Norse take third in DC golf standings
With two third-place finishes last week, the Whitehall golf team locked up the top spot behind Eleva-Strum and Cochrane-Fountain City in the Dairyland Conference.
By winning two straight DC matches, C-FC made the top of the standings interesting, but the Cardinals finished with a win to lock up the team title. Whitehall and Independence were tied for third with three matches left, but the Norse took third in all three of the final matches, while Independence dropped to fifth and sixth. E-S finished with 122 points, 10 better than C-FC. Whitehall came in with 82 followed by Gilmanton, 66; Independence, 58; Augusta, 38 and Alma/Pepin, 16.
Nick Higley of E-S took the top individual spot with 134.5 points followed by Aidan Schmidtknecht of C-FC with 108 and Independence’s Gabe Rombalski with 107. Whitehall’s top golfer was Keanu Etsenson, who finished 11th with 50 points.
Both Independence and Whitehall golfed at the Onalaska Luther regional held at Drugan’s Castle Mound on Tuesday of this week. From there, the top four teams and four golfers not on those teams will advance to the Mineral Points sectional to be held next week Wednesday.
DC at Whitehall
C-FC took the team title while Whitehall separated itself in third place.
The Pirates shot a 176, eight strokes better than Eleva-Strum to provide some drama at the top of the DC standings. Whitehall eliminated some drama behind the top two teams, however, firing a 207 to take third, well ahead of the rest of the field.
Keanu Estenson led Whitehall with a 42, tied for the third-best score in the meet. Mike Payne came in with a 53, two strokes better than Matt Poulos while Drake Jurowski shot a 57 and Kaiden Gaier came in with a 60.
Independence had finished third or fourth in every meet, but dropped to sixth in this one with a 280. Gilmanton was fourth with a 240, Augusta had a 267 and Alma/Pepin was last with a 320.
Gabe Rombalski matched Estenson with a 42, but he was the only Whitehall golfer to shoot under 60. John Rosko scame in with a 68, Trent Servais, 70 and Hunter Tulius a 105.
DC at Tremp. Mtn.
In the final DC match of the season, the Cardinals clinched the 18-hole title while Whitehall settled into third.
After losing two straight DC matches to C-FC, the Cardinals fired a 378 to finish eight strokes better than the Pirates. Whitehall came in third with a 443 followed by Gilmanton, 488; Augusta, 505; Independence, 529 and Alma/Pepin, 661.
Estenson shot a 105 for the Norse, while Jurowski came in with a 108 and Poulos shot a 110. Gaier was their fourth golfer with a 120 while Payne shot a 126.
Independence’s score was high because they were unable to field a full team. Rombalski had the third-best score in the competition with a 96 while Pfaff shot a 116 and Roskos came in with a 117. With no fourth golfer, a score of 200 was entered.
