Sports : Vinton-Shellsburg Girls Golf Dual with Benton Community

By Janet Woodhouse April 20, 2017 Vinton-Shellsburg Girls Golf, Dual with Benton Community at the Tara Hills Golf Course, Van Horne par 36 Weather: low 50s, overcast, blustery and cold Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 190 Benton Comm. 198 Medalist: Halie Engler V-S 45 Runners up: Lillie Lamont V-S 46 Rachel Maschino 46 V-S Individuals: Halie Engler 45 Lillie Lamont 46 Rachel Tandy 47 Emily Blake 52 Alex Maynard 52 Brandi Gerber 56 JV members played but coaches decided to discontinue due to weather. Claire Smith Carli Lang Jordan Pattee Catherine Steele Spectators were glad for winter coats! It was very, very windy and cold at Tara Hills but both teams played amazingly well under those conditions. Senior Halie Engler was a first time medalist for V-S; she scored two birdies (hole numbers 7 and 8) and a chip in today. This is only Halie's second year to play golf. Freshman Lillie Lamont shot 46, had only 14 putts and earned runner up medalist all new PRs. For the first time this season, our varsity, now 8-0, all had less than 20 putts! Ms Engler, Ms Tandy and Ms Blake all recorded 16 putts. Varsity returns to Tara Hills Saturday at 8:30 am for the annual Benton Community Invitational Tourney. Monday varsity travels to Manchester to their annual nine hole tournament with a 4:00 start. Next Thursday varsity and JV will be hosted by Center Point-Urbana at Rolling Acres Golf Course for a dual meet.