Xavier Girls Golf

Xavier golfers fall to I.C. West

CORALVILLE - The Xavier girls golf team lost a Mississippi Valley Conference dual meet to Iowa City West Tuesday at Brown Deer Golf Club, 189-200.

Amy Olberding led the Saints at 10-over-par 46. Avery Kout of Iowa City West took top honors with a 7-over 43.

XAVIER: Amy Olberding 46, Catie Locher 50, Madi Ries 50, Melanie Wertzberger 54.

IOWA CITY WEST: Avery Kout 43, Kenzi Marsh 48, Allye Boardman 49, Jordan Amelon 49.

Kamin, Bertsch, Winter top all-Metro golf

MJ Kamin of Washington, Maddie Bertsch of Xavier and Grace Winker of Xavier are unanimous selections on the 2014 All-Metro girls golf team.

Emily Machula of Prairie, Teresa Lopez Moreno of Linn-Mar and Lauren Coughlin of Linn-Mar also were first-team selections.

Bertsch and Winker led Xavier to the Class 4A state title this season. Bertsch was the state medalist and Winker the runner-up.

Kamin placed second at the Class 5A state meet.

Julie Kadlec of Xavier and Bill Hoefle of Linn-Mar were the Co-Coaches of the Year.

FIRST TEAM

MJ Kamin (Washington), Maddie Bertsch (Xavier), Grace Winker (Xavier), Emily Machula (Prairie, Teresa Lopez Moreno (Linn-Mar), Lauren Coughlin (Linn-Mar).

SECOND TEAM

Sierra Hargens (Kennedy), Emily Perrin (Prairie), Katie Harding (Linn-Mar), Ashley Ohl (Marion), Catie Locher (Xavier), Kara Zwanziger (Xavier).

HONORABLE MENTION

KENNEDY: Raemi Chavez, Breanna Osterkamp
WASHINGTON: Kandis O'Donnell, Mady Goodwin
JEFFERSON: Cassidy Simpson, Regan Krekoff
XAVIER: Amy Olberding, Melanie Wertzberger
LINN-MAR: Amanda Shannon, Jordan Postma
PRAIRIE: Kennedy Fisher, Sydney Stolba
MARION: Anna Martinson, Taylor Wade

Bertsch, Saints dominate 4A golf

AMES - Maddie Bertsch, Grace Winker and the Xavier Saints turned the Class 4A state golf tournament into their personal showcase Tuesday.

Bertsch claimed medalist honors with a 3-over-par 149, Winker placed second at 156 and the Saints ran away with the championship by 55 shots at the Ames Golf & Country Club.

Xavier finished with a 36-hole score of 691, leaving Charles City (746) far back on the course.

Bertsch fired two solid rounds at the state meet with a 1-over-par 74 on
Monday and a 2-over on Tuesday. Winker also was consistent with 5-over-par 78's both days.

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Saints grab big lead at state golf

Maddie Bertsch and the Xavier Saints took a commanding lead at the Class 4A state golf tournament Monday at the Ames Golf & Country Club.

Bertsch topped the leader board with a 1-over-par 74 and the Saints grabbed a 22-shot advantage over Mount Pleasant in the team standings.

The final 18 holes will be played Tuesday.

Grace Winker of Xavier fired a 5-over 78 and is in second place behind Bertsch in the individual standings.

MJ Kamin of Washington shot a 9-over-par 80 Monday and is in second place at the Class 5A state meet at the Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown. Karli Kerrigan of Ankeny Centennial took the first-day lead with a 4-over 75.

The Linn-Mar Lions are in seventh place in the Class 5A team standings at 380. Waukee took the first-day lead with a 340.

Teresa Lopez Moreno led Linn-Mar Monday with an 87.

CLASS 4A STATE MEET

Ames Golf & CC

Team Standings

1. Xavier 352, 2. Mount Pleasant 374, 3. Charles City 376, 4. ADM 378, 5. Newton 380, 6. Western Dubuque 385, 7. Washington (Iowa) 397, 8. Dubuque Wahlert 400.

CLASS 5A STATE MEET

Elmwood CC, Marshalltown

Team Standings

1. Waukee 340, 2. West Des Moines Valley 358, 3. Dowling 362, 4. Johnston 370, 5. Iowa City West 372, 6. Pleasant Valley 374, 7. Linn-Mar 380, 8. Dubuque Hempstead 389.