Viking girls’ golf opens 2017 season at Barron Scramble

By Cara L. Dempski

BARRON — Colfax girls’ golf coach Ryan Krall and his team saw a decent start to their 2017 season in Barron last Friday.

The Vikings took 12th place out of 14 team teams in Barron with a final tally of 80 shots for 18 holes, which is not a bad way to start their season. The Colfax ladies were just 10 over par from the ladies’ tees at Barron’s Rolling Oaks Golf Course.

The team started strong on the front side of the course, shooting par on six of the nine holes and staying within bogey or double bogey on the other three. They slipped slightly on the back nine, shooting their best on the par-four 11th, 12th, 15th and 17th. The team again stayed within one or two strokes of par on the remaining holes.

Ellsworth walked away from the scramble with first-place honors after scoring 68, while Northwestern’s 70 strokes earned them second place and Baldwin-Woodville shot 71 for third.

Colfax was back in action at Dallas’ Pinecrest Golf Course August 14 for its first match of the season. The Vikings will head to Big Fish Golf Club in Hayward August 17 before taking a trip to Amery August 22.