Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Time to relax and celebrate after winning both the Western Trails Conference Tournament and the Kimball Invitational Golf Tournament held this past Thursday at the Four Winds Golf Course. The Longhorns shot a season low team score of 316 to finish 31 strokes better than the second place team. The Kimball High Golf Team has now won five team titles and has finished runnerup two times. Left to right are teammates Kole Bush, Garrett Pedersen, Zane Anthony, Dillon Wise, Jordan Greenwood, Izaak Reuter, Andrew McCloud, Tyler Magninie, Jaren Winstrom, and Jacob Walker. The guy in the middle, that's coach Chad Wise.
Four Winds Pro and Kimball High Golf Coach Chad Wise, shakes hands with his number one golfer, Jordan Greenwood, medalist of both the Western Trails Conference Tournament and the Kimball Invitational Tournament, shooting even par 72 to capture both titles this past Thursday. It was the sixth win of the season for Greenwood along with one third place finish.
Right: Kimball's Andrew McCloud watches his shot after completing his swing during play at the Four Winds this past Thursday. McCloud is coming on strong after healing up from a basketball injury and finished 8th in the conference tournament this past week.
Two more tournaments and two more wins for the Kimball High Golf Team. This past Thursday, Kimball hosted both the Western Trails Conference Tournament and the Kimball Invitational with separate scoring. The Longhorns won both divisions with their lowest team score of the season capturing the top honors with 316. Not only was the Kimball team a double winner on the day, but so was Kimball junior Jordan Greenwood who won both division medalist titles with his par round of 72.
In the Western Trails Conference Tournament, Bridgeport was runnerup finishing 31 strokes back of Kimball with a score of 347. They were followed by Gordon-Rushville with 388, Hemingford 397, Mitchell 398, Bayard 402, and Morrill 443.
It was an entire team effort for the Longhorns as all five of their varsity golfers finished in the top ten medal group. Behind Greenwood's top finish of 35-37=72 were Zane Anthony third with 39-40=79, Izaac Reuter fifth with 42-40=82, Dillon Wise sixth with 37-46=83, and Andrew McCloud eighth with 42-46=88.
Kimball also played five other golfers in a JV division with Kole Bush shooting a fine round of 41-47=88 which would have placed him in the varsity top ten, Tyler Magninie shot 108, Garrett Pedersen 110, Jaren Winstrom 125, and Jacob Walker 139.
Other top ten medalists were Eric Stevens of Bridgeport second with 77, Todd Widener-Bridgeport seventh with 86, Jacob Horstman-Hemingford fourth with 81, Seth Marcoe-Mitchell ninth with 88, and Cole Retchless-Bridgeport tenth with 91.
In the Kimball Invitation Division there were 12 teams competing with Kimball winning with 316 followed by Perkins County with 346, Bridgeport 347, Sidney JV 366, Creek Valley 380, Gordon-Rushville 388, Garden County 389, Hemingford 397, Mitchell 398, Bayard 402, Chase County 405, and Morrill 443.
Top ten in this division saw Jordan Greenwood medalist with his par round of 72, Eric Stevens-Bridgeport 77, Zane Anthony-Kimball 79, Jacob Horstman-Hemingford 81, tie for 5-6 between Izaac Reuter Kimball and Tyler Thelander-Perkins County with both at 82, Dillon Wise-Kimball 83, Josh Johnston-Perkins County 83, Austin Fay-Perkins County 85, and tie for tenth between Todd Widener-Bridgeport and Austin Rowley-Creek Valley at 86.
The golfers were treated to nice weather and one of the finest golf courses in the state of Nebraska. A good turn out of both locally and from other towns followed their golfers. Chad Wise was happy with the win but was disappointed with writing on some of the score cards turned in and with some schools leaving before all of the results were in and the awards handed out.
"I know some schools drove a long way to get here and they want to get home but I feel it is rude to not stay for the awards," he said. On commenting on his team's double win on the day, he stuck with his pre-season quote of "We are here to win".
The Horns were to play in the postponed SPVA Tournament being held at Sutherland this past Tuesday and are now preparing for the District Tournament play this Tuesday, (May 17) at Valentine. The top 10 individuals and top three teams qualify for the State Tournament.