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Bison golfers 4th at Coleman meet
Brandon Crick places third with an 85
The McCook High School boys golf team placed fourth at the Ron Coleman Memorial Invitational at Heritage Hills Tuesday.
The Bison posted a 368 score and were led individually by senior Brandon Crick, who finished as the third-place individual medalist with an 85. He edged out Kearney's Ben Porter in a playoff for the third-place medal.
McCook's Garrett Rippen and Mitch Hazlitt each fired 94s, Aaron Goodenberger 95 and Eric Rippen 101.
Jack Latta paced the McCook Bison B team with a 93. He just missed getting a medal. The B team placed 12th with a 411 score.
Joe Vetrovsky fired a 100, followed by Anthony Bieck 109, Lance Korte 109 and Austin Korgan 110.
Lexington won the team title with a 353 score, followed by Lexington 358 and Kearney 366. Oberlin was 13th with a 413 score.
Lexington's Nate Jaeger was the lone golfer breaking 80 because of the gusty wind conditions. He won the tournament with a 76.
Sidney's Tom Leininger was second with an 83.
"I did not get a chance to talk to the players today, but when I did, it was about some of the things that the wind did to the golf ball," said McCook boys golf coach Dan Hilton. "Many talked about putting and the wind just takes the ball off of the green. Also, they said that some of the putts broke up hill because of the wind blowing them.
"It was just not a very nice day to play golf. I admire not only our golfers, but all of the kids that spent the day on the golf course. It was had to tell if they were having a good day or a bad day because of the way the wind affected shots.
"Of the 80 golfers we had today, only one broke 80 and I know that we had some golfers on the course that will very seldom shoot as high as their scores were today. I thought the team scores, even thought they look high, were very respectable today."
Ron Coleman Invitational
Heritage Hills
Tuesday, April 18
Unbelievable wind conditions
Team scores
1. North Platte 353, 2. Lexington 358, 3. Kearney 366, 4. McCook 368, 5. York 369, 6. Sidney 380, 7. Ogallala 381, 8. Cozad 391, 9. Grand Island 393, 10. Minden 403, 11. Holdrege 40, 12. McCook B 411, 13. Oberlin 413, 14. Colby 417, 15. Hoxie 422, 16. Gothenburg 424.
Individual Scores
1. Nate Jaeger 76 Lexington, 2. Tom Leininger 83 Sidney, 3. Brandon Crick 85 McCook, 4. Ben Porter 85 Kearney, 5. Kade Mohrman 86 North Platte, 6. Jake Linch 86 Lexington, 7. Josh Gardner 88 York, 8. Craig Trofholz 88 North Platte, 9. Casey Schiel 73 North Platte, 10. Ryan Mills 89 York, 11. Mike Havermann 90 Ogallala, 12. Sean Dawson 91 North Platte, 13. Cory Shield 92 Holdrege, 14. Josh Wamsley 92 Sidney, 15. Alex Farrel 92 Kearney.
McCook A Team Scores
Brandon Crick 85, Garrett Rippen 94, Mitch Hazlitt 94, Aaron Goodenberger 95, Eric Rippen 101.
McCook B Scores
Jack Latta 93, Joe Vetrovsky 100, Anthony Bieck 109, Lance Korte 109, Austin Korgan 110.