Mid-Prairie boys golf team wins West Liberty dual meet Thurdsay

The Mid-Prairie boys golf team swept the JV/V dual meet against West Liberty Thursday, May 4.

Junior Collin Gingerich led the way with 43 to earn Varsity Medalist honors.

His round was highlighted with nice birdie 4 on the par 5 first hole.

Five of the six varsity players finished with rounds in the 40s.

Duncan McCain 46, Ryan Smit 47 and Noah Schlabaugh round out the scoring with a 48.

?The weather was finally good and we played well today,? said coach Kelby Bender.

?Collin had a nice round to lead us. Ryan Smit is coming along and putting up good scores.

?Some of the others rounds were OK but thought they left some strokes out there and could have scored a little better.

?It is great to see the different combination of golfers scoring for us. If a couple don't play as well as they want the others seem to pick it up and score for us.

?We have had pretty good balance this season with all six helping us out when we need it.

?The JV played really well,? Bender adds.

Chaz Patterson's 49 earned him JV Medalist.

Not far behind were Mitchell Christiansen 51, Abe Bender 52 and Sam Bailey 53.

?All the JV golfers have improved tremendously.

?Their scores have been really good. They are now 3-2 in conference duals and 5-2 overall.