Baxter boys golf finishes fourth at BGM Invitational

BROOKLYN — Hudson Bethards turned in a career-best 18-hole score and four Bolts made their 18-hole debuts on Friday, but the Baxter boys golf team placed fourth in the five-team BGM Invitational.

Host BGM won the tournament with a 321 at the Brooklyn Victor Country Club. Colo-NESCO (327) was six shots back in second and the rest of the field included Waterloo Christian (335), Baxter (380) and Melcher-Dallas (440).

Bethards turned in a career-best 92 to lead the Bolts, while Carter Smith shot a 94. Stadan Vansice and Treyton Travis each shot 97s as the final counting scores.

Perrin Sulzle (106) and Cade Robinson (107) had non-counting scores. It was the 18-hole varsity debuts for Smith, Travis, Sulzle and Robinson.

Full results were unavailable at press time, but Waterloo Christian’s Drew Wagner and Calvin Rowenhorst shot 77 and 80, respectively.