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Bison golfers place 4th at Holdrege; Crick 3rd
HOLDREGE -- The McCook High School boys golf team finished fourth in the 12-team Holdrege Invitational Thursday with a 327 score.
Holdrege won the team title with a 311 score, followed by Lexington at 314 and Aurora with a 318.
The tournament was played at the Holdrege Country Club.
Grand Island Northwest finished fifth at 328, followed by Broken Bow 330, Minden 335, Cozad 339, Grand Island junior varsity 347, Kearney JV 349, Gothenburg 369 and Holdrege JV 369.
McCook senior Brandon Crick claimed third-place medalist honors with a 74. He fired 37s on the front nine and back nine.
Garrett Rippen missed medaling by two strokes as he fired an 83. Rippen shot 37 on the back nine after opening with a 46.
Mitch Hazlitt also played well on the back nine with a 38 and finished with a 84. Aaron Goodenberger added an 86 (44-42), Jack Latta 87 (45-42) and Joe Vetrovsky 90 (42-48).
Lexington's Nate Jaeger captured first-place medalist honors with a 71 score (36-35). Holdrege's Kyle Bell placed second with a 72 (36-36).
"As a team we were pretty consistent, but we have to get more scores in the 70s if we expect to compete in the district," said McCook boys golf coach Dan Hilton. "We have the players to do that because we are now shooting some nine hole scores where they need to be, we just have to put a full 18 together.
"Once again Brandon shot a nice score for us. Everyone else shot a good nine hole score, but let some shots get away on the other nine.
"Garrett double bogeyed hole 18 or he could have been under par on the backside. That is what we need out of him. That was nice to see, after his 46 on the front to give him an 83.
"Mitch also had a 46 on the front side and came back with a nice score on the backside of a 38 to give him an 84.
"Aaron and Jack are becoming more comfortable in the tournament environment and definitely have the capabilities of shooting around that 80 mark and we expect them to get there in the next couple of weeks.
"In Joe's second varsity meet, I was please to see him play the front side in a 42, after playing the back side in 48."
The Bison will host North Platte and Ogallala at home Monday in the triangular and will compete at the Greater Nebraska Activities Conference meet May 5 at Kearney.
Holdrege Invitational
Thursday, April 28, 2006
Team scores
1 Holdrege 311
2 Lexington 314
3 Aurora 318
4 McCook 327
5 GI Northwest 328
6 Broken Bow 330
7 Minden 335
8 Cozad 339
9 Grand Island JV's 347
10 Kearney JV 349
11 Gothenburg 369
12 Holdrege JV 369
Individual Scores
1 Lexington Nate Jaeger 36 35 71
2 Holdrege Kyle Bell 36 36 72
3 McCook Brandon Crick 37 37 74
4 Holdrege Cory Shield 36 38 74
5 Lexington Curtis Roemmich 38 38 76
6 Aurora Eric Ratzlaff 39 37 76
7 Aurora Brett Brase 40 38 78
8 Cozad Wyatt Morse 43 37 80
9 Minden Alex Jessen 41 39 80
10 Minden Nic Carlson 39 41 80
11 Broken Bow Jacob Berns 39 41 80
12 Broken Bow Andrew Holcomb 38 43 81
13 Aurora Ryan Grossnicklaus 41 40 81
14 GI Northwest Nathan Cox 40 41 81
15 GI Northwest Kevin Neville 43 38 81
McCook Scores
1. Brandon Crick 37 37 74
2. Garrett Rippen 46 37 83
3. Mitch Hazlitt 46 38 84
4. Aaron Goodengerger 44 42 86
5. Jack Latta 45 42 87
6. Joe Vetrovsky 42 48 90