Elk Mound and Colfax golfers open season on Whitetail Course

By Samuel Ripp

COLFAX — The Elk Mound and Colfax golf teams opened the 2016 season Thursday, April 7 at Whitetail Golf Course, the home course for both squads.

Both teams didn’t have the best days on the course as Colfax finished fourth out of six teams with a score of 210 and Elk Mound scored 228 to finish in two-way tie for last place with Glenwood City.

Spring Valley, led by sophomore medalist Tyler Leach who shot a 38 in the nine-hole Dunn-St. Croix meet, took the title with a low score of 165. The Cardinals’ Jason Richardson shot a 39.

Mondovi took second with a 183, while Durand copped third on the strength of Ben Weber’s score of 39.

Colfax

The Vikings relied on their seniors to pave the way at Whitetail as four out of the five on varsity are seniors.

Colfax was lead by senior Trevor Seston who shot a 48 on the day to lead the Vikings. Seston who started his day out by double bogeying on the first hole, settled down as he went through the course.

The other seniors included: Trey Guillickson; who shot a 51, Brett Prince who added a 52; and Andy Buckley added a 69.

The only non senior on the varsity squad is sophomore Richard Stehling who shot a 59 during the meet and good enough for fourth on the team.

As a team, Colfax finished with a total of 210 strokes between the five varsity golfers.

Elk Mound

The Mounders do not have any seniors on varsity and looked upon some underclassmen for help in this meet.

Elk Mound was led by junior Jameson Rubenzer who shot a 41 and that was good enough for fourth overall in the meet.

The rest of the varsity was made up between sophomores and freshmen. They included for sophomores: Nathaniel Schreiber, who shot a 63; and Emily Bartig, who tallied a 67 on the course. The freshmen included: Maxwell Marquardt, who shot a 57; and Dillon McLaughlin, who added a 67.

As a team, Elk Mound completed the meet with a total of 228 strokes between the top five for the team.