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The two Rock County golf teams faced off Thursday afternoon, April 21, at Meadow Acres Golf Course in Larchwood, Iowa.
“It was a great opportunity for us to have the junior varsity and varsity compete,” said H-BC coach Dan Ellingson.
“We were able to have a few kids get their best individual scores for the year.”
The Cardinal boys were able to come away with a win in the dual meet vs the Patriots by a score of 168 to 205.
“The scores weren’t as good as the kids hoped, but I think they were just happy to finally get an actual round in on a nice day,” said Cardinal coach John Sichmeller.
Luverne junior Brady Bork was the medalist winner on the boys’ side with a 40.
“Brady had a very solid round and hit the ball nicely,” Sichmeller said.
“He missed a lot of short birdie putts, but as long as he keeps putting himself in those positions, I know they will start dropping for him.”
Rounding out the Luverne squad were sophomore Owen Sudenga (41), sophomore Henry Hartquist (42), sophomore Tyler Arends (45), senior Colin Schoeneman (50) and freshman Levi Gonnerman (52).
Senior Austin Allen led the way for the Patriots, finishing in fifth place with a score of 49.
Senior Dallas Page (50), senior Ethan Kruger (52), senior Jacob Axness (54), and senior Daniel Martinyuk (58) made up the rest of the team for H-BC.
The Luverne girls’ team finished with a score of 207 while the H-BC girls’ team was incomplete.
Senior Tess Van Maanen from H-BC and senior Morgan Gonnerman from Luverne tied for medalist honors with a 48.
The rest of the Cardinal team consisted of junior Lauren Hansen (49), senior Cheyenne Schutz (53), junior Jocelynn Mann (57), sophomore Perceyis Trierweiler (59) and junior Mallory Nelson (62).
Senior Danette Leenderts was the only other golfer for the Patriot girls, and she finished with a 56.
The H-BC boys head to Fulda Thursday while the Patriot girls compete in Westbrook for their first conference meet of the season.
The Luverne girls golf in Windom and the boys in Redwood Falls Thursday, and both Cardinal teams host Pipestone Friday at the Luverne Country Club.