Kennedy Boys Golf

Martin's 1-under 34 leads Cougars to win

DUBUQUE - Mitchell Martin shot a 1-under par 34 to lead the Kennedy boys golf team to its second win in as many days Thursday in the Wahlert quadrangular meet at Bunker Hill Golf Course.

Kennedy beat Iowa City West by three strokes, 146-149. Linn-Mar was third with a 151 and Wahlert fourth at 160.

Tyler Kalina shot an even-par 35 for Kennedy and Harrison Moore had a 37. Jake Wilding and Cody Bell had 40s.

Mark Drake and Thomas Bilmeyer both shot 37 to lead Linn-Mar. Clay Vieth shot a 38 and Tyler McCann a 39.

Teams - 1. Kennedy 146, 2. IC West 149, 3. Linn-Mar 151, 4. Wahlert 160.

Medalist - Mitchell Martin (K) 34

KENNEDY (146): Mitchell Martin 34, Tyler Kalina 35, Harrison Moore 37, Jake Wiilding 40, Cody Bell 40, Kyle Custer 42, Brigham Stewart 43

IOWA CITY WEST (149): Tyler Whitehead 36, Dominic Muzzin 37, Drew Haas 38, Anthony Lehnertz 38, Michael Boysen 42, Joe Scott 43, Noah Federicci 49

LINN-MAR (151): Mark Drake 37, Thomas Bilmeyer 37, Clay Vieth 38, Tyler McCann 39, Trevor Berry 41, Drew McGovern 41, Kyle Bean 46

WAHLERT (160): Greg Lange 36, Christian Rapp 40, Jerry Lange 42, Charlie Smith 42, Connor Krueger 43, Jack Hoy 44, Jeff Hancock 46

Red-hot Cougars claim Johnston golf title

GRANGER - The Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys golf team turned Jester Park into its personal playground Wednesday.

Brigham Stewart grabbed medalist honors with a 1-under-par 71 as Kennedy topped a strong field at the Johnston Invitational by 10 strokes.

Cody Bell tied for third with a 1-over-par 73, Harrison Moore tied for fifth with a 2-over 74 and Tyler Kalina tied for 10th with a 78, giving the Cougars a four-man total of 8-over 296.

Ames finished in second place at 306, followed by Dowling (313), Johnston (316), Urbandale (322), Waterloo West (324), Southeast Polk (325) and Des Moines Lincoln (376).

JOHNSTON INVITATIONAL
Jester Park Golf Course
Par 72

Teams - 1. Kennedy 296, 2. Ames 306, 3. WDM Dowling 313, 4. Johnston 316, 5. Urbandale 322, 6. Waterloo West 324, 7. SE Polk 325, 8. DM Lincoln 376.

Top 10 Individuals
1. Brigham Stewart (Kennedy) 71; 2. Kurt Martin (Ames) 72; 3. (tie) Cody Bell (Kennedy) 73; Isaac Olson (Urbandale) 73; 5. (tie) Harrison Moore (Kennedy) 74; Grant Smith (Johnston) 74; 7. (tie) Jared Wilson (Johnston) 76; Jon Calhoun (Dowling) 76; 9. Brandon Nordman (Southeast Polk) 77; 10. (tie) Tyler Kalina (Kennedy) 78; Austin Jackson (Waterloo West) 78; Connor Power (Ames) 78; Jack Sanders (Ames) 78; Rob Taylor (Dowling) 78; Josh Bratch-Prince (Ames) 78; Jack Gradoville (Dowling) 78.

Cougars 4th at Linn-Mar Invitational

Cody Bell shot a 75 to lead the Kennedy golfers Monday at the Linn-Mar Invitational at Hunters Ridge.

Brigham Stewart shot a 79, Harrison Moore 82 and Jake Wilding and Mitchell Martin each had 83s.

Kennedy tied with Iowa City High, but placed fourth ahead of the Little Hawks by virtue of the score of its No. 5 golfer.

Cedar Falls won the event with a 306 that was 18 strokes over par. Linn-Mar's Tyler McCann was medalist with a par 72.

LINN-MAR INVITATIONAL
At Hunters Ridge
Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 306, 2. Muscatine 312, 3. Linn-Mar 312, 4. Kennedy 319, 5. Iowa City High 319, 6. Jefferson 321, 7. Xavier 321, 8. Iowa City West 323, 9. Prairie 331, 10. Washington 332, 11. Dubuque Wahlert 354, 12. Davenport Central 359, 13. Davenport West 408.

(Note: Ties broken by fifth man's score)

Top 10 Individuals
Par-72

1. Tyler McCann, Linn-Mar, 72; 2. Jacob Bermel, Cedar Falls, 74; 3. (tie) Michael Canfield, Muscatine, 75; Cody Bell, Kennedy, 75; Will Hunemuller, Cedar Falls, 75; Andy Kloos, Cedar Falls 75; Dominic Rodriguez, Washington, 75; 8. Clay Vieth, Linn-Mar, 76; 9. Grant Simpson, Iowa City High, 77; Nate Goddard, Iowa City High, 77; Jason Beer, Xavier, 77; Dominic Muzzin, Iowa City West, 77.

CEDAR FALLS (306): Jacob Bermel 74, Wil Hunemuller 75, Andy Kloos 75, Jared Deines 82

MUSCATINE (312): Michael Canfield 75, Josh Anderson 78, Ryan Solt 78, Adam Hutton 81, Drake Decker 81

LINN-MAR (312): Tyler McCann 72, Clay Vieth 76, Trevor Berry 79, Drew McGovern 85, Trevor McCann 88, Thomas Billmeyer 89

KENNEDY (319): Cody Bell 75, Brigham Stewart 79, Harrison Moore 82, Jake Wilding 83, Mitchell Martin 83, Conner Koberg 90

IOWA CITY HIGH (319): Grant Simpson 77, Nate Goddard 77, Ryan Duncan 80, Coale Cooper 85, Patrick Jordan 87

JEFFERSON (321): Zach Denny 79, Eric Lehmkuhl 80, Ben Otis 81, Mitch Willems 81, Gavin Williams 87, Michael Loboda 92

XAVIER (321): Jason Beer 77, Ben Sagers 79, Matt Junge 79, Rob Thinnes 86, JP King 88, Mitch Keller 88

IOWA CITY WEST (323): Dominic Muzzin 77, Drew Haas 81, Michael Boysen 81, Anthony Lehnertz 84

PRAIRIE (331): Matt Edl 77, Mitch Wagner 82, Colyn Snyder 83, Jared Smith 89, Brooks Kehoe 96, Drew Digman 100

WASHINGTON (332): Dominic Rodriguez 75, Zach Gothard 82, Clayton Hoyt 86, Austin Bergstrom 89, Matt Strand 93, John Kopec 99

WAHLERT (354): Greg Lange 84, Christian Rapp 85, Jeff Hancock 87, Charlie Smith 98

DAVENPORT CENTRAL (359): Pete Kaufmann 81, Sean Carter 89, Jordan Miller 90, Mitch McKenna 99, Bryce Karney 99

DAVENPORT WEST (408): Zach Blizzard 99, Quinton Baenziger 100, Logan Skutte 102, Reece Paper 107

Stewart fires 64 as Kennedy takes MVC golf title

Brigham Stewart had never broken 70 in a competitive round of golf in his life.

He has now, in grand style.

Stewart fired an 8-under-par 64 at Twin Pines Golf Course Thursday and teammate Cody Bell carded a 66 as Kennedy captured the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet by 11 strokes.

Stewart, a senior, has shot 70 and 71 before, but had never dipped into the 60s until he tamed the 5,802-yard layout at Twin Pines on a picture-perfect day for golf.

"I played well. I putted pretty well, the driver was really working," he said. "I'm really happy with a 64.

"This is the first time cracking 70," he said. "Hopefully this is just the start."

The Mississippi Valley Conference begins the boys golf season with its Super Meet with all 14 schools in attendance, so the golfers have to be sharp from the start. The Super Meet is the first of three tournaments to decide the conference champions. The Super Meet scores carry over to the divisional meets on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26.

The Cougars have a huge lead because they were razor sharp.

Stewart had nine birdies and one bogey, when he 3-putted the 17th green.

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