seventh (227), and Western Christian eighth (247). Tressa DeBoer of HMS had the low round with a 44, two better than runner-up Alex Mankle of Okoboji at 46. Three Indians finished in the top-ten, led by Kelsa Berkland with a 48. Amanda Williams shot a 49, Whitney Berkland finished at 50, and Taylor Reitz shot a 51. The Pioneers also counted scores of 48 from Kiley Wermersen, 59 by Danielle Anderson, and a 67 from Sara Mayer.
