Centralia finishes third, fifth at New Bloomfield, Southern Boone

Centralia had a couple of strong team performances in New Bloomfield and Ashland.

The Panthers finished third in the New Bloomfield Invitational on April 14 after shooting a 331 and then were fifth in the Southern Boone Tournament with a 342. 

Centralia’s third-place finish was amongst a field of 21 teams on a state-level course Meadow Lake Acres. Carter Moss was Centralia’s best finisher of eight out of 105 golfers with a score of 80, and Travis Brooks and Cameron Barnes tied for 12th with scores of 83 to also medal in the top 15. Lyle Marty finished with an 85, and Brady Schultz had a 91.

Marty and Schultz tied for 10th to medal at the Southern Boone Tournament after they each shot an 81. Brooks was 31st after shooting an 89 Barnes was 36th with a 91 and Moss was 37th with a 92.

Van-Far wins home meets, finishes second in Palmyra

Van-Far was undefeated at home and was close to an away victory.

The Indians won an April 9 home meet against Elsberry and Clopton by shooting a 175 and then beat Bowling Green and Montgomery County on Thursday at home by shooting a 180. Van-Far finished second in the Palmyra Varsity Invitational on April 16 after shooting a 338 to finish behind winner Palmyra’s 291.

Pacey Reading tied for fifth overall at Palmyra with a score of 75, Kasen Christian tied for seventh with an 81, Kaleb Baskett shot an 86 to finish 11th, Bryce Reading had a 96 to finish 21st and Blake Riffle had a 155 to finish 33rd.

Community R-6 achieves one of goals

Community R-6 golf set goals in its first season as a program.

Head coach Bob Curtis said the Trojans achieved one of its goals in an April 14 tournament in Palmyra. Community finished sixth out of 12 schools.

“One of our goals was to shoot a 200 or better, and they did it twice yesterday,” Curtis said. “We shot a 200 on the front nine at Jackson Park in Palmyra and a 194 on the back.”

Ezra Johnson had Community’s best individual score by shooting a 92 to finish 19th out of 52 golfers. Cooper Rohan shot a 95, Kaiden Erdel had a 98, Kyler Swaim had a 109 and Braysen Glasgow finished with a 122. 

South Shelby won the tournament with a score of 335. South Shelby’s Colt Schmitz and Palmyra’s Gavin Greving each had the best individual score with a 76.

Missouri Military Academy wins Clopton quad

Missouri Military Academy had the best team score on April 14 in a Clopton quad.

MMA finished with a 166 to beat three other teams. Logan Lockhart had the Colonels’ best individual score with a 40, Patricio Sanchez shot a 41, Fernando Puebla had a 42, Trey Rudolph finished with a 43 and Cooper Johnston had a 45.