Xavier Girls Golf

Maddie Bertsch wins Metro Spotlight Award

Xavier senior Maddie Bertsch is the winner of the Metro Spotlight Award for high school girls this week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday.

Bertsch is one of the top golfers in the state and leads Class 4A in scoring with a 78.0 average.

Bertsch helped the Saints place second at the 2013 state meet at the Ames Golf & Country Club by finishing seventh in the individual standings. She also played in the state meet as a freshman in 2011 when she tied for 19th in the standings.

Xavier has captured the CRANDIC meet, the Linn-Mar Invitational and the Valley Division title in the Mississippi Valley Conference this season with Bertsch leading the way. She plans to continue her golf career at the University of Northern Iowa.

The 2014 regional meet is scheduled for May 27 at the Waverly Golf Course and the state meet is scheduled for June 2-3 at the Ames Golf & Country Club.

Bertsch was also a member of the Xavier basketball team that won a state title in 2013.

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Winker paces Xavier golfers with 38

Grace Winker shot a 3-over-par 38 Wednesday to win medalist honors for the Xavier Saints in a triangular meet at St. Andrews.

The Saints finished at 171 to top Washington (201) and Maquoketa (244).

Maddie Bertsch of Xavier placed second with a 41. MJ Kamin of Washington shot a 44.

XAVIER: Grace Winker 38, Maddie Bertsch 41, Katie Locher 45, Kara Zwanziger 47, Amy Olberding 48, Maddie Ries 50, Melanie Wertzberger 58, Abby Watson 78.

WASHINGTON: MJ Kamin 44, Mady Goodwin 48, Hannah Harberts 54, Grace Claassen 55, Kandis O'Donnell 55, Anna Rohde 56, Devon O'Donnell 59, Sophie Ochs 62.

Bertsch fires 1-under 34 for Saints

WATERLOO - Maddie Bertsch shot a 1-under-par 34 Thursday as the Xavier Saints won a Mississippi Valley Conference triangular golf meet at Irv Warren in Waterloo.

Grace Winker of Xavier was the runnerup with a 6-over 41. Emily Machula led Prairie with a 43.

Xavier won the meet at 167, followed by Waterloo West (198) and Prairie (202).

XAVIER: Maddie Bertsch 34, Grace Winker 41, Kara Zwanziger 45, Catie Locher 47, Melanie Wertzberger 53, Emily Schuff 63.

PRAIRIE: Emily Machula 43, Emily Perrin 46, Sydney Stolba 56, Peyton Staab 57, Callie Gardemann 59, Hannah Stebreal 60.

Bertsch paces Saints at Pleasant Valley

IOWA CITY - Maddie Bertsch shot a 6-over-par 42 Tuesday to help the Xavier Saints place second in a Mississippi Valley Conference meet at Pleasant Valley.

Dubuque Senior won the triangular at 181, followed by Xavier (188) and Iowa City High (210).

Sarah Overton of City High took medalist honors with a 38.

XAVIER: Maddie Bertsch 42, Grace Winker 44, Kara Zwanziger 49, Amy Olberding 53.