Published: October 09, 2008 09:52 am      

River Kings’ season ends at district tournament

MUSCATINE — The Clinton River Kings’ season came to an end on Wednesday at the district golf tournament at Geneva Country Club in Muscatine.

The River Kings finished 10th out of 13 teams in the field.

Top score for Clinton was Brennen Roling who shot an 81, good for 12th place overall.

Ottumwa won the district team title with a team score of 299, while Davenport Central and Bettendorf scored 314 and 317 respectively. Those three teams advance to the state tournament to be held at Beaver Creek Golf Course in Des Moines on Friday and Saturday.

Christian Rowan was three strokes behind Roling with an 84, good for 28th.

Jeremy Miller took 45th with an 89, while Logan Hood rounded out the River Kings’ scoring with a 90.

Alex Feaster and Matt Gray each shot 92 in non-scoring rounds for Clinton.

Ottumwa’s Michael Wetrich took individual medalist honors with a round of 72.

Will Eldrenkamp of Ottumwa, Matt Solis of Bettendorf and Ryan Maske of Iowa City High each advanced individually with rounds of 74.

Clinton head coach Paul Niedermeyer praised the play of senior Brennen Roling.

“I thought Brennen had a pretty solid day and a good year,” Niedermeyer commented. “He is a quality young man and I know he has some plans to play some college golf next year. We will miss him in the River King golf program.”

With another season in the books, Niedermeyer thanked the outgoing seniors and looked to the future of the program.

“We will graduate four seniors off of this year’s team. Roling, Elliott Deering, Greg Heysinger and Alex Feaster,” Niedermeyer said. “I would like to thank all the seniors for their hard work the past few years and good luck to them in the future. While their shoes will be hard to fill, we do have a number of players coming back next season with quite a bit of experience so I see no reason that we should not be as good if not better next year. We saw improvement throughout the season and hopefully that will continue throughout next spring and summer.”

The River Kings’ season comes to a close with a30-42 record.

IOWA CLASS 4A DISTRICT GOLF TOURNAMENT

At Geneva Country Club, Muscatine

Team scores

(Top three teams advance to state tournament)

1, Ottumwa 299; 2, Davenport Central 314; 3, Bettendorf 317; 4, Iowa City West 323; 5, Pleasant Valley 332; 6, Iowa City High 336; 7, Muscatine 338; 8, Burlington 341; 9, Davenport North 342; 10, Clinton 344; 11, North Scott 359; 12, Davenport Assumption 366; 13, Davenport West 373.

Individual top ten

(Top four individuals advance to state tournament)

1, Michael Wetrich (O) 72; 2(tie), Will Eldrenkamp (O) 74; 2(tie), Matt Solis (B) 74; 2(tie), Ryan Maske (ICH) 74; 5(tie), Ryan Schlueter (DC) 75; 5(tie), San Eichorn (ICW) 75; 7(tie), Corbin Gardner (O) 76; 7(tie), Ryan Wilson (DC) 76; 9, Erik Thorgaard (O) 77; 10(tie), Jackson Hemberger (B) 80; 10(tie), Jacob Ward (PV) 80.

Clinton results

12(tie), Brennen Roling 81; 28(tie), Christian Rowan 84; 45(tie), Jeremy Miller 89; 49(tie), Logan Hood 90; 54(tie), Alex Feaster 92; 54(tie), Matt Gray 92.