Sports : Vikettes end golf season with 8th place finish at Regionals

The VS Vikette golfers ended their season with the Regional Tournament in Waverly on May 27. The team saw much improvement during the season.

Coach's summary:

Regional Tournament

Waverly Golf Course par 70

May 27, 2014

Weather conditions: warm, partly sunny

Team Results (top 2 advance to State)

CR Xavier 332

Charles City 348

Waverly-Shell Rock 354

Benton Com. 375

Humboldt 386

Decorah 387

Ballard 390

Vinton-Shellsburg 402

Webster City 403

Grinnell 415

Marion 441

West Delaware 456

To 5 Individuals advance:

Megan Joerger (CC 77

Bailee Wallace (WSR) 77

Maddie Bertsch(CRX) 77

Grace Winker (CRX) 80

Sarah Frischmeyer(G) 82

Vinton-Shellsburg Individuals:

Kaiti Kilpatrick 91

Lauren Tandy 96

Mara Jessen 101

Olivia Walker 114

Also playing varsity: Jessie Noren, Olivia Ketchen

CR Xavier had the lowest team score in 4A in the State. There were lots of low scoring teams at this Regional. I was pleased that we shot 402. We had 195 on our front nine, which is close to our lowest round of the year, 191.

Sophomores Kaiti Kilpatrick and Lauren Tandy (their lowest 18 hole rounds this spring!) both shot in the nineties and Mara Jessen closed out her high school career with 101. I think it’s always tough for seniors who know this is their last high school competition if they don’t move on to State; it puts some added pressure on the day. Our team saw a lot of improvement this season, so we met one of the goals I set for 2014. We will hope that our young team plays over the summer; that will make having “four in the forties” more attainable. It has been a very gratifying season for me as a coach. I’m proud of what our team has accomplished. We were a very young team who learned a lot, and we were grateful for the senior leadership of Mara Jessen. She will be missed by all of us.