Elk Mound finishes fifth, Colfax sixth in conference golf tournament and standings
COLFAX — The final tournament of the regular season saw no changes for the area’s high school golf squads.
As they have done throughout this season’s Dunn-St. Croix meets, the Elk Mound and Colfax golfers finished fifth and sixth in the 2018 conference tournament held last Monday, May 14 at Whitetail Golf Course.
The 18-hole tournament, where points values in the individual and team competitions are doubled, saw Spring Valley shoot a low score of 334 strokes to overtake Durand and win the conference championship. The Panthers, who sat atop the standings coming into last Monday’s tournament, scored a 345 to finish second. Mondovi claimed third with a 346, Glenwood City was fourth with a 377 followed by Elk Mound at 397 and Colfax at 409.
Ironically, how the teams placed in the conference tournament was also their finish in the final conference standings. Spring Valley scored 50 points to win the team title for a second consecutive year. Durand finished second with 49 points, Mondovi edged Glenwood City for third with 32 points to 31, Elk Mound was fifth with 18 and Colfax came in sixth with nine points.
Three Mounder golfers shot under the century mark.
Junior Max Marquardt finished the 18-hole tournament, played under sunny skies, with a 94. Marquardt carded a 45 on the front nine and finished the back nine with a 49. Classmate Marcus Kinblom was four strokes off that pace, shooting a 98 (48 and 50). Ethan Rubenzer had a 99 cutting a stroke off his front nine 50 over the final nine holes.
Kaitlin Schiferl started out well hitting for a 46 over the first nine but shot a 60 on the final nine holes to card a 106. The Mounders’ final varsity golfer, Dillon McLaughlin, suffered the same fate. He took 49 strokes during play on the first nine holes only to finish off with 61 on the second round of nine.
Colfax senior Richard Stehling led all area golfers with a 90. After shooting 47 for the first nine holes, Stehling shaved four strokes off his game to shot a 43 on the back nine.
Fellow senior Spencer Herrick was the next closet Viking as he fired a 104 over 18 holes of play. Herrick shot a for 50 on the front nine and closed with a 54.
Treyton Teige and Hunter Rebak signed out with 107 and 108 respectively. Teige played well on the font nine to take a 49 but slipped a bit on the final nine holes and scored a 58. Reback shot for a 51 and 57.
Sophomore Boden Bergeson tallied a score of 120 with a pair of 60s between the front and back nines.
Both teams opened WIAA tournament play this week. Elk Mound stepped into action first, playing yesterday (May 22) in a Division 2 regional hosted by Arcadia at Trempealeau Mountain. Colfax teed off today (May 23) in a Division 3 regional meet held at Cadott’s Whispering Pines Golf Course. The top four teams and top four individuals from non-qualifying teams will move on to the sectional tournaments next Tuesday, May 29 in Tomahawk for Division 2 and Frederic for Division 3.