Xavier Boys Golf

Xavier claims Valley division golf crown

Xavier boys golf coach Tim O'Brien says the Saints have a championship banner from the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet in 2001, but he's not aware of any other golf pennants at the school.

There will be now.

Xavier turned in a solid performance at Airport National Tuesday and captured the Valley Division title in the MVC by 13 strokes over Cedar Falls.

"We came in with a 13-stroke lead over Cedar Falls and ended today with a 13-stroke lead over Cedar Falls," O'Brien noted. "I was really pleased that we held serve with them."

The Mississippi Valley Conference determines its divisonal golf champions with a series of three meets at three different courses on three different days. The Saints emerged on top.

"I'm just proud as punch," said O'Brien, in his fifth year as Xavier's head coach. "I'm pretty happy.

"It's something we've been working toward. Each year the kids seemed to have gotten a little better."

Xavier placed five of its golfers in the top-9 in the overall standings to dominate the all-conference teams. Jason Beer finished second with a 54-hole total of 212, followed by J.P. King (fourth), Matt Junge (fifth), Rob Thinnes (seventh) and Ben Sagers (ninth).

Beer, King and Junge made first team all-conference, while Thinnes and Sagers were second team all-conference.

Jefferson's Zach Denny finished sixth overall and was first team all-conference.

Carson Hillery of Hempstead took medalist honors with a 54-hole score of 210, two shots ahead of Beer.

Jefferson finished fourth in the Valley Division standings and Prairie was fifth. Mitch Wagner of Prairie placed 13th overall and Eric Lehmkuhl of Jefferson was 14th.

Prairie posted the low score Monday at Airport National with a 267. Cedar Falls and Xavier finished at 269, with Jefferson three strokes further back at 272.

Wagner and Matt Edl of Prairie shared medalist honors for Monday's round with a 1-over-par 64. Jon Skarlis of Cedar Falls also shot 64.

Kennedy won the Mississippi Division title Monday in Waterloo.

MVC VALLEY DIVISION GOLF
Final Team Standings
3 Event Totals

1. Xavier 861, 2. Cedar Falls 874, 3. Hempstead 886, 4. Jefferson 905, 5. Prairie 913, 6. Iowa City West 935, 7. Waterloo East 1,103.

Final Individual Results
3 Event Totals

First Team All-Conference

1. Carson Hillery, Hempstead    69-73-68--210
2. Jason Beer, Xavier              69-76-67--212
3. Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls     71-76-67--214
4. J.P. King, Xavier                 72-75-70--217
5. Matt Junge, Xavier             78-76-66--220
6. Zach Denny, Jefferson        74-80-66--220

Second Team All-Conference

7. Rob Thinnes, Xavier               75-80-66--221
8. Wil Hunemuller, Cedar Falls      71-81-69--221
9. Ben Sagers, Xavier                  70-79-72--221
10. Jared Deines, Cedar Falls        71-82-69--222
11. Brad Miehe, Hempstead         68-84-71--223
12. Shawn Breitbach, Hempstead  74-79-70--223

Honorable Mention

13. Mitch Wagner, Prairie        77-83-64--224
14. Eric Lehmkuhl, Jefferson    76-79-69--224
15. Jon Skarlis, Cedar Falls       80-81-64--225
16. Matt Edl, Prairie               75-86-64--225
17. Alec Braun, Cedar Falls      74-83-69--226
18. Dominic Muzzin, IC West    77-82-69--228

Xavier
Jason Beer     69-76-67--212
J.P. King        72-75-70--217
Matt Junge    78-76-66--220
Ben Sagers    70-79-72--221
Rob Thinnes  75-80-66--221

Jefferson
Zach Denny          74-80-66--220
Eric Lehmkuhl       76-79-69--224
Colten Jourdan      84-80-69--233
Mitch Willems        76-94-69--239
Ben Otis               88-86-68--242
Gavin Williams        82-87-78--247

Prairie
Mitch Wagner     77-83-64--224
Matt Edl             75-86-64--225
Colyn Snyder      76-87-68--231
Drew Digman      77-85-71--233
Jared Smith        84-87-71--242
Brooks Kehoe     90-95-81--266

Tuesday's Results
Final Round
At Airport National (Par 63)

Team Standings

1. Prairie 267, 2. Cedar Falls 269, 3. Xavier 269, 4. Jefferson 272, 5. Hempstead 277, 6. IC West 280, 7. Waterloo East 339.

Top Individuals

Mitch Wagner, Prairie            64
Jon Skarlis, Cedar Falls           64
Matt Edl, Prairie                   64
Matt Junge, Xavier               66
Zach Denny, Jefferson         66
Rob Thinnes, Xavier             66
Jason Beer, Xavier               67
Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls      67
Carson Hillery, Hempstead    68
Ben Otis, Jefferson             68
Colyn Snyder, Prairie           68
Wil Hunemuller, Cedar Falls   69
Jared Deines, Cedar Falls      69
Eric Lehmkuhl, Jefferson     69
Alec Braun, Cedar Falls        69
Dominic Muzzin, IC West      69
Colten Jourdan, Jefferson    69
Mitch Willems, Jefferson       69
Josh Viertel, Cedar Falls        69
Anthony Lehnertz, IC West    69

PRAIRIE (267): Mitch Wagner 64, Matt Edl 64, Colyn Snyder 68, Drew Digman 71, Jared Smith 71, Brooks Kehoe 81.

XAVIER (269): Matt Junge 66, Ron Thinnes 66, Jason Beer 67, J.P. King 70, John Drahozal 70, Ben Sagers 72.

JEFFERSON (272): Zach Denny 66, Ben Otis 68, Eric Lehmkuhl 69, Colten Jourdan 69, Mitch Willems 69, Gavin Williams 78.

Saints 2nd at Iowa City West triangular

IOWA CITY - Matt Junge shot a 38 but Xavier came up three shots shy of Dubuque Hempstead in the Iowa City West triangular golf meet Tuesday at Finkbine golf course.

Hempstead finished first at 160. Xavier had 163 and Iowa City West 169.

Hempstead's Carson Hillery shot a 1-under par 35 for medalist honors.

JP King and Ben McDermott shot 41s and Ben Sagers a 42 for Xavier.

Teams - 1. Dubuque Hempstead 160, 2. Xavier 163, 3. Iowa City West 169

Top Individuals
Carson Hillery (DH)      35
Noah Federici (ICW)    38
Matt Junge (CRX)        39

DUBUQUE HEMPSTEAD (160): Hillery 35, Brad Miehe 41, Dalton Streff 42, Josh Viertel 42

XAVIER (163): Junge 38, JP King 41, Ben McDermott 41, Ben Sagers 42

IOWA CITY WEST (169): Federici 38, Dominic Muzzin 43, Drew Haas 44, Michael Boysen 44, Austin Swank 44

John Drahozal's 38 leads Saints

Eric Lehmkuhl of Cedar Rapids Jefferson fired an even-par 36 Monday to share medalist honors at a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular golf meet at Hunters Ridge.

Lehmkuhl shared top honors with Tim Richter of Waterloo West.

Waterloo West won the team title with 150 strokes, followed closely by Jefferson (158), Linn-Mar (158) and Xavier (159). Jefferson was awarded second place on a tiebreaker.

Trevor Berry led Linn-Mar with a 2-over-par 38. John Drahozal shot a 38 for Xavier.

WATERLOO WEST (150): Tom Richter 36, Austin Jackson 37, Will Shiney 38, Nick Rafferty 39, Sam Richter 43, Jace Holton 45, Parker Johnson 50.

JEFFERSON (158): Eric Lehmkuhl 36, Mitch Willems 39, Zach Denny 41, Gavin Williams 42, Colten Jourdan 42, Ben Otis 46, Mike Loboda 47.

LINN-MAR (158): Trevor Berry 38, Clay Vieth 39, Kyle Hackett 39, Trevor McCann 42, Tyler McCann 43, Mark Drake 43, Elliott Siefert 47.

XAVIER (159): John Drahozal 38, J.P. King 40, Jason Beer 40, Ben Sagers 41, Rob Thinnes 43, Mitch Keller 43, Matt Junge 44.

Saints finish 4th at Cedar Falls Invy

CEDAR FALLS - Cody Bell fired an even-par 72 Friday to help Kennedy place second in the Tiger Invitational at the Beaver Hills Country Club in Cedar Falls.

Broc Everett shot a 2-under-par 70 to lead West Des Moines Valley to the title in the nine-team tournament. Bell finished second in the individual standings.

Valley finished with 298 shots, beating Kennedy by nine strokes.

J.P. King shot a 2-over-par 74 as the Xavier Saints finished in fourth place. Zach Denny shot a 4-over 76 as the Jefferson J-Hawks placed sixth.

Trevor Berry and Mark Drake shot 79s to help the Linn-Mar Lions finish in fifth place.

TIGER INVITATIONAL
Cedar Falls
(Beaver Hills Country Club, par-72)

Team Standings
1. West Des Moines Valley 298, 2. Kennedy 307, 3. Waukee 312, 4. Xavier 317, 5. Linn-Mar 321, 6. Jefferson 326, 7. Cedar Falls 326, 8. Dubuque Wahlert 332, 9. Southeast Polk 339.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Broc Everett, WDM Valley     70
2. Cody Bell, Kennedy              72
3. J.P. King, Xavier                  74
Jeff Swegle, WDM Valley      74
Mike Woofter, Waukee         74
6. Tomas Gouveia, WDM Valley    75
7. Charlie Smith, Wahlert         76
Harrison Moore, Kennedy      76
Zach Denny, Jefferson          76
10. Coulten Jourdan, Jefferson  77

KENNEDY -- Cody Bell 72, Harrison Moore 76, Brigham Stewart 78, Mitchell Martin 81, Tyler Kalina 83, Jake Wilding 84.

XAVIER -- J.P. King 74, Ben Sagers 77, Matt Junge 82, Rob Thinnes 84,  Jason Beer 85, Ben McDermott 93.

LINN-MAR -- Trevor Berry 79, Mark Drake 79, Tyler McCann 81, Kyle Hackett 82, Clay Vieth 83, Trevor McCann 83.

JEFFERSON -- Zach Denny 76, Coulten Jourdan 77, Ben Otis 86, Mitch Willems 87, Eric Lehmkuhl 88, Gavin Williams 98.