Norse second at home DC match

The Whitehall golf team edged Alma/Pepin by one stroke to finish second at its home Dairyland Conference match last week Tuesday.

Cochrane-Fountain City cruised to the team title, shooting a 157 while Whitehall came in with a 181. Grant Olson was on fire, leading Whitehall with a 40 — three strokes shy of medalist Bayden Stiehl of C-FC. Lyle Orsch came in with a 46, one stroke better than Keanu Estenson while Drake Jurowski shot a 48. The Norse also got a 51 from Kysen Estenson and a 53 from Michael Payne.

Grady Meier shot a 55 to lead Independence/Gilmanton while Charlie Baize shot a 59 and Max Dejno a 63. I/G finished with a team score of 277, behind the top three teams, Eleva-Strum (196) and Augusta (240).

The Norse were in third in the DC standings with 38 points, behind C-FC (58) and A/P (50) prior to Tuesday’s conference championship match at Trempealeau Mountain. Eleva-Strum was in fourth (34) followed by Augusta (20) and I/G (10).