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PIERCE - The Cedar Catholic golf team had a very busy and successful week as the Trojans won a couple of invitationals in the past seven days and finished second in a third.
Cedar Catholic ran away from the field in the Pierce Invitational May 3 after carding a team total of 320, 27 strokes ahead of runner-up Randolph at 347.
On April 30, the Trojans went to Tatanka Golf Club for the Tatanka High School Invitational claiming runner-up honors there.
Earlier in the week the Trojans edged O’Neill 334336 to win the Hartington-Newcastle Invitational at the Hartington Golf Course.
“The kids have responded great as a team,” said Cedar Catholic golf coach, Rick Kuehn. “We improved our score in every meet we had.”
At Pierce, Maverick Heine had the round of his life, carding a 71 to take medalist honors, leading the Trojans who put four golfers in the medals in the meet.
Langston Christensen fired an 80 to come in fifth, Memphis Ulrich used an 84 to place 11th and Landyn Kaiser was 12th with an 85. Toby Heine finished just out of the medals at 87 which put him 17th.
Cooper Wachholtz was second to Mav Heine four shots back and Talon Carson from Laurel-Concord-Coleridge was third after posting a 77.
In the middle of the week, Cedar Catholic placed second in the Tatanka High School Invitational led by Ulrich who carded a 76 for first place.
Toby Heine finished fifth with a 79, Mav Heine was eighth with an 80, Kaiser posted a 93 and Christensen finished with a 94.
The Trojans slipped past O’Neill in the HNS invite with Christensen taking his turn near the top of the podium coming in second to Jace Wahls of Ponca by a single stroke.
Wahls had an 80 and Christensen edged out two O’Neill golfers at 81 after a scorecard playoff.
Toby Heine was fifth with an 82, Ulrich was 10th at 83, Mav Heine posted an 88 and Kaiser landed with a 91.
“I really don’t feel like we have put together our best performance as team,” Kuhn said. “We talked to them about how many shots they left out on the course. We are definitely getting better and need to continue to do so.”
The Trojans were set to travel to highland Oaks Golf Course near Ponca for the Mid-State Conference Tournament on May 6 before heading to Battle Creek for the Braves Invite on May 8.
TATANKA HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL Team Results:
1. Norfolk Catholic +30; 2. Cedar Catholic +40; 3. Battle Creek +53; 4. Chambers/Wheeler Central +57; 5. Creighton +59; 6. Summerland +72; T7. North Central +73; T7. West Holt +73; 9. Neligh-Oakdale +75; 10. Elkhorn Valley +76; 11. Wausa +78; 12. Stuart +83; 13. Bloomfield +85; 14. Ainsworth +96; 15. Tri County Northeast +100; 16. Niobrara/ Verdigre +110; 17. Boyd County +148; 18. Crofton +151.
Individual Results (Top 15 and Cedar Catholic Finishes:
1. Memphis Ulrich (CC) 76; 2.Grant Schieffer (CRO) 77; 3. Levi Hoesing (NCa) 77; 4. Braden Kosch (NCa) 78; 5. Toby Heine (CC) 79; 6. Ben Jorgensen (TCNE) 80; 7. Zak Swanson (NCe) 80; 8. Mav Heine (CC) 80; 9. Calvin Wilmes (CRE) 80; 10. William Jesse (CWC) 80; 11. Will Brockhaus (NCa) 81; 12. Ayden Wintz (BC) 81; 13. Hunter Tubbs (STU) 82; 14. Nick Hansen (WH) 82; 15. Callen Marshall (NCa) 82; 45. Landyn Kaiser (CC) 93; 49. Langston Christensen (CC) 94.
PIERCE GOLF INVITATIONAL Team Results
1. Cedar Catholic 320; 2. Randolph 347; 3. Elkhorn Valley 349; 4. Hartington-Newcastle 352; 5. Pierce 358; 6. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 359; 7. Wausa 361; 8. Plainview 365; 9. Bloomfield 370; 10. Clarkson/Leigh 379; 11. Winnebago 410; 12. Crofton 434; 13. Pierce JV 507.
Individual Results (Top 15)
1. Maverick Heine (CC) 71; 2. Cooper Wachholtz (PIE) 75; 3. Talon Carson (LCC) 77; 4. Kayne Gratzfeld (HNS) 77; 5. Langston Christensen (CC) 80; 6. Shaw Backer (RAN) 83; 7. Gerry Earth (WINN) 83; 8. Sam Bogle (EV) 84; 9. Trevor Hoffman (C/L) 84; 10. Bentley Reimers (RAN) 84; 11. Memphis Ulrich (CC) 84; 12. Landyn Kaiser (CC) 85; 13. Grant Schieffer (CRO) 86; 14. Lincoln Thorell (WAU) 86; 15. Cody Smith (BF) 87.
HARTINGTON-NEWCASTLE INVITATIONAL Team Results:
1. Cedar Catholic 334; 2. O’Neill 336; 3. Creighton 339; 4. Ponca 346; 5. Wausa 360; 6. Battle Creek 364; 7. Hartington- Newcastle 365; 8. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 373; 9. Pierce 380; 10. Plainview 382; 11. Randolph 385; 12. Cedar Catholic JV 428; 13. Crofton 437; Wakefield NTS; Osmond NTS.
Individual Results (Top 15)
1. Jace Wahls (PON) 80; 2. Langston Christensen (CC) 81; 3. Logan Brabec (O’N) 81; 4. James Eby (O’N) 81; 5. Toby Heine (CC) 82; 6. Ethan Kuhlman (CRE) 82; 7. Landon Uthof (PON) 82; 8. Kayne Gratzfeld (HNS) 82; 9. Jacob Birkley (WAK) 82; 10. Memphis Ulrich (CC) 83; 11. Grant Schieffer (CRO) 83; 12. Calvin Wilmes (CRE) 83; 13. Carter Kelly (HNS) 84; 14. Tanner Thompson (LCC) 84; 15. Teegan Burns (CRE) 84.
