PCM girls finish fourth against tough field at home invite

MONROE — The PCM Mustang Classic featured three Class 3A programs which currently rank in the top 11 in 18-hole average and five 3A programs in all.

The Mustangs girls golf team still finished in the upper half of the tournament at Gateway Recreation Golf Course on Thursday.

Class 2A PCM shot a 416 in fourth. Class 3A Gilbert won the tournament with a 342, 3A Des Moines Christian was second with a 351 and 3A Williamsburg carded a 369 in third.

The Tigers and Lions are top five in 18-hole average, while the Raiders currently sit 11th in 3A. The rest of the eight-team field included 3A Winterset (423), 2A Albia (441), 3A Bondurant-Farrar (468) and 2A Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont (477).

PCM played the tournament without its two seniors — Brelee Berger and Meredith Chipps. They were absent due to the senior class trip.

Gretchen Uitermarkt finished 17th overall with a 99 and Annie Ford was 20th with a 104. Emilyn Davis had a 106 and Seriah Nolin posted a career-best 107 as the final counting scorers.

Gilbert’s Ava Lohrbach was the meet medalist with a 76 and Gilbert’s Ella Lohrbach carded a 78 as the runner-up medalist.

Mustangs take second at Chariton Charger Invitational

CHARITON — Uitermarkt finished sixth individually and led the Mustangs to a runner-up finish at the Chariton Charger Invitational on Monday.

PCM turned in a 422 at Lake View Golf & Country Club, but trailed Centerville at the top of the standings. The Big Reds shot 375 to win the tournament, and Centerville had the top two individual scores, too.

Albia (446), Chariton (446), and Knoxville (474) finalized the five-team field and Clarke did not have enough golfers for a team score.

Albia finished third over Chariton due to a better fifth score.

Uitermarkt carded a 99 and finished sixth to lead PCM. Berger (107), Davis (108) and Chipps (108) had the other counting scores and Nolin (112) turned in a non-counting score. Both Berger and Chipps tied their career-best score.

Ford was not available as she was scheduled to compete at a home track and field meet that was later cancelled due to weather.

Centerville’s Matty Kovacevich was the meet medalist with an 86 and Centerville’s Grace Zaputil finished second with a 90.