Monday’s weather conditions were not perfect for golfing, though many area teams were able to execute well enough to pick up victories.
Spirit Lake secured a pair of Lakes Conference triangular wins. The boys golf squad defended their home course, shooting a 160 to get by both Storm Lake (164) and Emmetsburg (170). A four-hole playoff decided meet medalist honors after a three-way tie at 37. The Tornadoes John Bral won the playoff, followed by Spirit Lake’s Scott Hummel and Storm Lake’s Ryan Gutz. But it was a total team effort by the Indians, as they also counted a 40 from Tate Hanson, a 41 by Zach Skopec, and a 42 on the card of Corey Potter.
The Spirit Lake girls won the same triangular in Emmetsburg, collecting a 204 team score to best the hometown E-Hawks (216) and Storm Lake (240). Sisters Whitney and Kelsa Berkland required a playoff to determine the meet medalist after both turned in rounds of 50. The senior, Whitney, would prevail. The other two scores for the Indians were a 51 by Abby Goodenow and a 53 from Amanda Williams.
The Siouxland Conference boys tour made its meet stop at Boyden-Hull on Monday, and the Okoboji Pioneers missed out on their first league victory by six strokes. MOC-Floyd Valley took the team title at 164, with Okoboji in second at 170. Sibley-Ocheyedan, which won the first two meets, struggled to a sixth place finish (178) to allow the Pioneers to leap frog them in the conference standings. James Halbur and Ben DeMuth led the Okoboji scoring with 42’s, followed by a pair of 43’s from Tyler Ohl and Wes Burgeson. Brandon Snyder of West Lyon was the low man on the board with a 38.
The girls of the Siouxland took to the links at West Lyon, and Alex Mankle of Okoboji picked up her third straight medalist honor, shooting a tournament low 37. Teammate Kiley Wermesen was seven strokes back at 44 to finish third. Sheldon made it back-to-back league victories. The Orabs tallied a 192, ahead of second place MOC-Floyd Valley at 198. Okoboji ended the day fourth with a 203, behind Sioux Center (199).
Harris-Lake Park had little trouble taking a pair of dual matches in the Cornbelt Conference against Clay Central-Everly at Silver Lake Country Club. The Wolves won the boys match by a 173-213 score. Nathan Kyle carded a round of 37, followed by three scores of 45 from Tanner Hiveley, Eli Ihnen, and Ryan Gembler.
The Lady Wolves finished 35 shots better than the Mavericks, winning 246-281. Macy Gunderson grabbed medalist honors with a 49. Amanda Hibma was second with a 62, followed by Rachel Vellema with a 67, and Noreen Morrow at 68.
