Three KCII area boys and girls golf teams met at the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort Thursday in a non-conference triangular when Mid-Prairie, Highland and Lone Tree squared off. In the boys competition, Mid-Prairie won the team title with a score of 179, their lowest recorded team score on the season. The Golden Hawks had the meet medalist and medalist runner-up with Dominic McCain shooting a 40 and Warren Scarff a 44. Those two spoke after the meet about their day. “First hole I drew my ball over to the left side of the fairway. From there I was able to wedge it up there within about 20 feet on the second tier of the green. I was able to hit the putt, dead center of the cup. I have never trusted my putter more than I have on that shot.” “For me, I wouldn’t say there wasn’t one specific shot or hole, I played pretty decent all the way around today. I pared one and two and eight. I had a double bogey in there, and the rest were bogeys so it worked out.”
Three boys and girls golf teams will take the course in Riverside on Thursday when Highland and Lone Tree host Mid-Prairie in triangular action.
The Mid-Prairie boys are coming off of a seventh place team finish at Blue Top Ridge on Tuesday in the River Valley Conference Championship meet where they shot a score of 389 led by Elite All-Conference member Dominic McCain’s fourth place finish and round of 82. For the year, the Golden Hawks have an 18-hole team average of 384 with McCain holding a team low mark of 82.
The Highland and Lone Tree boys both played at the Superconference Championship meet Thursday at Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Fort Madison. Highland was 10th in the field with their team score of 444. Jamison Kasparek was best for the Huskies with a 96. On the year, Highland has an 18-hole average of 498 with Kasparek’s 96 the best average. Lone Tree was 11th at the Superonference meet Wednesday with a 449.
It’s the official kickoff to the spring golf season tonight in Kalona when the Hillcrest Academy Ravens host the Highland Huskies in a Southeast Iowa Superconference boy/girl dual. The Hillcrest boys come in with three members on the team, all with experience at the varsity level having played in 2019. London Schrock is back for his senior season after sporting a 48 average per nine holes two years ago. Two juniors also return in Owen Swartzendruber with a 51 career average and Noah Miller at 56.
The Highland boys list eight juniors and seniors as team members with three players having previous varsity experience. Junior Tanner Forbes has the best returning average shooting a 58 per nine holes as a freshman. Also returning with experience are seniors Jadon Schmid with a 163 average per 18 holes and senior Thomas Rittenmayer with a 167 average per 18 holes
Mid-Prairie High School will advance 11 students and Highland will send four to the state individual speech contest after receiving Division 1 ratings for their district performances on Saturday.
Both schools hired a certified Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) judge to come to their school and rate the performances. Mid-Prairie students performed in 17 categories with every performance earning a Division 1 rating. Advancing to state are Diego Ayala and Gavin Frascht for spontaneous speaking, Haydon Bailey for reviewing and solo acting, Olivia Caskey and Kyra Helmuth for solo musical theatre and solo acting, Avery Frede for solo improvisation and radio news broadcasting, Isadora Goode and Avery Slaubaugh for interpretive reading prose, Emily Marner for solo musical theatre and solo improvisation, Elizabeth Meader for storytelling and interpretive reading prose, and Jennifer Sanchez for interpretive reading poetry.