Trojans, 'Rider both golf near to Arapahoe tourney titles

ARAPAHOE, Neb. — Super close competitive golf became the story of Tuesday’s Arapahoe Invitational where a tie-breaker decided one title and only three strokes seprated top two teams.

Southwest senior Houston Billeter was so close with his excellent round of 73 but saw Amherst’s Cope Smith capture first overall.

The Trojans were 19 strokes better than Amherst overall, but Alma took this team with a three-stroke win over those Trojans.

Teams: 1. Alma 323, 2. Cambridge 326, 3. Southwest 343, 4. Asmherst 345, 5. Southern Valley 349, 6. Hi-Line 369, 7. Bertrand 371, 8. Arapahoe 375, 9. Medicine Valley 407, 10. Maywood-Hayes Center 410, 11. Hitchcock County 481.

Top 15 medalists: 1. C. Smith, AMH, 73; 2. Houston Billeter, SW, 73; 2. W. VanBoening, Alma, 76; 4. Micah Gerlach, CAM, 77; 5. Graham Shoemaker, CAM, 80; 6. Xander Sherwood, SV, 81; 7. T. Simunek, PLEAS, 81; 8. M. Gesick, Alma, 81; 9. S. Bieker, BERT, 81; 10. Hodge Rayburn, CAM, 82; 11. C. Bennett, Alma, 82; 12. K. Tilson, H-L, 83; 13. R. Boersma, AMH, 84; 14. T. Epp, Alma, 84; 15. Dylan Cornell, SW, 85. Other area best performers:

Arapahoe: Briggs Hill 85, AJ Roush 97, Taydem Zodrow 98.

Cambridge: Carter Shoemaker 87, Maverick Webb 89.; Southern Valley: Kelby Ludeke 88, Brett Blume 91,; Southwest: Jaxton Payton 94; Medicine Valley: Lucas Einspahr 97.; Maywood-Hayes Center: Oliver Anders 99.