Golf Recap: Red Oak takes 11th at Atlantic meet

ATLANTIC — The Red Oak boys’ golf team finished 11th out of 13 teams competing at last Tuesday’s Trojan Invitational.

The boys had a score of 355. The girls also competed, but only had three competitors and therefore had no team score.

Connor Johnson led the way for the boys with an 83. Nick Carlson had an 86, while Gabe Nelson shot a 92. Nolan Black shot a 94, while Ryan Plambeck and Justin Bernard had a 96 and 97, respectively.

Reilley Black was the top golfer for the girls as she shot a 111. Shelbie Perez had a 115 and Belle Perkins finished with a 134.

Creston Meet

With wet conditions, the Red Oak boys’ golf team fell short against Creston at Creston last Monday.

The boys lost the meet 151-188.

Plambeck was the top golfer with a 43 for Red Oak. Christian Groumoutis and Sam Hartsock of Creston were medalist and runner-up for the meet.

Johnson shot a 47, while Nolan Black had a 48. Carlson and Bernard both shot 50s, while Ethan Hewett had a 59.

The girls were home and competed against Creston, but didn’t record a team score as they had three competitors.

Shelbie Perez was the runner-up medalist as she shot a 53 in the meet. Madison Hance of Creston was a top golfer with 51.

For Red Oak, both Reilley Black and Sadie Uhlenberg both shot 59s.

Western Iowa Conference Meet

It was a big day for Griswold as the boys won the conference title at last Wednesday’s WIC meet in Atlantic.

Griswold had a team score of 329, which put them one stroke ahead of runner-up Treynor.

James Reynolds claimed runner-up honors when he shot a 76 for the Tigers. Reynolds was one stroke back of Tyler Krueger of Riverside.

Treighton Oakleaf (84), Tyler Wyman (84) and Jake Reynolds (85) were seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively.

Joe Schoning was 17th with a 90, while Jacob Lewis took 24th with a 93.

The girls meanwhile finished third with a score of 454. Treynor took first with 391, while Tri-Center took second.

Hattie Dalke was the top golfer for the girls as she placed ninth with 105. Marlia Rossell was one stroke back with a 106. Mateya Peters shot a 110 to place 17th. Karley Keiser shot a 133 to place 36th, while Reagan Oakleaf shot a 138 to place 40th.