Colfax-Elk Mound girls’ golf team stays unbeaten in conference play
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The Colfax-Elk Mound girls’ golf team continued to dominate play in the CloverCroix Conference as last week’s nine-hole meets.
The squad also finished in the middle of its own 18-hole tournament, the Northwest Classic, hosted at Whitetail Golf Course last Wednesday, September 11.
Defending WIAA Division 2 state champion, junior Belle Kongshaug, also continues to dominate despite still recovering from “golfers elbow” earlier this summer, a condition that causes pain where the tendons of the forearm muscles attach to the bony bump on the inside of the elbow. The pain can spread into your forearm and wrist. Kongshaug has finished as the medalist (golfer with the lowest score) in every meet this season including all three meets last week.
Currently, Kongshaug and Colfax-Elk Mound sit atop their respective leader boards in conference play.
With its most recent CloverCroix victories, Colfax-Elk Mound and Kongshaug have now finished first in all of the conference’s nine-hole meets this season.
The squad participated in an eight-school tournament at Turtleback Golf Course in Rice Lake on Monday. Colfax-Elk Mound then has back-to-back conference match at Valley Golf Course in Mondovi on Tuesday and Thursday.
The final two, nine-hole CloverCroix meets will take place next Monday, September 23 at Cadott’s Whispering Pines Golf and Tuesday, September 24 at the Osseo Golf Course. The 18-hole conference tournament is scheduled at the Lake Hallie Golf Course on Thursday, September 26.
CloverCroix Meet at Osseo
Colfax-Elk Mound took top honors at a CloverCroix Conference competition held Monday, September 9 at the Osseo Golf Course.
The squad scored a 199 to place first.
All five locals finished 11th or higher in the meet as Belle Kongshaug won the individual title with 36 strokes. Gabi Amble was third overall with a 43, Isabelle Baier shot a 57 to place eighth, Izzy Ludwig copped tenth after scoring a 59 and Annika Niska rounded out the team’s individual scores with a tally of 62 which put her in 11th place.
Northwest Classic
Despite some struggles on the day, Colfax-Elk Mound finished tenth out of 18 teams at its own Northwest Classic which it hosted Wednesday, September 11 at Whitetail Golf Course.
Belle Kongshaug finished the 18-hole tournament with a score of 76, good for first place on the individual leader board. Gabi Amble carded a 102 to take 30th, Izzy Ludwig placed 65th with a 120, Isabelle Baier netted a 132 for 78th and Annika Niska signed off on a 152 which had her finish 82nd.
As a team Colfax tallied a 430. Altoona-Regis won the event with a 364, St. Croix Central and Marshfield tied for second with identical scores of 372, Eau Claire Memorial was a close fourth with a 373 and Ellsworth rounded out the top five with a 383.
CloverCroix Meet at Cadott
The locals capped a busy week on the links with another CloverCroix win as it finished atop the team standings at the Thursday, September 12 match held at Cadott’s Whispering Pines Golf Course.
Colfax-Elk Mound finished with a 195 to claim victory. Finishing second, 24 strokes back, was Bloomer (219) followed by Stanley-Boyd with a 241. Osseo-Fairchild and Mondovi did not have complete teams.
Belle Kongshaug had the top individual finish once more. The Elk Mound junior tallied a 38 to win the nine-hole meet by five strokes over runner-up Illa Nelson of Bloomer.
Two other Colfax-Elk Mound golfers, juniors Gabi Amble and Isabelle Baier, finished in the top five. Amble grabbed third with a 44, just one stroke out of second place, and Baier placed fifth with a 53.
Rounding out the local squad were freshmen Izzy Ludwig and Annika Niska who finished with respective scores of 60 and 61. Ludwig ended up in tenth place while Niska was 12th.