Kennedy Girls Golf

Hargens paces Kennedy golfers in Dubuque

DUBUQUE - Sierra Hargens shot an 8-over-par 44 Tuesday to help the Kennedy girls golf team finish second in a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular meet at The Meadows in Dubuque.

Cedar Falls beat Kennedy for the title, 188 to 200.

Team Standings

1. Cedar Falls 188, 2. Kennedy 200, 3. Dubuque Senior 204, 4. Waterloo East 244.

Medalist - Maddie Hawkins, Dubuque Senior, 39

Kennedy: Sierra Hargens 44, Valarie Davidson 51, Nicole DeCoste 52, Katie Choate 53, Avery Haefner 59, Abigail Haller 64.

Bertsch tames Ellis Park with 73

Xavier High School senior Maddie Bertsch fired a 1-over-par 73 to claim medalist honors at the Kennedy Invitational Monday at Ellis Park Golf Course.

Grace Winker of Xavier was the runner-up with an 81 as the Saints won the team championship by three strokes ahead of Linn-Mar, 344-347. Kennedy and Prairie tied for sixth in the eight-team field at 401.

Lauren Coughlin shot a 10-over 82 for Linn-Mar and Teresa Lopez Moreno finished with an 83 for the Lions.

Team Standings

1. Xavier 344, 2. Linn-Mar 347, 3. (tie) Iowa City West 360, Ottumwa 360, 5. Western Dubuque 375, 6. (tie) Kennedy 401, Prairie 401, 8. Iowa City High 403.

XAVIER: Maddie Bertsch 73, Grace Winker 81, Catie Locher 95, Kara Zwanziger 95, Amy Olberding 96, Melanie Wertzberger 103.

LINN-MAR: Lauren Coughlin 82, Teresa Lopez Moreno 83, Katie Harding 88, Jordan Postma 94, Amanda Shannon 102, Morgan Uridil 109.

KENNEDY: Sierra Hargens 89, Emily Moore 97, Breanna Osterkamp 106, Val Davidson 109, Macy Kalina 111, Erica Gouchee 11.

PRAIRIE: Emily Machula 91, Emily Perrin 93, Mallory Bennett 107, Sydney Stolba 110, Kennedy Fisher 111, Grace Lindgren 119.

Cougars, J-Hawks struggle at MVC golf

WATERLOO - The Kennedy Cougars and Jefferson J-Hawks struggled at the MVC Mississippi Division girls golf tournament at Gates Park in Waterloo Monday.

Nobody from either team cracked 100 at the par-72 layout.

Emily Moore led Kennedy to a fifth-place finish in the team standings with a 102. Regan Grekoff led Jefferson to a sixth-place showing in the team standings with a 108.

Tierney Dalsing of Hempstead shot an 11-over 83 to claim medalist honors and lead Hempstead to first place.

Team Standings

1. Dubuque Hempstead 367, 2. Dubuque Senior 375, 3. Iowa City West 385, 4. Iowa City High 392, 5. Kennedy 414, 6. Jefferson 514, 7. Waterloo Eastincomplete.

KENNEDY: Emily Moore 102, Sierra Hargens 104, Breanna Osterkamp 104, Raemi Chavez 104, Val Davidson 105, Erica Gouchee 111.

JEFFERSON: Regan Grekoff 108, Cassidy Simpson 122, Marisa Dorochowski 135, Holly Moershel 149, Jordan Henderson 158.

Bertsch sparks Saints to title

Maddie Bertsch fired a 75 Tuesday to grab medalist honors and help the Xavier Saints tie Pleasant Valley for top honors at the Linn-Mar Invitational at Hunters Ridge.

It was Xavier's second major title of the spring, following its championship at the CRANDIC meet last week at Twin Pines.

Grace Winker of Xavier finished fourth in the individual standings with an 84.

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