Colfax/Elk Mound girl golfers finish fourth in conference meet, overall
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ALL-CONFERENCE DUO — Colfax/Elk Mound girls’ golf head coach Ryan Krall (center) is shown standing with Elk Mound’s Grace Shafer (left) and Olivia Clickner (right) who both earned honorable mention all-conference honors following the conclusion of the CloverCroix girls’ golf championship held last Thursday, September 24 at Lake Hallie Golf Course. —photo submitted
It seems like the season just started but the Colfax/Elk Mound girls’ golf team wrapped up its month-long regular season this past week with a pair of fourth-place finishes including the CloverCroix Conference Championship.
After taking fourth in a conference meet last Monday, September 21 on its home course at Whitetail, the ladies representing Colfax and Elk Mound added a fourth place showing in the CloverCroix Conference Championship held at Lake Hallie Golf Course Thursday, September 24.
Colfax/Elk Mound shot a score of 460 during the 18-hole championship at Lake Hallie, besting fifth-place Stanley-Boyd by two strokes. The team also had two members, Elk Mound’s Olivia Clickner and Grace Shafer, named to the honorable mention all-conference squad.
Colfax/Elk Mound will begin the WIAA tournament today (Wednesday, September 30) competing in the Division 2 St. Croix Central regional held at Pheasant Hills GC in Hammond. The first four teams along with the top four individuals, that are not a part of a qualifying team, will advance to the Division 2 Rice Lake Sectional to be held the following Wednesday, October 7 at Turtle Back Golf Course.
“While most of our kids have never played the course (Pheasant Hills) before, we will do whatever we can prior to Wednesday to be as prepared as possible and try to extend our season,” Krall said. “I’m so proud of the season that all 10 girls have had so far and hope that we have more than one week left to go.”
Conference Championship
While weather looked to play a major role in last Thursday’s CloverCroix Conference Championship held at Lake Hallie Golf Course, the sun eventually revealed itself which made for almost perfect playing conditions according to head coach Ryan Krall.
“Lake Hallie was in great shape, with greens as fast as anything we had seen so far this year,” noted Krall. “It took us some time to get acclimated to that speed, but as a whole we ended up putting pretty well as a team.”
Elk Mound juniors Olivia Clickner and Grace Shafer turned in the top scores for the cooperative. Clickner carded a 111 for the 18-hole tournament while Shafer was just strokes back with a 114.
Those efforts coupled with their finishes throughout the season earned the duo the final two spots on the CloverCroix’s honorable mention all-conference team.
“We are ecstatic to have two honorable mention all-conference selections this season,” stated Krall. “Both Grace Shafer and Olivia Clickner are passionate about the game and are always trying to get better. We thought they both had a chance to hold on to All-Conference spots heading into the day, so we are so happy for them that they were able to capture this honor.”
Colfax Hannah Lemler finished with a 115, just a stroke off Shafer’s pace. Emma Nechanicky and Ella Rose, also Elk Mound juniors, rounded out the varsity scoring with a 120 and 127 respectively.
Five members of the junior varsity squad saw its final action of the season at last Thursday’s meet.
“Olivia Schindler, Brynna Streifel, Selena Clickner, Josie Seehaver, and Kelly Turner have all been critical to our tremendous atmosphere as a team all season,” said the coach. “The future is so bright for all of them as they each return next year having gained some very valuable experience competing this year.”
Altoona/Regis beat Osseo-Fairchild/Fall Creek by five stroke – 386 to 391 – to win the 18-hole meet and edge out O-F/FC for the overall CloverCroix Conference championship. Flambeau finished third with a 397 and was third overall in the final standings while Colfax/Elk Mound’s score of 460 placed them in fourth at Lake Hallie and overall and Stanley-Boyd took fifth in both the tournament and final standings with a 462.
Emma Anderson of Eau Claire Regis/Altoona shot an 86 to earn medalist (low score) honors.
All-Conference Teams
1st Team – Madyson Rosman (O-F/FC), Emma Anderson (ECR/A), Elli Anderson (ECR/A), Emme Felmlee (S-B), Izzy Popple (O-F/FC).
2nd Team – Shyla Applebee (FLAM), Abby Bratanich (FLAM), Lydia Jensen (ECR/A), Eleice Dahl (O-F/FC), Sophie Hauser (FLAM).
Honorable Mention Team – Brenna Seefeldt (O-F/FC), Trinity Knutson (O-F/FC_, Jayden Koenig (ECR/A), Olivia Clickner (C/EM), Grace Shafer (C/EM).
Final Team Standings (based on points) – 1. Eau Claire Regis/Altoona 32, 2. Osseo-Fairchild/Fall Creek 31, 3. Flambeau 18.5, 4. Colfax/Elk Mound 12, 5. Stanley-Boyd 11.5.
Whitetail Meet
FINAL PUTT — Emma Nechanicky of Elk Mound lined up her final putt during a CloverCroix girls’ golf meet at Whitetail last Monday, September 21. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Member teams of the CloverCroix girls’ Golf Conference gathered Monday, September 21 at the Whitetail Golf Course for the final nine-hole meet of the regular season.
Coach Krall said that his Colfax/Elk Mound squad was excited to host the rest of the conference teams and they had near perfect conditions to do so as the sun was high in the sky and temperatures settled into the low 80’s.
“The golf course always plays tough in the fall when it starts to dry out, and tonight was no exception,” Krall noted. “The greens were fast and gave a lot of kids problems tonight – the best putters certainly excelled tonight.”
Olivia Clickner continued her hot stretch for the Colfax/Elk Mound golfers on her home course. The Elk Mound junior posted a team best 54.
“She can really hit the ball a long way and it is nice to see her short game starting to catch up,’ said Krall of Clickner.
The coach also singled out the Mounders Ella Reese who scored her first all-conference point of the season with a 57.
The team’s lone senior, Hannah Lemler of Colfax, shot a very good score of 56 to finish second on the team. Grace Shafer and Emma Nechanicky rounded out the varsity scores with a 61 and 62 respectively.
As a team, Colfax/Elk Mound tallied a 228 to nip Stanley-Boyd for fourth place by a single stroke. Osseo-Fairchild/Fall Creek and Eau Claire Regis/Altoona tied for the top team spot with 200 followed by Flambeau with a 207 for third place. Regis/Altoona’s Emma Anderson was once again the medalist with a 44.
For the local junior varsity scores, Selena Clickner had a 59, Bryanna Streifel shot a 63, Kelly Turner carded a 67 and Josie Seehaver shot a 71.