They were fit to be tied

Like their female counterparts, the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn boys' golfers found themselves in an unusual tie with MMCRU when their War Eagle Conference meet ended. Both teams finished play last Friday at Marcus with identical 180 team scores.

But unlike the H-M-S girls, the boys didn't find the tiebreaker to be as friendly. Their fifth score was one stroke higher than MMCRU's, giving the hosts the meet win.

"We played better, but we had too many penalty strokes," Hawk coach Mark Japenga said.

Samuel Heyn topped the medalist list with a 41 while Ben Haack was fourth with a 42. Other results for H-M-S were Wyatt Borden 47, Nick Bronstad 50, Lucas Kroese 53 and Keith DeBoer 56.

Cade Pepper and Brennan Ralfes each shot a 41 to lead MMCRU.

Hawk JV scores were Charlie Conway 51, Spencer McCarter 53, and Jackson Albert and Tanner Tesch 57.

"The kids are staying focused and overcoming some adversity," Japenga said. "We need to manage the course better and not put ourselves in so much danger. We will continue to get better."

• vs. Remsen St. Mary's

The Hawks hosted Remsen St. Mary's in a conference meet on April 29, and suffered a 177-191 loss.

Ben Haack and Samuel Heyn each shot a 45 to finish No. 3 and No. 4 on the medalist list. Nick Bronstad added a 47, Wyatt Borden and Lucas Kroese both fired a 54 and Keith DeBoer added a 55.

Carter Schorg and Xavier Galles of St. Mary's finished with scores of 43 and 44, respectively.

Results for H-M-S JV players were Spencer McCarter 47, Charlie Conway 52, Jackson Albert 55 and Tanner Tesch 56.

The War Eagle Conference boys' golf meet will be held at The Ridge in Sioux Center on May 11. Scores for the Hawks will also be used to determine the winner of the dual meet with Akron-Westfield which was not played earlier in the season.