Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
H-M-S falls to Blackhawks, Knights in WEC play
Samuel Heyn watches his putt roll toward the hole during the War Eagle Conference golf meet at Sanborn.
The 2021 boys' golf season began on April 6 with Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn hosting Hinton at the Sanborn Golf and Country Club. The Blackhawks held off a late charge by H-M-S to earn the 196-199 win in War Eagle Conference play.
"We got beat by three, but battled really well after a rough start," said Hawk coach Mark Japenga.
Ben Haack's 45 was the low score for the meet. Other scores for H-M-S were Samuel Heyn 49, Wyatt Borden 52, Lucas Kroese 53, Keith DeBoer 59 and Jackson Albert 60.
Brody Spies led Hinton with a 46.
Scores for the Hawk JV were Charlie Conway 49, Spencer McCarter and Tanner Tesch 52, Bradley Van Beek 53, Brennan Stoltz 70 and Brett Stoltz 74.
• 2 medal in meet with Knights
Samuel Heyn (47) and Ben Haack (48) were third and fourth on the leader board during H-M-S's 187-199 loss to Unity Christian on April 12 at Sanborn.
Other individual scores recorded at the meet were Lucas Kroese and Spencer McCarter 52, Wyatt Borden 55, and Charlie Conway, 63.
Another slow start hampered the Hawks, but Japenga saw positives in their performance on a cool, windy day.
"We started out with too many penalty strokes, but did another great job of 'digging' ourselves out and battling back to score what we could," he said. "We didn't let the elements or penalties dictate our effort or mental toughness."
Jack Noteboom, of Unity Christian, topped the medalist list with a 44.
Hawk JV scores were Nick Bronstad 53, Keith DeBoer 56, Tanner Tesch 57, and Jackson Albert 64.
The Hawks' meet at MMCRU on April 8 is rescheduled to April 30. They will play at West Sioux on April 15 and Akron-Westfield on April 19.
