WHS takes lead in race For DC golf third place
Matthew Poulos putted on the Arcadia Country Club’s second green during their Dairyland Conference meet hosted by Independence last week Tuesday. (Times photograph by Andrew Dannehy)
With a three-stroke advantage last week Tuesday, the Whitehall golf team has taken a slight edge over Independence in the race for third-place in the Dairyland Conference golf standings.
The teams from Whitehall and Independence entered last Tuesday’s meet in Arcadia deadlocked for third, but the Norse scored a third-place finish, edging the Indees by three strokes. Whitehall now has a 52-50 lead in the team standings prior to their own home meet, held this week Monday.
The race for first place also got slightly more interesting as Cochrane-Fountain City won for the first time in conference play this season, after finishing second to Eleva-Strum in each of the five previous matches. C-FC topped E-S in non-conference action and remained in play for the DC title should E-S falter down the stretch.
Following Monday’s meet, the teams competed in an 18-hole Dairyland Conference championship match at Trempealeau Mountain on Tuesday.
Both teams will compete in the Luther regional at Drugan’s Castle Mound this coming Tuesday. From there, the top four teams and four individuals who aren’t members of those teams will advance to the Mineral Point sectional the following Wednesday.
DC at Independence
Through the rain and wind, C-FC took the top spot while Whitehall was third and Independence took fourth.
The Pirates topped the field with a score of 184, 12 strokes better than the Cardinals. Whitehall finished with a 206 followed by Independence, 209; Gilmanton, 236; Augusta, 238 and Alma/Pepin, 400.
Keanu Estenson led Whitehall with a 46 followed by Matt Poulos, 51; Kaiden Gaier, 53 and Drake Jurowski, 56.
Gabe Rombalski finished four strokes behind medalist Nick Higley of E-S with a 40. Alex Pfaff shot a 55, John Roskos, 54 and Trent Servais came in with a 60.
