(Atlantic, IA) — The Atlantic Boys Golf team kept their winning ways going as they defended the Atlantic Golf & Country Club with an 11 stroke win over Knoxville to win the Trojan Invite. The Trojans had a team score of 289 with the Panthers 2nd with a 300. ADM was 3rd with a 302; Shenandoah 4th with a 311; and Kuemper Catholic rounded out the top five with a 312.
Keith Thompson of Hamburg got three birdies in a row on the tough back nine to rally for an even par 69 and a two stroke victory. Thompson birdied 14, 15, and the 2nd toughest hole on the course 16. He added birdies on holes 7 and 9 with a 35 and 34.
Hudson McLaren of Atlantic finished in a tie for 2nd place with Shadd Livingston of ADM but McLaren got Runner Up honors on a tiebreaker. McLaren had three birdies on the front nine on holes 3, 8 and 9 — he did have four bogeys on the back nine but finished with a (+2) 71.
Brady Wood of Atlantic finished in 4th place with a (+3) 72 — Wood started on hole 9 and bogeyed 12 and 13 but birdied 17. On the front, he double bogeyed #3 and bogeyed #6 but got a birdie on #8 and had a steady 11 pars.
Also for the Trojans, Sam Brosam was 7th with a 73; Gage Gross 8th with a 73; Jack Muller 34th with a 80; Braxton Hass 52nd with an 86; and Craven Wiersma 54th with an 87.
Ethan Laughlin of Shenandoah was 5th with a 72; Jac Fine of Clarinda 6th with a 73; two Knoxville golfers rounded out the top ten with Grant Gerdes in 9th (74) and Brady Roozeboom 10th (74).
Low round for Glenwood was Evan Stanislav in 19th with a 77; for Kuemper Catholic Jack Lenz was 12th with a 75; for Harlan, Owen Neve was 41st with an 82. Weston Crouse of Red Oak finished 23rd with a 78.
Team Standings
1) Atlantic 289
2) Knoxville 300
3) ADM 302
4) Shenandoah 311
5) Kuemper Catholic 312
6) Winterset 313
7) Clarinda 315
8) Glenwood 321
9) Red Oak 334
10) Denison Schleswig 340
11) Harlan 341
12) Creston 343
13) Atlantic JV 378
Individual Standings
