Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
H-M-S nearly qualifies to second round of girls' regional golf
Elle Mastbergen tees off during the first round regional meet at Primghar. Her 18-hole score of 113 was tied for the best by an H-M-S golfer.
Kinsey Schirmer putts just off the edge of the green during the girls' first round regional golf meet on May 17.
Only a handful of strokes prevented Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn from advancing to the second round of the Class 1A girls' regional tournament.
Competing in the first-round meet on May 17 at Primghar, H-M-S finished with a team score of 462. That was five strokes behind the third-place team, MMCRU, which did qualify for the second round of regional play because South O'Brien, the host school, finished in the Top 2.
Central Lyon won the meet with a 388 team score and South O'Brien was second at 422.
"Overall, I was very pleased with the girls," said Hawk coach Cheryl Kroese. "I'm sad for them that we didn't get the opportunity to play in the second round of regionals, but I'm also proud of them for their overall fourth-place finish."
Individually, Elle Mastbergen and Emily Sindt led H-M-S with 18-hole totals of 113. Other H-M-S results were Kinsey Schirmer 117, Elise Haack 119, Darby Mastbergen 140 and Megan Ten Kley 156.
Following H-M-S in the team standings were Harris-Lake Park 463, West Bend-Mallard 506 and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 548. George-Little Rock did not have a complete team.
As the Hawks did not advance to the next round, their 2021 golf season comes to an end. Three seniors – Darby Mastbergen, Elle Mastbergen and Emily Sindt – were in the varsity lineup throughout the year.
"I've really enjoyed working with this great group of ladies all season and wish my three seniors the best of luck," Kroese said. "We will miss them all."
