Wednesday, May 17, 2017

South Shows Dominance At Conference Meet


SOLON — For the third time in four seasons a River Valley Conference boy’s golf champion has been out of the RVC South.  For the second time in three years, the West Branch Bears claimed the conference title.  In the team race all seven of the South schools were in the top-8 team finishers.  North Cedar was the lone North school to crack the top-5 with a third place finish.
West Branch won the meet by only two strokes over Wilton, 320 to 322.  Monticello is the only RVC North team to win a team title in the league’s first four years, in 2016.
The medalist for the meet was Race Cuckler from Cascade with a score of 71.  Jake Fratzke was the Elite team after shooting a score of 74.  Other Elite team members were Trevor Thein (West Branch) 74, Duncan McCain (Mid-Prairie) 76, Connor Michels (Bellevue) 76 and Austin Beaver (West Liberty) 78.
Tipton placed 7th at the conference meet with a team score of 348.  Landan Hill earned honorable mention honors after shooting an 18-hole score of 83.  Hill shot a score of 41 on the first nine and 42 on the second nine holes.  The rest of the Tipton scores were from Luke Becker 47-40 87, Zach Ford 45-42 87, Jacob Tischuk 49-42 91, Jake McDonald 44-48 92 and Trevor Brennan 45-53 98.
Wilton was led by Tyler Hartman who was a first team all-conference selection after a score of 81.  Jared Townsend (83) and Nolan Leaton (84) were right behind Hartman, earning honorable mention all-conference honors.  Other Wilton scores were Brock Hartley 49-45 94 and Brayton Wade 46-50 96.
Durant placed sixth at the RVC meet with a team score of 339.  The Wildcats were led by three brothers who earned all-conference honorable mention honors.  Lucas, Logan and Leo Callison all shot scores of 84 to pace Durant.  Other Wildcat scores were Drake Jehle 45-42 87, Cole Miedema 43-45 88 and Luke Whitlock 47-43 90.
North Cedar placed third in the team race and were led by two first team all-conference players.  Tanner Mullan led North Cedar and earned 1st team honors with a score of 79.  Ethan Hill added a score of 81.  Nick Dewell turned in honorable mention all-conference honors with a score of 82.  Other North Cedar scores were Pavin Esbaum 45-43 88 and Cory Cox 47-48 95.

River Valley Conference
Team Results: 1. West Branch 320, 2. Wilton 322, 3. North Cedar 330, 4. Mid-Prairie 337, 5. Iowa City Regina 338, 6. Durant 339, 7. Tipton 348, 8. West Liberty 350, 9. Cascade 352, 10. Bellevue 357, 11. Monticello 367, 12. Camanche 371, 13. NE Goose Lake 425.

Medalist: Race Cuckler (Cascade) 71.
Elite Team: Trevor Thein (West Branch) 74, Jake Fratzke (Wilton) 74, Duncan McCain (Mid-Prairie) 76, Connor Michels (Bellevue) 76, Austin Beaver (West Liberty) 78.

1st Team All-Conference:
Brady Lukavsky (West Branch) 79, Tanner Mullan (North Cedar) 79, Noah Schlabaugh (Mid-Prairie) 80, Ted Bridges (West Branch) 81, Tyler Hartman (Wilton) 81, Ethan Hill (North Cedar) 81.

Honorable Mention All-Conference:
Nick Dewell (North Cedar) 82, Jared Townsend (Wilton) 83, Jake Phillips (IC Regina) 83, Landan Hill (Tipton) 83, Noah Felderman (IC Regina) 83, Nolan Leaton (Wilton) 84, Lucas Callison (Durant) 84, Mark Schomer (IC Regina) 84, Logan Callison (Durant) 84, Leo Callison (Durant) 84.

Individual Team Results:
WILTON (322): Jake Fratzke 38-36 74, Tyler Hartman 40-41 81, Jared Townsend 45-38 83, Nolan Leaton 41-43 84, Brock Hartley 49-45 94, Brayton Wade 46-50 96.

NORTH CEDAR (330): Tanner Mullan 39-40 79, Ethan Hill 39-42 81, Nick Dewell 42-40 82, Pavin Esbaum 45-43 88, Cory Cox 47-48 95.

DURANT (339): Leo Callison 43-41 84, Lucas Callison 43-41 84, Logan Callison 45-39 84, Drake Jehle 45-42 87, Cole Miedema 43-45 88, Luke Whitlock 47-43 90.

TIPTON (348): Landan Hill 41-42 83, Luke Becker 47-40 87, Zach Ford 45-42 87, Jacob Tischuk 49-42 91, Jake McDonald 44-48 92, Trevor Brennan 45-53 98.

RVC Boy’s Golf History

Team Champions:
2017 - West Branch
2016 - Monticello
2015 - West Branch
2014 - Durant

RVC HIstory - Team Scores:
2017 Team Scores (At Solon): 1. Wilton 194, 2.Tipton 196, 3. West Liberty 209, 4. West Branch 210, 5. Camanche 215, 6. Bellevue 219, 7. Mid-Prairie 220, 8. Durant 220, 9. NE Goose Lake 221, 10. Iowa City Regina 223, 11. Monticello 223, 12. Cascade 229, 13. North Cedar 238.

2016 Team Scores (At Muscatine): 1. Monticello 339; 2. Tipton 340; 3. Durant 345; 4. Wilton 348; 5. West Branch 354; 6. Cascade 359; 7. North Cedar 360; 8. Iowa City Regina 366; 9. Camanche 372; 10. Mid-Prairie 374; 11. Bellevue 379; 12. NE Goose Lake 400; 13. West Liberty 417.

2015 Team Scores (At Solon): Team Scores: 1. West Branch 331; 2. Monticello 332; 3. Tipton 332; 4. Durant 333; 5. Iowa City Regina 338; 6. Wilton 341; 7. NE Goose Lake 349; 8. North Cedar 354; 9. Bellevue 366; 10. Cascade 368; 11. West Liberty 369; 12. Camanche 378; 13. Mid-Prairie 385.

2014 Team Scores (At Solon): 1. Durant 325, 2. Wilton 337, 3. North Cedar 337, 4. Monticello 338, 5. West Branch 342, 6. Tipton 359, 7. NE Goose Lake 359, 8. West Liberty 361, 9. Bellevue 365, 10. Cascade 369, 11. Camanche 372, 12. Iowa City Regina 374, 13. Mid-Prairie 428.

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