(Mason City, IA) — The Atlantic Boys Golf team travelled all the way to Mason City to compete in the Elite Showdown hosted by Clear Lake and the Trojans finished in a respectable third place — losing out on a tiebreaker to Onalaska, WI and only stroke behind the winner Humboldt.
The Wildcats had a team score of 306 while Atlantic and the Hilltoppers tied with a 307. ADM was 4th with a 310 and Independence followed in 5th place with a 312.
Dawson Fuelling of Independence was the individual winner with a (-1) 70 — he started on number 10 and had 8 pars and one bogey on the back nine. Three birdies and a bogey completed his round on the front nine.
Colson Mersch of West Delaware was 2nd with a 71; Dawson Sleiter of Humboldt 3rd with a 71; Cade Birdsell of Humboldt 4th with a 72 and Chasen Witte of Onalaska was 5th with a 74.
Atlantic was led by Brady Wood who was 11th with a (+4) 75 — Wood had a great stretch with birdies on hole 1, 2 and 4 but had a double bogey on hole #3. He had four bogeys and the rest pars on his round.
Hudson McLaren also shot 75 and finished in 15th place — McLaren was pretty consistent with 15 pars on the day and only one tough score, a double bogey 6 on the most difficult hole on the course.
Also for Atlantic, Gage Gross was 16th with a 76; Sam Brosam was 36th with an 81; Jack Muller was 55th with an 84; and Braxton Hass was 81st with a 93.
It was the last competition for Atlantic before Sectionals which are at Knoxville on Wednesday, May 13 with a 10:00 am tee time.
Team Standings
1) Humboldt 306
2) Onalaska, WI 307
3) Atlantic 307
4) ADM 310
5) Independence 312
6) Rosemount, MN 313
7) Clear Lake 317
8) Waverly Shell Rock 318
9) Decorah 318
10) West Delaware 321
11) Washington 322
12) Forest City 323
13) Webster City 328
14) Spirit Lake 341
Individual Standings
