C/EM girl golfers continue to improve
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Colfax/Elk Mound’s lady golf team has shown steady improvement throughout this season.
Just last week, the cooperative shaved stroke’s off its team score for the fourth time in five CloverCroix matches and had its best day on the links last Thursday, September 16 at the Princeton Golf Course in Eau Claire.
In that CloverCroix Conference meet, hosted by league-leading Eau Claire Regis/Altoona, Colfax/Elk Mound shot a 218, a reduction of six strokes off its previous best of 224.
That performance came on the heels of a 226 shot Monday afternoon, September 13 on its home course at Whitetail.
Despite the dramatic improvement, however, the locals finished in third place in the those most recent matches and for the fifth time in as many conference meets.
The ladies will wrap up the regular golf season this week. After playing in Osseo-Fairchild this past Monday, September 20, they will head to Lake Hallie Golf Course on Thursday for the 2021 CloverCroix Conference Championship.
Olivia Clickner, Emma Nechanicky, Selena Clickner, and Ella Reese are all currently in the running as all-conference honorable mentions.
Regis/Altoona, winners of all five conference meets thus far, leads the conference standings with 25 points (five points for each win), Osseo-Fairchild is second with 20 with Colfax/Elk Mound third at 15, and Stanley-Boyd is fourth with eight points. Conference member Mondovi only has one varsity golfer therefore does not qualify for a team score.
Regional competition is slated for either September 29 or 30, sectional play on October 4, 5 or 6 and state will be held October 11 and 12 at University Ridge in Madison. Colfax/Elk Mound will open the Division 2 tournament participating in the Prescott regional at Clifton Highlands with the sectional tournament to be hosted at Pheasant Hills in Hammond.
Home Meet at Whitetail
For the fourth straight CloverCroix Conference competition, Colfax/Elk Mound finished in third when it hosted the other four schools at Whitetail Golf Course September 13.
C/EM golfers tallied 226 strokes to place third with Regis/Altoona shooting a 185 for the win while Osseo-Fairchild finished with a 209 to take second. Neither Stanley-Boyd nor Mondovi earned scores as they had incomplete teams.
A senior-led roster took to the course for Colfax/Elk Mound last Monday at Whitetail.
Seniors Olivia Clickner and Ella Reese along with sophomore Selena Clickner led the locals on the fairways and greens. Olivia Clickner topped the team with a 54 over the nine holes of play. Reese and Selena Clickner both hit 57s. Another senior, Emma Nechanicky, finished off the team scoring with a 58. Brynna Streifel, also a senior, completed the varsity complement with a score of 63.
Emerson Felmlee of Stanley-Boyd earned medalist honors (low score) with a 44.
Colfax/Elk Mound’s junior varsity finished nine strokes behind Regis/Altoona – 251 to 260.
JV scores were as follows: Grace Shafer 61, Emma Bruder 62, Olivia Schindler 68, LeeDa Yang 69, Anne Baier 74, Abby Werner 77, and Elizabeth Wisemiller 83.
Princeton Valley
All four of Colfax/Elk Mound’s scoring golfers shot in the 50s, helping the team register a season best score of 218 last Thursday at the Princeton Valley Golf Course.
Olivia Clickner again led the locals with a 50 which was closely followed by a 51 from Emma Nechanicky.
Ella Reese carded a 58 and Selena Clickner shot a 59. Olivia Schindler had a 68 to complete the five-member varsity roster.
Host Regis/Altoona, led by medalist Elli Anderson (who shot a 41), picked up its fifth consecutive conference victory with a 178 and Osseo-Fairchild was again the runner-up with a 193. Colfax/Elk Mound’s 218 put them in third again and Stanley-Boyd finished fourth with a 225.
The Colfax/Elk Mound junior varsity won its first match of the conference season as it bested Regis/Altoona by five strokes – 241 to 246.
JV scores were: Brynna Streifel 53, Emma Bruder and Elizabeth Wisemiller 62 each, Josie Seehaver 64, Abby Werner 65, Anne Baier 68, LeeDa Yang 70, and Grace Shafer 72.