Baxter’s Vansice makes history at sectional tournament

BELLE PLAINE — Stadan Vansice set a school record and became the first Baxter male golfer to reach the district tournament when he fired an 86 at the sectional tournament on Wednesday.

It was the end of the season for the rest of the Bolts, but Vansice played in the district tournament on Monday.

Baxter finished fourth with a 370 at Belle Plaine Country Club. South Hamilton won the sectional championship with a 324 and the other two advancing teams were BCLUW (334) and Gladbrook-Reinbeck (344).

The rest of the seven-team field featured host Belle Plaine (427), Madrid (436) and GMG (479).

The top three teams and top two finishers plus ties not on a qualifying team at the Class 1A sectionals qualify for districts.

Vansice and Belle Plaine’s Cooper Hoey shot an 86 to advance as individual qualifiers.

Luke Mortensen of South Hamilton was the meet medalist with a 75 and BCLUW’s Zaden Eggers shot a 78 as the runner-up medalist.

Vansice’s school-record and career-best score led the Bolts, who also got a career-best 88 from Charlie Maher.

Masyn Titus (98) and Cainan Travis (98) had the other counting scores and Colten Damman (102) turned in a non-counting score.

It was the 18-hole varsity debuts for Maher, Titus, Travis and Damman.

Vansice played in the district tournament on May 19 at Highland Park Golf Course in Mason City.

His season ended short of the state tournament after shooting an 87. Vansice finished 27th out of 78 golfers.

C-M, L-S boys end golf season at sectionals

SIGOURNEY — Seven area golfers posted career-best scores at Sigourney Golf Club on May 14, but it was not enough to advance to the next round of the postseason.

The golf seasons for Colfax-Mingo and Lynnville-Sully ended after the two teams finished seventh and eighth, respectively, at a 1A sectional tournament hosted by Sigourney.

The top three teams and the top two individuals plus ties on non-qualifying teams advance to the district tournament.

Colfax-Mingo’s Cason Fitch carded a carded a career-best 83 and Lynnville-Sully’s Carson Maston turned in a career-best 84, but Melcher-Dallas’ Colton Cox and Hunter DeGard were the individual qualifiers after firing a pair of 80s.

Sigourney won the sectional championship with a 286. Wayne (324) and Moravia (337) also advanced to districts and the rest of the eight-team field included Southeast Warren (342), Melcher-Dallas (346), Martensdale-St. Marys (355), Colfax-Mingo (363) and Lynnville-Sully (439).

Fitch led the Tigerhawks with his career-best 83. Jace Lewis fired a career-best 89, Shane Hostetter turned in a career-best 91 and Luke Padgett had a 100 to finalize Colfax-Mingo’s scoring golfers.

Sean Ament’s career-best 110 and Gavin Sydnes’ 114 were non-counting scores.

Maston’s career-best 84 headlined the Hawks. Blake Maston (112), Max Morvant (career-best 118) and Boston Agan (career-best 125) were the other scoring golfers.

Sigourney had the top five individual scores in the tournament. Jordan Tremmel shot a 69 as the meet medalist and Solon Yates fired a 71 as the runner-up medalist. The Savages’ six golfers shot 78 or better.