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Bison golfers headed to state; Joe Vetrovsky notches 6th place
OGALLALA -- The McCook High School boys golf team earned a berth in the Nebraska Class B state tournament with a third-place showing at the Class B-4 district tournament Monday at Ogallala's West Wind Course.
McCook will be making its first trip to state as a team since 2006. The Bison placed second at state in 2006.
McCook fired a 328 score, led by senior Joe Vetrovsky, who fired a 77 and tied for fourth place and ended up sixth in a card playoff.
"The Bison did a fantastic job as a team to qualify for state," said McCook boys golf coach Rick Haney. "We have been working for a top three finish at the district meet all season. It was good to see the players come through and play some decent golf to qualify.
"Joe Vetrovsky had a very good day shooting a 77. He scored a 40 on the front nine and then followed it up with a 37 on the back to get the 77. Alex Garcia has proved to be Mr. Steady this year. He is consistantly around the 80 mark and I as a coach value his contributions and consistancy.
"Adam Kruger followed with an 84. He opened up with a 40 on the first nine and held on with a 44 to finish the back. His 84 is nice to see. He has been working really hard and his efforts are beginning to pay off.
"Ben Vetrovsky was the fourth score that was applied to the team score. He shot a 86. His front and back nines were identical with both being 43's. I know that Ben has the potential to shoot in the 70's and feel that it is right around the corner for him.
"Bryce Buhr was the final competitor for the Bison. Bryce shot a very good front nine scoring a 40. If a guy could remove two holes off the back his score would have been great. He played 16 very good holes and found trouble on two. He is one who again has a lot of potential to shoot in the 70's."
The Class B state tournament will be played May 27-28 at the Holmes Golf Course in Lincoln.
Class B-4 District Results
West Wind Golf Course, Ogallala
Individual Qualifiers:
1. Garrett Schlichtemeier, Ogallala 12, 72
2. Erik Krzyzanowski, Scottsbluff 10, 74
3. James Leibhart, Lexington 12, 75
4. Quinten Burns, Gering 12, 77
5. Jackson Pahlke, Scottsbluff 11, 77
6. Joseph Vetrovsky, McCook 12, 77
7. Thomas Jara, Ogallala 12, 78
8. Michael Hoppes, Scottsbluff 11, 78
9. Tarron Hecox, Cozad 12, 78
10. Andrew Maser, Alliance 11, 79
TIE. Jayd McDonald, Scottsbluff 11, 79
Qualifying Teams:
Scottsbluff, 308
Coach: Bert Wright
Erik Krzyzanowski, 10, 74
Jackson Pahlke, 11, 77
Michael Hoppes, 11, 78
Jayd McDonald, 11, 79
Jarod Kerr, 10, 95
Ogallala, 312
Coach: Robb Kubitschek
Garrett Schlichtemeier, 12, 72
Thomas Jara, 12, 78
Tyler Zoellner, 9, 80
Tanner Collins, 11, 82
Benjamin Kubitschek, 11, 82
McCook, 328
Coach: Rick Haney
Joseph Vetrovsky, 12, 77
Alexander Garcia, 12, 81
Adam Kruger, 12, 84
Benjamin Vetrovsky, 10, 86
Bryce Buhr, 12, 90
Individual Qualifiers:
Lexington
Coach: Ken VerMaas Jr.
James Leibhart, 12, 75
Gering
Coach: Russ Hamer/Rob Thomason
Quinten Burns, 12, 77
Cozad
Coach: Bob Nutt
Tarron Hecox, 12, 78
Alliance
Coach: Dave Sautter
Andrew Maser, 11, 79
Final Team Scores:
Scottsbluff, 308
Ogallala, 312
McCook, 328
Sidney, 333
Holdrege, 336
Gering, 341
Cozad, 347
Chadron, 349
Lexington, 351
Alliance, 353
Broken Bow, 377
Gothenburg, 378
Nebraska district golf
Dundy County-Stratton posted a 379 score and placed fifth at the District D-5 tournament Monday at Chappell Municipal Course.
The Tigers did not qualify any golfers for Class D state May 27-28 at the Kearney Country Club.
State qualifying teams were Creek Valley (332), Garden County (339) and Potter-Dix (340).
The Class C-4 district tournament will be played today at Grand Island's Jackrabbit Golf Course. Southern Valley is competing.
Chase County, Sounthwest and Perkins County will compete at the District C-5 tournament today at North Platte Country Club.
Cambridge will host the District D-4 tournamament today at Cross Creek Golf Links.
Arapahoe, Cambridge, Eustis-Farnam, Maywood and Medicine Valley are the area teams competing.
Class D-5 District Results
Chappell Municipal
Golf Course, Chappell
Individual Qualifiers:
1. Scott Pfeiffer, Mullen 11, 73
2. Trai Phillips, Creek Valley 11, 78
3. Kody Collins, Garden County 12, 79
4. Brandyn Hunt, Minatare 11, 82
5. Jeremy Gasseling, Potter-Dix 11, 82
6. Geremy Gortemaker, Garden County 12, 82
7. Lucas Hanson, Creek Valley 12, 83
8. Tanner Letcher, Hay Springs 11, 83
9. Zach Cansler, Creek Valley 12, 84
10. Lance Juelfs, Potter-Dix 12, 84
Qualifying Teams:
Creek Valley, 332
Coach: Cyd Hanson
Trai Phillips, 11, 78
Lucas Hanson, 12, 83
Zach Cansler, 12, 84
JJ Bond, 10, 87
Ben Hansen, 10, 94
Garden County, 339
Coach: Doug Leopold
Kody Collins, 12, 79
Geremy Gortemaker, 12, 82
Kraig Collins, 9, 86
Brandon Namuth, 9, 92
Mitchell Milanuk, 11, 103
Potter-Dix, 340
Coach: Kevin Thomas
Jeremy Gasseling, 11, 82
Lance Juelfs, 12, 84
Jordan Ottoson, 11, 86
Beau Hudak, 12, 88
Kaleb Thomas, 10, 88
Individual Qualifiers:
Mullen
Coach: Mike Brown
Scott Pfeiffer, 11, 73
Minatare
Coach: Shawn Seiler
Brandyn Hunt, 11, 82
Hay Springs
Coach: Mikal Shalikow
Tanner Letcher, 11, 83
Final Team Scores:
Creek Valley, 332
Garden County, 339
Potter-Dix, 340
Mullen, 370
Dundy County-Stratton, 379
Hyannis, 452
Crawford, no team score
Hay Springs, no team score
Hemingford, no team score
Hitchcock County, no team score
Leyton, no team score
Minatare, no team score
South Platte, no team score
Wauneta-Palisade, no team score
Kansas Class 2A Regional at Smith Center -- Two Decatur Community High School-Oberlin golfers placed in the top 10 at the Kansas Class 2A regional Monday at Smith Center Country Club.
Oberlin's Jordan Tally and Garrett Berry earned the eight-place and ninth-place medals at the regional tournament.
Tally fired an 89 and Berry recorded a 90.
Nathan Simonsson shot 98, Chris Larson 110 and Jacob Larue 113.
The Oberlin golf team posted a 387 score and placed fourth.
The top three teams qualified for the Kansas Class 2A state tournament May 27 at the Salina Municipal Course.
Republic County-Belleville won the regional title with a 353 score, followed by Trego Community-WaKeeney 356 and Smith Center 380.
"The weather was very hot and windy, which meant high scores," said Oberlin coach Dick Ahlberg.
"Our team has shown great improvement this season. This was kind of a tough loss. We let this regional get away from us in the back nine.
"Qualifying for the state meet is nice reward for Jordan. He has had a good senior season. It was a good accomplishment for Garrett in his freshman season."