Jefferson Boys Golf

J-Hawks a surprising 3rd at CRANDIC

On a day in which scores were higher than expected, Kennedy was carried by medalist Cody Bell to its fifth straight championship of the CRANDIC boys golf tournament Tuesday at Hunters Ridge Golf Course.

It was an ideal day for golf, or most anything else: Sunny and dry, moderately cool and near windless.

The third-ranked Cougars, state runner-up last year, won with a score of 321, two strokes ahead of a resurgent Xavier group.

Jefferson recorded a solid team effort to finish a surprising third at 329, one shot better than host Linn-Mar in the eight-team field.

The tournament favorite, Bell recorded back-to-back scores of 38 en route to a 4-over 76 to claim individual honors. Xavier senior JP King came in second with a 78, and senior teammate Jason Beer was a stroke back at 79 to tie for third with Jefferson senior Eric Lehmkuhl. Beer led after nine holes with a 37, despite taking a double-bogey 7 on the second hole.

Rounding out the top individual finishes and tied for fifth place with scores of 81 were seniors Tyler Kalina of Kennedy, Tyler McCann and Kyle Hackett of Linn-Mar and juniors Ben Otis of Jefferson and Rob Thiness of Xavier.

Both Bell and his coach Mark Wilden said the immaculately-groomed  Hunters Ridge course seemed to play longer than usual despite the near-perfect conditions.

“If you would have told me this morning that a score of 321 would win this tournament, I would have said you were crazy,” Wilden said.  “Frankly, I’m shocked that we won. But I’m very pleased that we won.”

Wilden said the fairways were a little more damp than they had been when his team recorded a score of 319 in the Linn-Mar Invitational earlier in the year.

“The course was softer today, so you didn’t get a lot roll,” Wilden said. “That changes everything.”

Beer recovered from a double bogey on the first hole of the day when he hit a 4-iron out of bounds.

“I was able to put that out of my mind and get back par golf,” he said. “The course was playing longer today, but I used length off the tees to my advantage.”

Beer nailed 14 of 18 greens and, except for the rocky start, remained steady all day.

Jefferson Coach Steve Koepke was thrilled that his J-Hawks came in third.

“It was a bit of a surprise, since we haven’t competed in two weeks,” he said.  “We took Friday off so the guys could show up in force at the Jeff sophomore football game, then had a three-day break over the holiday.

“But I told them at the team breakfast to stay positive. Finishing in third place in this field, I think, shows the power of positive thinking.”

CRANDIC TOURNAMENT
At Hunters Ridge
(Par-72)

Teams - 1. Kennedy 321, 2. Xavier 323, 3. Jefferson 329, 4. Linn-Mar 330, 5. Iowa City High 340, 6. Iowa City West 346, 7. Prairie 346, 8. Washington 355

Top 10 finishers
Cody Bell, CRK              38-38--76
JP King, CRX                 38-40--78
Jason Beer, CRX            37-42--79
Eric Lehmkuhl, CRJ      39-40--79
Ben Otis, CRJ                 38-43--81
Tyler Kalina, CRK          35-46--81
Rob Thinnes, CRX          40-41--81
Tyler McCann, LM          38-43--81
Kyle Hackett, LM           41-40--81
Mitch Willems, CRJ        39-43--82
Brigham Stewart, CRK  37-45--82  
Harrison Moore, CRK    38-44--82
Colyn Snyder, CRP        42-40--82

KENNEDY (321): Cody Bell 76, Tyler Kalina 81, Brigham Stewart 82, Harrison Moore 82, Mitchell Martin 83, Jake Wilding 92

XAVIER (323): JP King 78, Jason Beer 79, Rob Thinnes 81, Matt Junge 85, Ben Sagers 89, Ben McDermott 96

JEFFERSON (329): Eric Lehmkuhl 79, Ben Otis 81, Mitch Willems 82, Zach Denny 87, Gavin Williams 93, Colten Jourdan 102

LINN-MAR (330): Tyler McCann 81, Kyle Hackett 81, Trevor Berry 83, Clay Vieth 85, Mark Drake 85, Drew McGovern 85

IOWA CITY HIGH (340): Grant Simpson 84, Trent Bedford 84, Ryan Duncan 86, Patrick Jordan 86, Nate Goddard 87, Coale Cooper 92

IOWA CITY WEST (346): Drew Haas 86, Anthony Lehnertz 86, Dominic Muzzin 87, Tyler Whitehead 87, Noah Federici 88, Joe Scott 92

PRAIRIE (346): Colyn Snyder 82, Mitch Wagner 83, att Edl 88, Drew Digman 93, Jared Smith 94, Brooks Kehoe 103

WASHINGTON (355): Matt Starnd 87, Austin Bergstrom 88, Dominic Rodriguez 90, Jon Landis 90, John Kopec 91, Zach Gothard 97

Lehmkuhl, Edl share medalist honors in Waterloo

WATERLOO - Eric Lehmkuhl of Jefferson and Matt Edl of Prairie shared medalist honors at a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular golf meet Thursday with nine-hole rounds of 1-over-par 36 at the Irv Warren course in Waterloo.

Lehmkuhl helped the J-Hawks win the team title with a four-man total of 149, which was nine strokes over par. Zach Denny shot a 2-over 37 for the J-Hawks, while Ben Otis and Mitch Willems finished at 3-over 38.

Colyn Snyder shot a 2-over 37 for Prairie.

Teams - 1. Jefferson 149, 2. Waterloo West 153, 3. Prairie 155, 4. Hempstead 156.

Medalist - Eric Lehmkuhl (J), Matt Edl (P) 36

JEFFERSON (149) - Eric Lehmkuhl 36, Zach Denny 37, Ben Otis 38, Mitch Willems 38, Colten Jourdan 40, Gavin Williams 42.

WATERLOO WEST (153) - Jace Holton 37, Austin Jackson 38, Sam Richter 39, Tom Richter 39, Collin Trenkamp 39, Will Shirey 43.

PRAIRIE (155) - Matt Edl 36, Colyn Snyder 37, Mitch Wagner 41, Jared Smith 41.

HEMPSTEAD (156) - Carson Hillery 37, Josh Viertel 38, Shawn Breitbach 39, Brad Mieke 42, Dalton Streff 42.

Jourdan leads J-Hawks at Drex Shootout

GALENA, Ill. - Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore Dominic Rodriguez tied for second place at the Drex Fall Golf Shootout Monday with a 2-over-par 74 at the Eagle Ridge Resort North Course.

Rodriguez collected two birdies in his round.

Ricky DeBartolo grabbed medalist honors with an even-par 72 to help West Des Moines Dowling Catholic take top honors at the 13-team event hosted by Dubuque Wahlert.

Linn-Mar senior Tyler McCann shot a 4-over-par 76 to help the Lions finish in fourth place. McCann tied for sixth in the individual standings.

Xavier senior J.P. King fired a 5-over-par 77 to lead the Saints to a sixth-place showing. King tied for ninth in the individual results.

Washington junior Austin Bergstrom shot a 6-over-par 78 to help Rodriguez and the Warriors finish in fifth place.

Jefferson senior Colten Jourdan shot an 80 to help the J-Hawks finish in ninth place.

DREX FALL GOLF SHOOTOUT
Eagle Ridge Resort (Galena, Ill.)
Par-72

TEAM STANDINGS
1. West Des Moines Dowling 300, 2. Cedar Falls 311, 3. Pleasant Valley 318, 4. Linn-Mar 322, 5. C.R. Washington 323, 6. C.R. Xavier 327, 7. Waterloo West 329, 8. Davenport Assumption 331, 9. C.R. Jefferson 339, 10. Dubuque Wahlert 344, 11. Aurora Central Catholic (Ill.) 346, 12. St. Edward Catholic (Ill.) 348, 13. Clinton 349.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1. Ricky DeBartolo (Dowling) 72
2. Dominic Rodriguez (Washington) 74
Jacob Bermel (Cedar Falls) 74
Wil Hunemuller (Cedar Falls) 74
5. Jon Calhoun (Dowling) 75
6. Tyler McCann (Linn-Mar) 76
Erron Vandemore (Pleasant Valley) 76
Jack Gradoville (Dowling) 76
9. J.P. King (Xavier) 77
Tom Richter (Waterloo West) 77
Michael Becker (Davenport Assumption) 77
Sam DeBartolo (Dowling) 77

LINN-MAR (322): Tyler McCann 76, Clay Vieth 81, Mark Drake 82, Drew
McGovern 83, Trevor Berry 84, Trevor McCann 85.

WASHINGTON (323): Dominic Rodriguez 74, Austin Bergstrom 78, Matt Strand
84, Zach Gothard 87, John Landis 92, Clayton Hoyt 94.

XAVIER (327): J.P. King 77, Matt Junge 80, John Drahozal 83, Jason Beer
87, Ben Sagers 88, Rob Thinnes 91.

JEFFERSON (339): Colten Jourdan80, Ben Otis 83, Eric Lehmkuhl 87, Mitch
Willems 89, Zach Denny 89, Gavin Williams 95.

J-Hawks 6th at Linn-Mar Invitational

Sophomore Zach Denny shot a 79 to lead a balanced quartet of Jefferson golfers Monday at the Linn-Mar Invitational at Hunters Ridge.

Senior Eric Lehmkuhl shot an 80, and junior Ben Otis and sophomore Mitch Willems carded 81s.

Jefferson tied with Xavier, but placed sixth, one spot ahead of the Saints, by virtue of No. 5 golfer Gavin Williams' 87.

Cedar Falls won the event with a 306 that was 18 strokes over par. Linn-Mar's Tyler McCann was medalist with a par 72.

LINN-MAR INVITATIONAL
At Hunters Ridge
Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 306, 2. Muscatine 312, 3. Linn-Mar 312, 4. Kennedy 319, 5. Iowa City High 319, 6. Jefferson 321, 7. Xavier 321, 8. Iowa City West 323, 9. Prairie 331, 10. Washington 332, 11. Dubuque Wahlert 354, 12. Davenport Central 359, 13. Davenport West 408.

(Note: Ties broken by fifth man's score)

Top 10 Individuals
Par-72

1. Tyler McCann, Linn-Mar, 72; 2. Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls, 74; 3. (tie) Michael Canfield, Muscatine, 75; Cody Bell, Kennedy, 75; Will Hunemuller, Cedar Falls, 75; Andy Kloos, Cedar Falls 75; Dominic Rodriguez, Washington, 75; 8. Clay Vieth, Linn-Mar, 76; 9. Grant Simpson, Iowa City High, 77; Nate Goddard, Iowa City High, 77; Jason Beer, Xavier, 77; Dominic Muzzin, Iowa City West, 77.

CEDAR FALLS (306): Jacob Bermel 74, Wil Hunemuller 75, Andy Kloos 75, Jared Deines 82

MUSCATINE (312): Michael Canfield 75, Josh Anderson 78, Ryan Solt 78, Adam Hutton 81, Drake Decker 81

LINN-MAR (312): Tyler McCann 72, Clay Vieth 76, Trevor Berry 79, Drew McGovern 85, Trevor McCann 88, Thomas Billmeyer 89

KENNEDY (319): Cody Bell 75, Brigham Stewart 79, Harrison Moore 82, Jake Wilding 83, Mitchell Martin 83, Conner Koberg 90

IOWA CITY HIGH (319): Grant Simpson 77, Nate Goddard 77, Ryan Duncan 80, Coale Cooper 85, Patrick Jordan 87

JEFFERSON (321): Zach Denny 79, Eric Lehmkuhl 80, Ben Otis 81, Mitch Willems 81, Gavin Williams 87, Michael Loboda 92

XAVIER (321): Jason Beer 77, Ben Sagers 79, Matt Junge 79, Rob Thinnes 86, JP King 88, Mitch Keller 88

IOWA CITY WEST (323): Dominic Muzzin 77, Drew Haas 81, Michael Boysen 81, Anthony Lehnertz 84

PRAIRIE (331): Matt Edl 77, Mitch Wagner 82, Colyn Snyder 83, Jared Smith 89, Brooks Kehoe 96, Drew Digman 100

WASHINGTON (332): Dominic Rodriguez 75, Zach Gothard 82, Clayton Hoyt 86, Austin Bergstrom 89, Matt Strand 93, John Kopec 99

WAHLERT (354): Greg Lange 84, Christian Rapp 85, Jeff Hancock 87, Charlie Smith 98

DAVENPORT CENTRAL (359): Pete Kaufmann 81, Sean Carter 89, Jordan Miller 90, Mitch McKenna 99, Bryce Karney 99

DAVENPORT WEST (408): Zach Blizzard 99, Quinton Baenziger 100, Logan Skutte 102, Reece Paper 107