Southern Valley leads area golfers at Cambridge invite

Southern Valley’s Braxton Hammond (left) watches a chip shot reach the green during Cambridge Inviational play on Wednesday at Cross Creek Golf Course.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

CAMBRIDGE, Neb. — Southern Valley senior Brody Yant shot 39 on his final nine holes to secure a top three golfing finish at Wednesday’s Cambridge Invitational.

Yant nearly caught North Platte’s Conner Hasenauer for second overall, but a 40 was enough to clinch Hasenauer’s 82 and runner-up finish behind teammate/champion Teegan Sonnerman.

The Irish rolled away with a team championship, 45 strokes lower than closest contender Overton.

Southern Valley earned fifth with 389 among 15 schools represented at this early-season tournament.

Dundy County-Stratton junior Nolan Burrell delivered the next best score among Gazette-area golfers of 94.

Burrell was just two strokes from the top 15 tournament medalists. Some more results:

The five best scores with teams entering at least four golfers: 1. North Platte St. Patrick’s 333, 2. Overton 378, 2. Franklin 378, 4. Elm Creek 388, 5. Southern Valley 389.

The top 10 golfers: 1. Teegan Sonneman, NPSP, 76; 2. Conner Hasenauer, NPSP, 82; 3. Brody Yant, SV, 83; 4. Grant McQuay, Alma, 85; 5. Levi Lennemann, FRAN, 85; 6. Hunter Deeds, NPSP, 86; 7. Jackson Lauby, Loomis, 86; 8. Tanner Heckenlivly, Alma, 87; 9. Braden Fleischman, OVER, 87; 10. Dalton Trampe, EC, 88.

Low scores from each area team:

Arapahoe — Grant Taylor 105, Haiden Van Houten 107.

Cambridge — Caleb Shaner 102, Ethan Sides 102, Thatcher Patterson 103.

Dundy County-Stratton — Nolan Burrell 94, Cheve Lutz 113.

Hitchcock County — Trevor Kefalas 107, Anthony Christofferson 122.

Maywood-Hayes Center — Weston Morrow 117.

Medicine Valley — Kolin Pate 117, Colton Shelton 121.

Southern Valley — Yant 83, Braxton Hammond 100, Matt Henderson 101, Colton Burgeson 105.

Southwest — Gage Overton 130.