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LAUREL — Five Laurel-Concord- Coleridge Bears returned to hit the links for coaches Pat Harrington and Izak Reifenrath this spring.
Toss in a couple of freshmen and you have the 2026 LCC golf team.
Juniors Tanner Thompson and Talon Carson and sophomores, Luke Erwin and Parker and Paxton Hoeppner return and are looking to improve on last season’s 13th-place finish in the district meet.
Joining the five returning players will be James Recob and Bryson Urwiler.
The Bears will open the 2026 campaign at the Plainview Invitational on April, 11 then head to Creighton for a triangular with the Bulldogs and Randolph on April, 14.
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge will host its own invitational on April 16 then travel to Ponca for a triangular which will include the Indians and Hartington-Newcastle.
The Bears will finish April with a couple of invitationals hosted by Lutheran High Northeast on April 23 in Norfolk and April, 28 at the Hartington-Newcastle meet.
The Pierce Invitational is slated for May 2 then the Greater Northeast Activities Conference Meet will tee off May 5 at Atkinson.
LCC will finish off the regular season at the Wayne Invitational on May 7, the Cardinal Invitational on May 11 in Randolph and the Wakefield Invitational on May 12 at the Wayne Country Club.
The C-3 District tournament is set for May 18 at the Fair Play Golf Course in Norfolk with the top three teams and top 10 individuals qualifying for the Nebraska Class C Golf Championships in Grand Island scheduled for May 27 and 28 at Indianhead Golf Club.
