Colfax Viking girls’ golf team perseveres through wind, tough course at Amery

By Cara L. Dempski

AMERY — If the Vikings were going to get in some good experience on the golf course last week, they certainly found it at Amery.

Colfax’s girls’ golf team was scheduled to play at Amery last Tuesday, August 22, before heading to Osceola August 24, but wound up playing just the Amery match. They came away with a total score of 470 to land in sixth place out of nine as a team.

“Amery’s golf course is a really difficult track with a lot of water, but our kids did a great job of avoiding huge trouble for the most part,” head coach Ryan Krall noted. “Windy conditions didn’t help us, but the girls really persevered and played pretty well.”

Krall said the team is focusing on shots in the scoring zone, approximately 60 yards from the hole and in, as they are the key to better scores. The hard work in this area is bearing fruit, as Krall said the team is greatly improved in this aspect.

In fact, the team has improved so rapidly with scoring shots, Krall thinks the Vikings could really factor into the mix later this season by maintaining the fast growth on the course.

Abby DeMoe again brought home the team’s top score, finishing all 18 holes in 95 shots. The sophomore took fifth place as an individual, and put in her best performance of the day on a very difficult back nine.

Sophomore Morgan Schleusner was just out of the top 10 at the match with her score of 111 in her initial outing this season. Krall said the duo of DeMoe and Schleusner will carry the team as far as it can go in 2017.

Haley Seston, Amanda Christianson and Abby Klueckmann all have been making great strides as the season has progressed, and scored 130, 134 and 152 respectively at Amery. The trio are necessary to keeping the Vikings in the mix for team competitions this season.

New Richmond took top team honors for the day with 392 strokes.

The Vikings were scheduled to play at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course August 29, and at New Richmond August 31. Following the Labor Day break, Colfax will play at Prescott September 6.

TEAM
SCORES: 1. New Richmond 392, 2. Stanley-Boyd 414, 3. Amery 424, 4. Baldwin-Woodville 438, 5. Ellsworth 446, 6.
Colfax
470, 7. Osceola 482, 8. Somerset 49, 9. St. Croix Central 525.