Danville, IA- The Danville boys’ and girls’ teams held a Co-Ed Invite Wednesday morning with eight teams traveling in for the boy’s competition and the girl’s competition consisting of a total of 10 teams. Despite the journey, it was the Fort Madison girls’ team and the Central Lee boys’ team that exited with their respective titles.
Danville Girls’ Invite
It was a close race to the banner with the top three scores separated by less than 20 strokes; yet Fort Madison was able to escape with a team score of 366, while Burlington Notre Dame finished in 2nd place with a team score of 374 followed by Highland at 384.
The Nikes actually turned in the two of the best scores on the course with Emersyn Hopkins carding a 78 (+7) followed by Alexandria Booten shooting a 79. However, the Bloodhounds touted three golfers in the top 15, including Kylie Lumino’s round of 82.
Wapello’s Emmalin Marshall helped the Arrows finish in 4th place with a score of 395, as Marshall claimed an 18-hole score of 88. Holy Trinity Catholic and New London took 5th and 6th place as a team, while Danville and Central Lee finished in 8th and 9th, respectively, behind Burlington.
Danville was led by Aubrey Nahorny, who claimed a score of 100. Summer Hunold paced the Hawks with a round of 118 and WACO, who did not have enough golfers to get a team score, had Reese Roth shoot a 91, while Morgan Meyer finished with a 95.
Danville Boys’ Invite
As the Central Lee boys’ team eyes another trip to the State Tournament, the Hawks have handled business to start the year with now their third victory at an invitational with a team score of 305, which was 36 strokes better than Burlington Notre Dame’s second place finish.
The Hawks swarmed the top of the leaderboard with Carson Morrison going for an 18-hole score of just 3-over par—par was 71—followed by Carter Jones with a round of 76, Caleb Larson shooting a 77, and Kaden Swan carding a 78. Carver Hayes and Mylan Lowenberg even tied with a round of 8-over par.
Burlington Notre Dame had Sam Yonker (80) and Hudson Neally (83) turn in an impressive round of golf for the Nikes, as Kale Eggar and Kael Cook each shot an 89.
Holy Trinity Catholic and Danville were not too far behind with team scores of 349 and 351, respectively. The hosts were paced by Mattix Furnald, who kept pace with the rest of the field, finished 8-over par. Alex Holtkamp and Graylon Walker each carded 90s for the Bears.
WACO, Wapello, and New London finished within seven strokes of each other as the Warriors led the pack from 6th through 8th place, respectively. Ian Maize led the trio of teams as he put together a round of 86.