A&R depth comes through again - to claim gold

The AlWood-ROWVA boys golf team captured the Lincoln Trail Rail Splitter championship Oct. 1 at Valley View Golf Course, Cambridge.

The Bulldogs tied with West Central at 352, but won the tiebreaker to take the win.

Nolan Zellman paced A&R with an 86 for a third-place individual finish.

“I am real proud of the kids,” said A&R coach Dick Behringer. “They had Valley View set up very hard. The best example was No. 18. It was about 590 yards and they were hitting into a 20-plus mile per hour wind. It had to be like hitting in Wrigley Field with the wind blowing out.”

Also placing in the top 10 for the Bulldogs were Caleb Seibert and Brian Norberg, who both shot 88, and Ethan Francis and Cody Reiber, who both carded 90.

“This win was like our whole season,” Behringer said. “West Central tied our top four scores, then our fifth player pulled it out for us. Our No. 5 shot a 90 and their’s a 105.

“This is what has made our team successful this year because all six golfers have been within five or six strokes of each other,” Behringer said.

Tauge Rux paced Galva with an 87 and a fourth-place finish.

On the girls side, the Bulldogs scored a 483 to place second behind Aledo’s 457 winning total.

Sawyer Baker and Jordan Nelson led A&R with a 118 for a fifth-and-sixth-place individual finish.

Boys team results - 1. A&R 352, 2. West Central 352, 3. Aledo 373, 4. Annawan/Wethersfield 374, 5. Stark County 379, 6, United 380, 6. United 380, 7. Galva 414, 8. Princeville 451, 9. Cambridge 474

Boys individual results - 1. Taylor Smith (WC) 81, 2. Kyle McEwen (Aledo) 84, 3. Nolan Zellman (A&R) 86, 4. Tauge Rux (Galva) 87, 5. Caleb Seibert (A&R) 88, 6. Ethan Lafary (WC) 88, 7. Brian Norberg (A&R) 88, 8. Alex Gavin (United) 89, 9. Kyle Mesecher (WC) 89, 10. Ethan Francis (A&R) 90, 10. Cody Reiber (A&R) 90, 10. Nathan Kohler (A-W) 90, 10. Ryan VanWynsberg (A-W) 90; 10 Drew Hendrick (SC) 90.

Girls team results - 1. Aledo 457, 2. A&R 483, 3. A-W 561

Girls individual results - 1. Hannah Rowen (SC) 105, 2. Jessica Toops (Aledo) 107, 3. Linsey Lundeen (Aledo) 111, 4. Shannon Clawson (Aledo) 116, 5. Sawyer Baker (A&R) 118, 6. Jordan Nelson (A&R) 118, 7. Claire Johnston (A&R) 120, 8. Kristen Bridgford (Aledo) 123, 9. Emily DeSchepper (A&R) 127, 10. Courtney Smith (Cambridge) 128