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Bison golfers, Brandon Crick top Gothenburg invite field
GOTHENBURG -- The McCook High School boys golf team won the Gothenburg Invitational title Thursday with a 311 score and senior Brandon Crick won first-place individual medalist honors with a 67.
The tournament was played at the Wild Horse Golf Course.
The Bison golfers edged out North Platte 311-312 for the tournament title.
Lexington finished third with a 318 score, followed by Gering 322, Ogallala 323, Sidney 329, Cozad 338, Holdrege 343, Broken Bow 347, Minden 350 and Gothenburg 369.
Crick fired a 32 on the front nine and 35 on the back nine for his 67. He beat North Platte's Kade Mohrman by two strokes. Mohrman fired a 69.
McCook's Mitch Hazlitt earned the 13th-place medal with an 80. He shot a 35 on the front nine and 45 on the back nine.
Garrett Rippen fired a 39 on the back nine holes and posted an 81 -- just missing the medals.
Freshman Joe Vetrovsky shot 83 and Aaron Goodenberger 86. Eric Rippen also competed for the Bison.
"We had a nice team effort today with each member scoring becoming a factor in our victory," said McCook boys golf coach Dan Hilton. "Mitch's 35 on the front side was a very nice score for him. He had some trouble on the back but stayed with it to post an 80. The 39 on the back side for Garrett helped him post an 81 for us. Freshman Joe Vetrovsky had an excellent round for his first varsity match by shooting an 83.
"Putting those together with Brandon's 67 gave us the team title with a 311. Brandon had a very solid round today and I think that this is just the start of posting some low scores for us. He was very focused today.
"Aaron also shot a nice score today with an 86 and Eric just had some trouble on a few holes or he could have been lower.
"I think that as a team we are getting a little more confidence and we will continue to improve our team total and we will need to continue to improve our game on the way to the district match.
Gothenburg Invitational
Wild Horse Golf Course
Thursday, April 20
Team scores
1. McCook 311
2. North Platte 312
3. Lexington 318
4. Gering 322
5. Ogallala 323
6. Sidney 329
7. Cozad 338
8. Holdrege 343
9. Broken Bow 347
10. Minden 350
11. Gothenburg 369
Individual Scores Out In Total
1. McCook Brandon Crick 32 35 67
2. North Platte Kade Mohrman 34 35 69
3. Lexington Jake Linch 36 37 73
4. Gering Austin Miller 38 37 75
5. Gering Max Haderfeldt 37 39 76
6. Sidney Kyle Huus 36 40 76
7. Ogallala Caleb Westmore 38 39 77
8. Holdrege Cory Shield 42 36 78
9. Holdrege Kyle Bell 39 40 79
10. Ogallala Mike Havermann 42 37 79
11. Lexington Curtis Roemmich 37 42 79
12. Lexington Nate Jaeger 38 41 79
13. McCook Mitch Hazlitt 35 45 80
14. North Platte Sean Dawson 42 38 80
15. North Platte Craig Trofholz 40 40 80
Dundy's Preston,
MVM boys
take top honors
at Hitchcock
golf tourney
Dundy County's Leon Preston and the Medicine Valley-Maywood boys golf team placed first at the Hitchcock County Invitational Wednesday.
The tournament was played at the Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook.
Preston carded a 91 to claim first-place medalist honors.
Wauneta-Palisade's Marc Klima placed second with 95.
Klima was followed by MVM's Zac Robinson 96, Dundy County's Derek Larimer 97, MVM's Brenen Hammond 98, Dundy County's Justin Hardwick 98 and MVM's Jordan Wilcox 99.
Three players fired 100s and finished eighth through 10th -- Elwood's Trenton Kotschwar, MVM's Sam Fisher and Elwood's Isaac Naughtin.
Placing 11th and 12th with 101s were Wauneta-Palisade's Michael Gardner and Chase County's Casey Francis.
Three Hitchcock County players placed 13th, 14th and 15th -- Justin Heffner and Ryne Thompson shot 103s and Adam Wright 104.
MVM and Dundy County both posted team scores of 393.
MVM was awarded first place because its fifth-best score was better than Dundy County's fifth-best score.
Elwood finished third with 420, followed by Hitchcock County 424, Wauneta-Palisade 438, Chase County 463 and Southwest 477.
MVM's Wyatt Clark was the first-place medalist in the junior varsity tournament with a 46.
Teammate Jeff Ciesberg was second with a 52, followed by Southwest's Anthony Marquardt 55, MVM's Matt Wiest 55 and Chase County's Sam Kesselman 57.
Oberlin golfers
place 13th at
Coleman tourney
The Oberlin High School boys golf team placed 13th at Tuesday's Ron Coleman Invitational at Heritage Hills in McCook.
The Red Devils posted a 413 score.
Jon Richards led Oberlin with a 98, followed by Breck Simonsson 100, Nolan May 103, Andy Gilliam 112 and Jobey Black 112.
The Oberlin junior varsity competes at Hill City Friday. The varsity competes at the Hoxie Invitational Tuesday.