Bison golfers second at Gothenburg

Monday, April 25, 2011

GOTHENBURG, Nebraska -- McCook High School's boys had four players finish in the top 15 at Thursday's Gothenburg Invitational golf tournament.

Unfortunately for the Bison, Scottsbluff was just a little bit better, as the Bearcats won the team title and McCook was second.

Scottsbluff had a low team total of 318 strokes, with the Bison second with a 328. Sindey was third at 335, and North Platte fourth at 344.

Thursday's event was played at the Wild Horse Golf Course located just northwest of Gothenburg.

McCook was paced by Sean Backer, who finished seventh with rounds of 41 and 39 for an 18-hole score of 80 strokes. Cory Dallam had rounds of 38 and 43 for an 81 to place ninth.

Drew Shields put together rounds of 43 and 40 for an 83 to finish 12th. Mack Alspaugh shot rounds of 41 and 43 for an 84 to tie for 13th. Alan Goodenberger also had rounds of 44 and 43 for an 87.

Each team is allowed to enter five individuals in varsity meets. Bison head coach Rick Haney has been rotating his top six players in varsity events this season. Senior Ben Vetrovsky sat out Thursday's competition.

Haney said his team played well, and it was good for the Bison to see district opponents Scottsbluff, Gering, Ogallala and Sidney.

"They are all in our districts and we will see them again later," Coach Haney said. "The team managed to find some trouble out on the course that kept us from scoring very well. We will need to iron out some of the kinks in order to compete with Scottsbluff in districts."

The Bison will compete with Scottsbluff, Gering, Ogallala, Sidney, Alliance, Broken Bow, Chadron, Cozad, Gothenburg Lexington and Mitchell in the Class B-4 District meet May 17 at Monument Shadows Golf Course in Gering.

GOTHENBURG INVITATIONAL

Thursday, April 21, at Wild Horse Golf Course

Team Standings

1. Scottsbluff318
2. McCook328
3. Sidney335
4. North Platte344
5. Cozad352
6. Minden353
7. Broken Bow358
8. Gering359
9. Holdrege372
10. Ogallala385
11. Gothenburg389
12. Gothenburg JV424
13. Lexington491

Top 15 Individual Medalists

1. Michael Hadden, Scottsbluff73
2. Eric Krzyzanowski, Scottsbluff75
3. Shad Wellman, Lexington77
4. Cameron Bargell, North Platte78
5. Carson Blum, Minden79
5. Jeremiah Wistrom, Sidney79
7. Sean Backer, McCook,80
7. Eric Zimbelman, Cozad80
9. Cory Dallam, McCook81
10. Trev Flanders, North Platte82
10. Tanner Johnson, Broken Bow82
12. Drew Shields, McCook83
13. Mack Alspaugh, McCook84
13. Andrew Holloway, Scottsbluff84
13. Taylor Barton, Sidney84
13. Austin Wiederspan, Sidney84

McCook Individual Scores

Sean Backer41 - 39 -- 80
Cory Dallam38 - 43 -- 81
Drew Shields43 - 40 -- 83
Mack Alspaugh41 - 43 -- 84
Alan Goodenberger44 - 43 -- 87
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