July 26, 2024

PCM girls open golf season with second-place finish

Hawks take fourth in home opener

By Troy Hyde

PCM sophomore Gretchen Uitermarkt chips onto the green during a tournament last season. She led the Mustangs with a career-best score at Diamond Trail Golf Club in Lynnville. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

LYNNVILLE — Three career-best scores propelled the PCM girls golf team to a second-place finish during a road quadrangular on Thursday.

The Mustangs opened their season with a 219 at Diamond Trail Golf Club and downed Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and host Lynnville-Sully.

Pella had the top two individual golfers and won the meet with a 190. EBF shot a 242 in third and Lynnville-Sully carded a 264 in fourth.

Meredith Chipps

Meredith Chipps

Gretchen Uitermarkt shot a career-best 50 and finished third for the Mustangs, while Emilyn Davis turned in a career-best 54 in fifth.

Brelee Berger matched a career-best with a 55 and she ended up in a tie for sixth. The other scoring golfer was Meredith Chipps, who turned in a 60. Seriah Nolin had a non-counting 70 in her varsity debut.

Renzi Ingersoll led the Hawks in ninth with a 57. The rest of the Hawks — Brooke Hardeman (63), Addison Klein (72), Olivia Beyer (72), Penelope Robinson (73), Lilly Fuchs (75) and Audrey Kaldenberg (81) — were making their varsity debuts. Robinson’s score was for the L-S junior varsity team.

Pella’s Karsyn Lyons was the meet medalist with a 39, while teammate Sophia Reynolds turned in a 45 in second.