C/EM golfers finish third in D-SC tourney, overall
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DURAND — On a nearly perfect spring day, with temperatures in the mid-80s and lots of sunshine, the Colfax/Elk Mound golf team came in third place in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference’s tournament held at Durand’s Rolling Greens Golf Course last Tuesday, May 25.
That outcome gave the locals sole possession of third place in the final 2021 standings. Colfax/Elk Mound finished the 18-hole, 5-school meet with a score of 418, 23 strokes ahead of Mondovi who had entered the tournament trailing C/EM by a single point. Colfax/Elk Mound finished with 30 points in the final team standings to 27 for the Buffaloes.
Host Durand easily captured this year’s conference tournament and championship. The Panthers, who had already sewn up the title prior to Tuesday’s tourney by winning all nine of the conference’s regular nine-hole meets, posted a 333 at the tournament to best runner-up and overall second-place finisher Glenwood City (401) by a whopping 68 strokes. In the final team tally, Durand had 55 points to the Hilltoppers 42. Spring Valley/Elmwood did not score as it had only three varsity golfers competing.
Durand also dominated the individual awards as the Panthers landed all five of its varsity golfers on the all-conference list including four first-teamers headlined by the 2021 player of the year Dawson Kurth. Kurth was the low scorer in six of the meets this season and was third overall last Tuesday on his home course with an 83. His teammates, Charlie Brenner and Simon Bauer, shared medalist honors with scores of 82. Brenner and Bauer were second and third, respectively, on the final individual leader board.
Colfax/Elk Mound had a pair of top ten finishers in the conference tournament led by Colfax’s Luke Blanchard. The junior had a big day for the squad as he was the lone local to finish with a sub-100 score. Blanchard signed off on a 94, good for a sixth-place tie in the final individual tournament standings, after shooting 47s on the front and back nine.
Elk Mound freshman Riley Krall took tenth after turning in an 18-hole score of 103, 51 on the first nine and 52 on the final nine.
Another pair of Mounder freshmen, Zane Brice and Jace Acker, where next with scores of 106 and 115, respectively. Brice shot a 54 on the opening nine and then shaved off a couple of strokes to finish with a 52, Acker improved from a 60 on the front nine to a 55 on the back nine. Yet another Mounder freshman, Matt Hanson, rounded out team play with a pair of 63s to card a final tally of 126.
A trio of C/EM golfers just missed getting all-conference accolades. Brice, Acker, and Blanchard finished 11th, 12th, and 13th, respectively, in the final individual conference standings. The top ten receive all-conference recognition with the first five being named as first team all-conference recipients while six through ten receive second-team honors.
Colfax/Elk Mound was at Trempealeau Mountain for the WIAA Division 2 Arcadia Regional yesterday (June 1). The first four team finishers along with the top four individuals who were not members of a qualifying team will advance to the D2 sectional meet at Skyline Golf Course in Black River Falls next Tuesday, June 8. The D2 state golf meet will be June 14 and 15 in Wisconsin Dells.