It was a lovely spring day for golf in Henderson on Thursday when the Southern Nebraska Conference meet was held at Galaway Creek Golf Course. Ten schools competed: Centennial, David City, Fairbury, Fillmore Central, Heartland, Milford, Sandy Creek, Superior, Sutton, and Thayer Central.
The Sutton Mustangs won the meet with a team score of 309, followed by Milford with 325, and Heartland third at 336. It was a solid day for the Huskies with Creighton Friesen scoring a 79, Blake Goertzen 83, Austin Schmidt 86, Weston Panko 88, and Zach Miller 91.
TEAM SCORES:
It was an exciting day at the meet, with four playoffs. Jadyn Friesen (Sutton) and Sam Ehlers (Centennial) were tied for first place at 72, with Friesen winning the playoff for first place after playing holes #1 and #2. Harrison Herndon from Sutton and Zephyr Mowinkel from Centennial were tied at 75, and Herndon won that playoff for 4th place. They each parred hole #2 and then on hole #3 Herndon won the playoff.
There was a three-way tie at 79 with Creighton Friesen (Heartland), Keaton Corman (Sandy Creek), and Aiden Jones (Sutton). Jones was eliminated after the first playoff hole on #3, and Friesen and Corman went on to play #4 and #5, where Friesen won the playoff for 7th place. Jesse Divis won the playoff for 10th place against Mikelangelo Hunt and Soren Frahm on hole #5.
HEARTLAND INDIVIDUAL SCORES:
The Heartland JV players did a great job cheering on players teeing off on hole #1 during the tournament and working the concession stand! Pictured from L to R: Aiden Bartek (student manager), Hayden Powers, Andrew Onnen, Landon Mierau, Jake Mierau and Leo McCormick.
