Bears have busy week on the links; Urwiler earns conference hardware

HARTINGTON — Laurel-Concord-Coleridge got busy over the past week as the golf team prepares for the upcoming district tournament May 14 in Hartington.

The Bears competed in the Lewis & Clark Conference Tournament in Randolph on April 29 and Bradyn Urwiler found himself in the medals at the end of the 18-hole affair.

Urwiler fired an 82 which put him in a tie for fifth and sixth.

He lost the playoff but still came away with the sixth-place medal.

Grant Sprakel of Ponca was the medalist with a 77 and led the Indians to the team title after the rest of the team made up a 324 total, 37 stroked better than runner-up Creighton at 361.

The Bears ended up fifth in the team standings after carding a 374 as a team.

Jackson Hall was 20th with a 91; Talon Cars used a 92 for 23rd, Kolten Settje shot a 109 for 47th and Tanner Thompson rounded out the scoring with a 111.

On April 27, the Bears traveled to Battle Creek for the Pierce Invitational.

Apparently the Pierce golf course is rebuilding a green and is not playable for a tournament.

Bloomfield won the team title at the Pierce meet with an 18-hole total of 364. Cedar Catholic was a shot behind a 365 and Crofton/Wynot came in third with a 371. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge was ninth with a 398.

Carson Wieseler of Crofton/Wynot won the individual championship after shooting a 83, one shot better than Bloomfield’s Keaton Gilsdorf.

Hall led the Bears with a 95, Urwiler shot a 100, Thompson a 101, Carson a 102 and Settje right behind at 103.

LCC is set to travel to the Wayne Country Club on May 2 for the Wayne Invitational then to the Randolph Invitational on May 6 and the Wakefield Invitational back at Wayne on May 7.

The C-3 District Meet is scheduled for May 14 at the Hartington Golf Course.

LEWIS & CLARK CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Team Results: 1. Ponca 324; Creighton 361; 3. Hartington-Newcastle 366; 4. Bloomfield 369; 5. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 374; 6. Randolph 375; 7. Homer 391; 8. Tri County Northeast 393; 9. Wausa 406; 10. Plainview 410; 11. Winnebago 435; Osmond NTS; Wakefield NTS. Individual Results (Top 15 and LCC golfers): 1. Grant Sprakel (PON) 77; 2. Calvin Wilmes (CRE) 80; 3. Bryson Eledge (RAN) 80; 4. Landon Uthof (PON) 80; 5. Jace Wahls (PON) 83; 6. Bradyn Urwiler (LCC) 82; 7. Riley Sudbeck (H-N) 83; 8. Miguel Balvatin (PON) 85; 9. Ben Jorgensen (TCNE) 85; 10. Eugen DaCora (WIN) 85; 11. Myles Fethkenher (PON) 85; 12. Baylen Guenther (OSM) 87; 13. Jacob Birkley (WAK) 87; 14. Keaton Gilsdorf (BLF); 15. Camden Dummer (PLV) 89; 20. Jackson Hall (LCC) 91; 23. Talon Carson (LCC) 92; 47. Kolten Settje (LCC) 109; 49. Tanner Thompson (LCC) 111. PIERCE INVITATIONAL (at Battle Creek) Team Results: 1. Bloomfield 364; 2. Cedar Catholic 365; 3. Crofton 371; 4. Elkhorn Valley 373; 5. Pierce 380; 6. Clarkson/ Leigh 390; 7. Randolph 397; 8. Wausa 397; 9. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 398; 10. Plainview 401; 11. Hartington-Newcastle 417; 12. Winnebago 429; 13. GACC, 449. Individual Results (Top 10 and LCC): 1. Carson Wieseler (CRO) 83; 2. Keaton Gilsdorf (BLF) 84; 3. Dayton Sudbeck (H-N) 86; 4. Easton Rystrom (EV) 87; 5. Eugene DaCora (WIN) 88; 6. Cooper Wachholtz (PIE) 88; 7. Memphis Ulrich (CC) 89; 8. Mason Mackeprang (BLF) 89; 9. Mav Heine (CC) 89; 10. Max Schaffer (EV) 90; 20. Jackson Hall (LCC) 95; 33. Bradyn Urwiler (LCC) 100; 39. Tanner Thompson (LCC) 101; 41. Talon Carson (LCC) 102; 42. Kolten Settje (LCC) 103.