VAN HORNE - Taylor Utter shot an 86 to lead Prairie to a fourth-place finish Saturday at the Benton Invitational girls golf meet at Tara Hills.

The Hawks finished one stroke behind Vinton-Shellsburg.

Independence won the meet with a 383 that was 21 strokes better than runnerup Waterloo Columbus.

South Tama's Paige Van Dyke was medalist with a 3-over-par 75.

BENTON INVITATIONAL
At Van Horne (Tara Hills, par-72)

Team standings
1. Independence 383, 2. Waterloo Columbus 404, 3. Vinton-Shellsburg 414, 4. CR Prairie 415, 5. Solon 439, 6. Benton 452, 7. South Tama and HLV DQ

Medalist - Paige Van Dyke (South Tama) 75
Runnerup - Mackenzie Black (Indee) 78

PRAIRIE (415): Taylor Utter 86, Emily Machula 96, Emily Perrin 114, Sammie Farmer 119, Jenna Niccolls 123, Kennedy Fisher 127