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Warriors sweep SICL team, individual titles
Roth shoots 75 to go back-to-back as individual champion
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OSKALOOSA — The best victories are often the ones that aren’t expected.
That was the case for the HLV-TC boys golf team Monday at the South Iowa Cedar League meet at Oskaloosa Public Golf.
The Warriors captured the team title by one stroke over Sigourney, with a score of 335 on the true 18-hole course.
“We weren’t expected to win, but we showed up, and anything can happen,” HLV-TC senior Levi Molyneux said.
Coming into the meet, the Warriors were ranked fifth in the conference in nine-hole average and fourth in 18-hole average.
The race was tight down the stretch as the last few groupings finished. Those final groupings included three of the Warriors’ four scorers.
The Warriors needed to play one over par or better over their final few holes, and they did exactly that. It all came down to Devon Weisskopf, who needed a bogey or better on his final hole, and the Warriors’ senior delivered.
“Coach said, toward the last four holes, to play for the team, and I took that and told myself I need to stop playing for me,” Molyneux said.
Molyneux finished with four pars to help keep the Warriors’ two-stroke lead late.
The Warriors swept the titles on the day as Peyton Roth defended his individual title from last season, shooting a 75 on the par-72.
“It feels really good,” Roth said. “There were strokes I left out there today, but in the end I was glad I got the win.”
Roth birdied his last hole of the day.
Freshman Lance Milton also earned honors, finishing seventh.
“The kids played exceptionally well today,” HLV-TC coach Cory Lahndorf said with the conference trophy in hand. “I told them they got nothing to lose.”
“I knew all along they had a shot, and as the tournament progressed, they realized they had a shot at it too.”
The Warriors hope to take the momentum into sectionals, on their home course, in which they will see many of the same teams as today.
“Our sectionals is very tough, but today showed we can play with them and beat them,” Lahndorf said. “This proved we can play with anybody when we play for each other,” Roth added.
English Valleys’ Gage Heyne earned his highest conference finish, coming in third overall with a 78.
“I felt pretty consistent throughout, just staying focused and trying to get up and down,” Heyne said.
As a two-sport spring season athlete, a busy next few weeks await the Bears’ senior.
“Sleep is going to be important,” said Heyne of his upcoming schedule.
BGM finished fourth as a team.
Ethan Bridgewater was set to be the conference champion after finishing with a 74 after a two-stroke penalty. The coaches’ committee, however, decided that a rules violation warranted Bridgewater’s disqualification.
BGM has shot a team score of 315 through 18-holes this season and will look to bounce back as they host sectionals on their home course next Wednesday, May 14.
Montezuma finished seventh, Iowa Valley eighth, English Valleys ninth and Belle Plaine 10th as a team in the meet.
Team scores
1. HLV-TC 335, 2. Sigourney 336, 3. Keota 341, 4. BGM 365, 5. North Mahaska 373, 6. Colfax-Mingo 388, 7. Montezuma 426, 8. Iowa Valley 440, 9. English Valleys 443, 10. Belle Plaine 463, 11. Lynnville-Sully 482
Individual
Medalists — 1. Peyton Roth (HLV-TC), 75; 2. Brennan McGuire (Keota), 77; 3. Gage Heyne (English Valleys), 78; 4. Porter Cave (Keota), 79; 5. Solon Yates (Sigourney), 82, 6. Jordan Tremmel (Sigourney), 84; 7. Lance Milton (HLV-TC), 85; 8. Billie Kindred (Keota), 85; 9. Jaxon Vanderveer (North Mahaska), 85; 10. Ike Molyneux (Sigourney), 85
HLV-TC (335): 1. Peyton Roth 75, 7. Lance Milton 85, 12. Levi Molyneux 86, 16. Jayden Smith 89, 17. Devon Weisskopf 89, 48. Bryer Jack 117
BGM (365): 14. Beckett Rhoads 87, 19. Robby Tometich 91, 24. Jax Foster 93, 25. Beau Burns 94, 31. Caleb Rhoads 103
Montezuma (426): 27. Ethan Desrochers 100, 36. Isaiah Wilson 107, 38. Beau Young 107, 45. Carson Vanderhart 112, 53. Larry Daniels 122
Iowa Valley (440): 33. Tyson Kriegel 105, 37. Samuel Ahrens 107, 44. Dallas Shermna 112, 47. Owen Bral 116, 49. Ahser Stubblefield 118, 55. Derek Bral 124
English Valleys (443): 3. Gage Heyne 78, 22. Tyler Lortz 93, 54. Owen Mather 123, 58. Jackson Overy 149, 59. Cyrus Morrison 153, 60. Garin Schaffner 172
Belle Plaine (463): 18. Cooper Hoey 90, 35. Derek Kressley 107, 52. Quentin O’Leary 121, 57. Brenten Walter 145
