Irish boys win Big East golf title

May 02, 2008 11:11 am

— CALAMUS — The Prince of Peace boys golf team claimed the Big East Conference title with a narrow three stroke win over Camanche at Calamus’s Wapsi Oaks Golf Course.
Camanche’s Dan McGarry fired a 79 to take third place individually, but the Irish placed three golfers in the top 10 with John Nelson and Eric Sikkema tying for seventh with rounds of 82 and Drew Sikkema tying for ninth with an 82.
Prince of Peace shot a combined round of 332, beating the Indians by just three strokes.
Camanche’s Mike Sullens shot an 81, while Cody Clausen and Jake Ellis shot rounds of 87 and 88 respectively.
Meet host Calamus-Wheatland took fourth in the team standings led by Meet Medalist Ryan Mason’s round of 77.
Bellevue placed fifth with Cody Hammond and Jacob Sieverding leading the way with rounds of 85.
The Preston Trojans took sixth as a team, led by senior Tayden Helmle’s score of 83. The score tied Helmle with Drew Sikkema for ninth overall.
Bellevue Marquette was eighth in the team standings as Ryan Tebbe (89) and Drew Burken (90) led the way.
East Central finished with a team score of 395, good for ninth. Devan Henfrey fired a round of 90 to lead the Raiders.
Andrew and Northeast rounded out the team scores. The Hawks were led by Tim Hoffman’s round of 98 and the Rebels by Gage Rodewald’s round of 100.
BIG EAST CONFERENCE BOYS GOLF MEET
At Wapsi Oaks, Calamus
Team scores
1, Prince of Peace 332; 2, Camanche 335; 3, North Cedar 342; 4, Calamus-Wheatland 348; 5, Bellevue 353; 6, Preston 356; 7, Lisbon 357; 8, Bellevue Marquette 376; 9, East Central 395; 10, Midland 416; 11, Andrew 423; 12, Northeast 438.
Medalist
Ryan Mason (Calamus-Wheatland) 77.
Runner-up
Geoff Damann (Midland) 78.
Area scores
Andrew—Tim Hoffman 98, Eric Housely 115, Jarid Dalton 109, Montanna Deppe 101, Brandon Aurrden 122.
Bellevue—Cody Hammond 85, Jacob Sieverding 85, Ryan Newton 95, Trevor Roling 89, Matt Ploessl 94, Tyrel Schroeder 99.
Bellevue Marquette—Wes Lampe 92, Ryan Tebbe 89, Aaron Schwager 105, Drew Burken 90, Troy Weber 119, Tyler Kueter 127.
Calamus-Wheatland—Mason 77, Sean Patterson 91, Joe Buchmeyer 92, Alex Matzen 96, Joe Henning 88, Landon Luepker 94.
Camanche—Dan McGarry 79, Jake Ellis 88, Mike Sullens 81, Cody Snodgrass 89, Cody Clausen 87, Tom Aronson 92.
Prince of Peace—Ben Lehmkuhl 85, Drew Sikkema 83, Joe Vens 86, John Nelson 82, James Nelson 85, Eric Sikkema 82.
East Central—Dyllan Frahm 98, Devan Henfrey 90, Brad Batcher 104, Trent Mussmann 105, David Frame 103, Nathan Wall 115.
Northeast—Gage Rodewald 100, Gregg Bott 125, Austen Allen 127, Tanner Kleppe 105, Lance Briggs 108.
Preston—Lucas Assenmacher 86, Tayden Helmle 83, Austin Hughes 93, Karl Bear 94, Kyle Feller 98, Landon Ruchotzke 120.