Xavier Boys Golf

Neighbors leads Wash to district title

Connor Neighbors will be one of the youngest golfers at the state tournament this weekend at Elmcrest Country Club, but that's perfectly OK with him.

The freshman from Cedar Rapids Washington is accustomed to being one of the youngest kids on the course.

"I probably started when I was 3," the soft-spoken ninth grader said Tuesday, "and I probably took it seriously when I was about 8. I started playing in tournaments at that age.

"It took me awhile to get going," he said, "but I enjoy it a lot now."

Neighbors fired a 2-over-par 73 and led Washington to the district title Tuesday at the Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City. The next step for Neighbors and the Warriors will be the state tournament on their "home" course at Elmcrest on Friday and Saturday.

Five of the six golfers on the Washington team -- including Neighbors -- are members of Elmcrest and know all the nooks and crannies.

"That's my home course. I play there a lot," Neighbors said. "It's a good course.

"I'm sure the greens are going to be very fast. They will be really tough. It's not super-long, so that will be good for me because I'm not a huge hitter."

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Xavier golfers nipped by IC West

IOWA CITY - The Iowa City West Trojans nipped the Xavier Saints, 156-157, in a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular golf meet Thursday at Finkbine Golf Course.

JD Goodfellow of Iowa City West took medalist honors with a 36.

Sam Martin, Matt Neumeyer and Mitch King shot 39's for Xavier. Jordan Bohannon carded a 39 for Linn-Mar.

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Lindwall, Warriors wear Mississippi crown

WATERLOO - Frank Lindwall and the Washington Warriors wrapped up Mississippi Division golf titles at Gates Park in Waterloo Monday.

Lindwall claimed medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 227 with solid rounds of 77, 76 and 74 on three different courses on three different days. Washington captured the 2015 division crown by 22 shots over Xavier, 911 to 933.

Lindwall also submitted the low round Monday with a 74 at Gates Park.

Alex Slattery and Logan Bracey of Washington tied for second place in the 54-hole standings at 232. Sam Martin of Xavier also shared second place with a 232.

Mitch King and Luke Winker of Xavier finished fifth and sixth.

54-HOLE TEAM STANDINGS

1. Washington 911, 2. Xavier 933, 3. Prairie 973, 4. Iowa City High 1066, 5. Waterloo West 1082, 6. Dubuque Hempstead 1088, 7. Waterloo East (incomplete).

54-HOLE INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Top 6

1.  Frank Lindwall, Washington    77-76-74=227
2.  Alex Slattery, Washington     75-77-80=232
Logan Bracey, Washington      75-79-78=232
Sam Martin, Xavier            78-78-76=232
5.  Mitch King, Xavier            84-74-76=234
6.  Luke Winker, Xavier           77-79-79=235

WASHINGTON - Frank Lindwall 77-76-74=227, Alex Slattery 75-77-80=232, Logan Bracey 75-79-78=232, Jabe Gonder 71-89-80=240, Connor Neighbors 83-78-79=240.

XAVIER - Sam Martin 78-78-76=232, Mitch King 84-74-76=234, Luke Winker 77-79-79=235, Tyler Breitbach 77-82-81=240, Matt Neumeyer 79-81-81=241, Brody Robinson 80-79-85=244.

PRAIRIE - Cal Clark 81-83-78=242, Cooper Reittinger 79-86-79=244, Griffen Clark 79-90-83=252, Matt Lorenz 88-83-82=253.

MONDAY'S TEAM STANDINGS

1. Washington 311, 2. Xavier 312, 3. Prairie 314, 4. Waterloo West 354, 5. Iowa City High 365, 6. Dubuque Hempstead 377, 7. Waterloo East 429.

MONDAY'S MEDALIST - Frank Lindwall, Washington, 74

Gonder, Neighbors lift Wash golfers

Senior Jabe Gonder and freshman Connor Neighbors shared medalists honors to lead Washington to a one-stroke victory over Xavier in a Mississippi Valley Conference boys triangular golf meet Monday at St. Andrews.

The Warrior pair each shot 2-over-par 37s as the team finished at 154. Xavier, led by Luke Winker's 38, finished at 155.

Dubuque Wahlert was third at 166.

At St. Andrews

Team scoring: 1. Washington 154, 2. Xavier 155, 3. Dubuque Wahlert 166

WASHINGTON: Jabe Gonder 37, Connor Neighbors 37, Joe Slattery 39, Alex Slattery 41, Logan Bracey 42, A.J. Larson 45, Frank Lindwall 45.

XAVIER: Luke Winker 38, Sam Martin 39, Mitch King 39, Tyler Breitbach 39, Matt Neumeyer 40, Brad Karpick 43, Brody Robinson 44.