Seniors hope to lead golf team for Colfax-Elk Mound
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by Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
Seven seniors, including two Honorable Mention All Conference players from a year ago, return to the links for the Colfax-Elk Mound co-op team this fall.
Ryan Krall begins his fifth season coaching girls golf and will look for Olivia Clickner and Grace Shafer to repeat as all-conference players in the Clover-Croix Conference. The team placed fourth in the conference a year ago and Clickner and Ella Reese both finished five shots away from qualifying for the sectional meet. The team showed steady improvement throughout the season and posted their best score at the conference meet, according to Krall.
The team lost just one player through graduation, which was Hannah Lemler who happened to play at the number one spot for the team.
“She was the only girl on the team that had played high school golf before and her contribution and experience will be missed this year,” Krall said.
Two juniors and five sophomores round out the team with one of those sophomores, Josie Seehaver, expected to make a solid stride forward this year and help out at the varsity level.
“Moving into our second season as a co-op team we are still relatively young,” Krall said. “In all reality we could finish anywhere between second and fifth in the conference.
Regis-Altoona looks to be head and shoulders ahead of everyone else, but I think it will be a real battle for the other places in the final standings. We could battle it out with Stanley-Boyd, Osseo-Fairchild and Mondovi for the runner up spot if we have a few girls step up and take hold of varsity spots,” he concluded.
2021 Roster
Seniors: Olivia Clickner, Grace Shafer, Ella Reese, Emma Nechanicky, Brynna Streifel, Olivia Schindler, and Stori Clickner.
Juniors: Emma Bruder and LeeDa Yang.
Sophomores: Josie Seehaver, Selena Clickner, Elizabeth Wisemiller, Anne Baier, and Abby Werner.