Prairie Boys Golf

Kehoe's 39 leads Prairie at Jones

Linn-Mar's Trevor Berry shot an even-par 35 for medalist honors Thursday at Jones Park, but Jefferson pulled out the team win by one shot over the Lions in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys golf meet.

Jefferson finished with 156, followed by Linn-Mar's 157. Iowa City High had 161 and Prairie 163.

Eric Lehmkuhl shot a 37 and Mitch Willems a 38 to lead Jefferson to its third meet win in the last three weeks and fourth of the season.

"Considering we are playing three kids who never saw varsity action last year, we feel very good about our regular season," Jefferson Coach Steve Koepke said. The J-Hawks were 13-1 in nine-hole meets, 28-19 in MVC competition and 42-36 overall.

Mark Drake shot a 39 for Linn-Mar. The Lions closed out the regular season with a 52-26 record.

Brooks Kehoe's 39 led Prairie. The Hawks' regular-season mark is 28-32.

District meets are Tuesday. Jefferson and Linn-Mar are at Cedar Falls and Prairie is at Eldridge.

JEFFERSON QUADRANGULAR

(Jones Golf Course, par-35)

Teams - 1. Jefferson 156, 2. Linn-Mar 157, 3. Iowa City High 161, 4. Prairie 163

Medalist - Trevor Berry (LM) 35

JEFFERSON (156): Eric Lehmkuhl 37, Mitch Willems 38, Zach Denny 40, Gavin Williams 41

LINN-MAR (157): Trevor Berry 35, Mark Drake 39, Tyler McCann 41, Kyle Hackett 42

IOWA CITY HIGH (161): Grant Simpson 39, Trent Bedford 40, Zach MacMillan 41, Coale Cooper 41

PRAIRIE (163): Brooks Kehoe 39, Mitch Wagner 40, Colyn Snyder 41, Mitch Lorenz 43

Prairie wins final round of MVC golf meet

Xavier boys golf coach Tim O'Brien says the Saints have a championship banner from the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet in 2001, but he's not aware of any other golf pennants at the school.

There will be now.

Xavier turned in a solid performance at Airport National Tuesday and captured the Valley Division title in the MVC by 13 strokes over Cedar Falls.

"We came in with a 13-stroke lead over Cedar Falls and ended today with a 13-stroke lead over Cedar Falls," O'Brien noted. "I was really pleased that we held serve with them."

The Mississippi Valley Conference determines its divisonal golf champions with a series of three meets at three different courses on three different days. The Saints emerged on top.

"I'm just proud as punch," said O'Brien, in his fifth year as Xavier's head coach. "I'm pretty happy.

"It's something we've been working toward. Each year the kids seemed to have gotten a little better."

Xavier placed five of its golfers in the top-9 in the overall standings to dominate the all-conference teams. Jason Beer finished second with a 54-hole total of 212, followed by J.P. King (fourth), Matt Junge (fifth), Rob Thinnes (seventh) and Ben Sagers (ninth).

Beer, King and Junge made first team all-conference, while Thinnes and Sagers were second team all-conference.

Jefferson's Zach Denny finished sixth overall and was first team all-conference.

Carson Hillery of Hempstead took medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 210, two shots ahead of Beer.

Jefferson finished fourth in the Valley Division standings and Prairie was fifth. Mitch Wagner of Prairie placed 13th overall and Eric Lehmkuhl of Jefferson was 14th.

Prairie posted the low score Monday at Airport National with a 267. Cedar Falls and Xavier finished at 269, with Jefferson three strokes further back at 272.

Wagner and Matt Edl of Prairie shared medalist honors for Monday's round with a 1-over-par 64. Jon Skarlis of Cedar Falls also shot 64.

Kennedy won the Mississippi Division title Monday in Waterloo.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION GOLF
Final Team Standings
3 Event Totals

1. Xavier 861, 2. Cedar Falls 874, 3. Hempstead 886, 4. Jefferson 905, 5. Prairie 913, 6. Iowa City West 935, 7. Waterloo East 1,103.

Final Individual Results
3 Event Totals

First Team All-Conference

1. Carson Hillery, Hempstead    69-73-68--210
2. Jason Beer, Xavier              69-76-67--212
3. Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls     71-76-67--214
4. J.P. King, Xavier                 72-75-70--217
5. Matt Junge, Xavier             78-76-66--220
6. Zach Denny, Jefferson        74-80-66--220

Second Team All-Conference

7. Rob Thinnes, Xavier               75-80-66--221
8. Wil Hunemuller, Cedar Falls      71-81-69--221
9. Ben Sagers, Xavier                  70-79-72--221
10. Jared Deines, Cedar Falls        71-82-69--222
11. Brad Miehe, Hempstead         68-84-71--223
12. Shawn Breitbach, Hempstead  74-79-70--223

Honorable Mention

13. Mitch Wagner, Prairie        77-83-64--224
14. Eric Lehmkuhl, Jefferson    76-79-69--224
15. Jon Skarlis, Cedar Falls       80-81-64--225
16. Matt Edl, Prairie               75-86-64--225
17. Alec Braun, Cedar Falls      74-83-69--226
18. Dominic Muzzin, IC West    77-82-69--228

Xavier
Jason Beer     69-76-67--212
J.P. King        72-75-70--217
Matt Junge    78-76-66--220
Ben Sagers    70-79-72--221
Rob Thinnes  75-80-66--221

Jefferson
Zach Denny          74-80-66--220
Eric Lehmkuhl       76-79-69--224
Colten Jourdan      84-80-69--233
Mitch Willems        76-94-69--239
Ben Otis               88-86-68--242
Gavin Williams        82-87-78--247

Prairie
Mitch Wagner     77-83-64--224
Matt Edl             75-86-64--225
Colyn Snyder      76-87-68--231
Drew Digman      77-85-71--233
Jared Smith        84-87-71--242
Brooks Kehoe     90-95-81--266

Tuesday's Results
Final Round
At Airport National (Par 63)

Team Standings

1. Prairie 267, 2. Cedar Falls 269, 3. Xavier 269, 4. Jefferson 272, 5. Hempstead 277, 6. IC West 280, 7. Waterloo East 339.

Top Individuals

Mitch Wagner, Prairie            64
Jon Skarlis, Cedar Falls           64
Matt Edl, Prairie                   64
Matt Junge, Xavier               66
Zach Denny, Jefferson         66
Rob Thinnes, Xavier             66
Jason Beer, Xavier               67
Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls      67
Carson Hillery, Hempstead    68
Ben Otis, Jefferson             68
Colyn Snyder, Prairie           68
Wil Hunemuller, Cedar Falls   69
Jared Deines, Cedar Falls      69
Eric Lehmkuhl, Jefferson     69
Alec Braun, Cedar Falls        69
Dominic Muzzin, IC West      69
Colten Jourdan, Jefferson    69
Mitch Willems, Jefferson       69
Josh Viertel, Cedar Falls        69
Anthony Lehnertz, IC West    69

PRAIRIE (267): Mitch Wagner 64, Matt Edl 64, Colyn Snyder 68, Drew Digman 71, Jared Smith 71, Brooks Kehoe 81.

XAVIER (269): Matt Junge 66, Ron Thinnes 66, Jason Beer 67, J.P. King 70, John Drahozal 70, Ben Sagers 72.

JEFFERSON (272): Zach Denny 66, Ben Otis 68, Eric Lehmkuhl 69, Colten Jourdan 69, Mitch Willems 69, Gavin Williams 78.

Prairie golfers win MVC quad in Dubuque

DUBUQUE - Mitch Wagner and Colyn Snyder shot 4-over-par 39s Monday to help Cedar Rapids Prairie win a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular meet at the Dubuque Country Club.

Prairie finished with a four-man score of 164, nipping Dubuque Senior and Dubuque Wahlert by a single shot.

Quinn Dawson of Dubuque Senior was the medalist with a 3-over 38.

PRAIRIE (164): Mitch Wagner 39, Colyn Snyder 39, Matt Edl 42, Drew Digman  44, Jared Wagner 45, Ian Graham 53.

DUBUQUE SENIOR (165): Quinn Dawson 38, Ryan Jantsch 41, Justin Wagner 42, Connor Grant 44, Ben Zillig 44, Josh Weeber 45.

DUBUQUE WAHLERT (165): Christian Rapp 39, Connor Kruger 41, Greg Lange 42, Jack Hoy 43, Charlie Smith 44, Jerry Lange 47.

WATERLOO EAST (202): Clay Wilkinson 42, Ryan Plummer 47, Tyler Kirchman 55, Nathan Bryant 58, Cody Parker 63, Bryce Frost 67.

Hawks 5th in Valley Division meet

WATERLOO - Xavier had four players finish among the top six and took control of the MVC Valley Division lead Monday at Gates Park.

J.P. King finished second, Matt Junge and Jason Beer finished in a three-way tie for third and Ben Sagers tied for sixth as Xavier won the second leg of the three-tourney series that determines the division champions.

Xavier posted a 306 that was 12 strokes better than second-place Cedar Falls. The Saints entered the meet in second place, one stroke behind Hempstead and one ahead of Cedar Falls. They now hold a 13-stroke lead over the second-place Tigers and are 16 clear of Hempstead, which finished third Monday with a 323.

Jefferson was fourth, Prairie fifth, Iowa City West sixth and Waterloo East a distant seventh. Those teams hold those same places in the overall standings.

Hempstead's Carson Hillery shot a 1-over par 73 to take medalist honors. He is the overall medalist leader by three strokes over Xavier's Beer. King is five shots back.

The final round of the tournament is Sept. 26 at Airport National Golf Course in Cedar Rapids.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION MEET
Second round results
At Waterloo (Gates Park, par-72)

Teams
1. Xavier                 306
2. Cedar Falls           318
3. Hempstead         323
4. Jefferson            325
5. Prairie                 341
6. Iowa City West    343
7. Waterloo East     384

Individuals
Carson Hillery (Hempstead)        38-35--73
J.P. King (Xavier)                      38-37--75
Matt Junge (Xavier)                  39-37--76
Jason Beer (Xavier)                   37-39--76
Jacob Bermel (Cedar Falls)          36-40--76
Ben Sagers (Xavier)                   39-40--79
Shawn Breitbach (Hempstead)   39-40--79
Eric Lehmkuhl (Jefferson)          38-41--79
Andy Kloos (Cedar Falls)             41-39--80
Zach Denny (Jefferson)             40-40--80
Colten Jourdan (Jefferson)         40-40--80
Rob Thinnes (Xavier)                 38-42--80

XAVIER (306): J.P. King 75, Jason Beer 76, Matt Junge 76, Ben Sagers 79, Ron Thinnes 80, Ben McDermott 81

CEDAR FALLS (318): Jacob Bermel 76, Andy Kloos 80, Wil Hunemuller 81, Jon Skarlis 81, Jared Deines 82, Alec Braun 83

HEMPSTEAD (323): Carson Hillery 73, Shawn Breitbach 79, Brad Miehe 84, Kyle Vanderlee 87, Dalton Streff 88, Austin Massey 99

JEFFERSON (325): Eric Lehmkuhl 79, Zach Denny 80, Colten Jourdan 80, Ben Otis 86, Gavin Williams 87, Mitch Willems 94

PRAIRIE (341): Mitch Wagner 83, Drew Digman 85, Matt Edl 86, Colyn Snyder 87, Jared Smith 87, Brooks Kehoe 95

IOWA CITY WEST (343): Dominic Muzzin 82, Anthony Lehnertz 86, Michael Boysen 86, Drew Haas 89, Noah Federici 90, Joe Scott 91

WATERLOO EAST (384): Clay Wilkinson 87, Ryan Plummer 94, Nathan Bryant 101, Bryce Frost 102, Tyler Kirchman 104, Cody Parker 116

OVERALL STANDINGS
(Through the 2nd of 3 rounds)

Team
1. Xavier                286-306--592
2. Cedar Falls          287-318--605
3. Hempstead        285-323--608
4. Jefferson           308-325--633
5. Prairie               305-341--646
6. I.C. West          312-343--655
7. Waterloo East    374-384--758

Individuals
Carson Hillery (DH)         69-73--142
Jason Beer (CRX)           69-76--145
J.P. King (CRX)              72-75--147
Jacob Bermel (CF)          71-76--147
Ben Sagers (CRX)           70-79--149
Brad Miehe (DH)            68-84--152
Wil Hunemuller (CF)        71-81--152
Jared Deines (CF)           71-82--153
Shawn Breitbach (DH)    74-79--153
Matt Junge (CRX)          78-76--154
Zach Denny (CRJ)          74-80--154
Eric Lehmkuhl (CRJ)       76-79--155
Rob Thinnes (CRX)        75-80--155
Alec Braun (CF)             74-83--157
Dominic Muzzin (ICW)    77-82--159