Linn-Mar Girls Golf

Linn-Mar girls qualify for state golf

Linn-Mar had four players break the century mark at Monday's Class 4A regional girls golf meet at Jones Park, but it was Sarah Tegtmeier's 100 that lifted the Lions to the state meet.

Linn-Mar and Ottumwa tied for second place with scores of 366. Qualifying criteria then goes to the fifth golfer on each team. Tegtmeier's 100 was 17 strokes better than Ottumwa's golfer.

Cedar Falls ran away with the team title with a 323. All four Tigers finished among the top five individuals and qualified for state medal play.

Jefferson junior Megan Furnish shot an 86 and finished tied for sixth, one stroke out of qualifying for a state berth.

Emma Lorenz led Linn-Mar with an 89.

Jefferson (410) finished eighth, Prairie (430) 10th and Kennedy (441) 11th.

The Class 4A state golf meet if May 31-June 1 at Adel.

Team scores

1. Cedar Falls 323, 2. Linn-Mar 366, 3. Ottumwa 366, 4. Dubuque Senior 386, 5. Western Dubuque 390, 6. Iowa City High 396, 7. Waterloo West 404, 8. CR Jefferson 410, 9. Waverly-Shell Rock 422, 10. CR Prairie 430, 11. CR Kennedy 441, 12. Dubuque Hempstead 498

Cedar Falls and Linn-Mar qualify for state meet

Individual state qualifiers
1. Allison Rolinger (Cedar Falls) 76
2. Taylor Roberts (Cedar Falls) 80
3. Sonja Przybylski (Cedar Falls) 82
4. Darby Patritto (Ottumwa) 85
5. Samantha Heinen (Cedar Falls) 85

LINN-MAR (366): Emma Lorenz 89, Dionna Jensen 91, Julie Pople 91, Rachel Thrune 95, Sarah Tegtmeier 100

JEFFERSON (410): Megan Furnish 86, Emily Aukes 105, Hillary Harriman 109, Leah Groe 110

PRAIRIE (430): Jehri Wagner 93, Kerstin Flugum 107, Alyssa Beisker 112, Casie Machula 118

KENNEDY (441): Ali Lindo 93, Paige Ermer 116, Sadie Schultz 116, Amanda Wiedemeier 116

Linn-Mar wins J-Hawk triangular

Rachel Thrune shot a 46, Dianna Jensen a 47 and Emma Lorenz a 49 and Linn-Mar cruised to victory Thursday at the Jefferson triangular girls golf meet at Jones Park.

Julie Pople had a 51 for Linn-Mar. The Lions won with 193 total. Waverly-Shell Rock was second at 222 and Jefferson had 239.

Jefferson's top player, Megan Furnish, did not play. She injured her back Tuesday.

The regional golf tournaments are Monday.

Teams -- Linn-Mar 193, 2. Waverly-Shell Rock 222, 3. Jefferson 239

JEFFERSON (239): Leah Groe 56, Hillary Harriman 58, Emily Aukes 55, Kim Nelson 70

WAVERLY-SHELL ROCK (222):  Jordan Westendorf 59, Courtney Wallace 59, Hannah Ragssdale 55, Bailee Wallace 49

LINN-MAR (193): Emma Lorenz 49, Dianna Jensen 47, Julie Pople 51, Rachel Thrune 46

Toy's 76 lead Lions to 3rd at Prairie Invite

Kimmy Askelson shot an even-par 65 to claim medalist honors at the Prairie Invitational girls golf meet Thursday at Airport National.

Askelson had three bogeys and a double bogey, but countered that with five birdies. She beat Newton's Jasmine Yoder by seven strokes.

Xavier was second to Newton in the team race, finishing 13 shots back.  Linn-Mar tied with Clear Creek Amana for third place, four shots behind Xavier.

Danielle Toy's 76 led Linn-Mar.

Prairie finished ninth.

Prairie Invitational
At Airport National

Teams -- 1. Newton 307, 2. Xavier 320, 3. (tie) Linn-Mar and Clear Creek Amana 324, 5. West Delaware 343, 6. (tie) Waverly-Shell Rock and Solon 344, 8. IC Regina 346, 9. Prairie 361, 10. Oskaloosa 383

Individuals -- 1. Kimmy Askelson (CRX) 65, 2. Jasmine Yoder (Newton) 72, 3. Kelsey Dircks (Solon) 73, 4. Cathern Strief (ICR) 73, 5. Hannah McGrath (CCA) 74

XAVIER (320): Kimmy Askelson 65, Grace Winker 83, Taylor Wertzberger 85, Maddie Bertsch 87

LINN-MAR (324): Danielle Toy 76, Rachel Thrune 80, Julie Pople 81, Emma Lorenz 87, Dionna Jensen 87, Katie Harding 87

PRAIRIE (361): Kerstin Flugum 89, Emily Perrin 89, Jehri Wagner 91, Jess Boldt 92

Lions 2nd at Mississippi Division girls golf meet

DUBUQUE -- Dionna Jensen's 92 Monday led Linn-Mar to a second-place finish in the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Division girls golf tournament at The Meadows.

Dubuque Wahlert won the tournament with a 362 that matched its total from a week ago at the the MVC Super Meet at Coralville's Brown Deer Golf Course. The total from each tournament was added together to decide the overall division champion. The Golden Eagles' 724 total was 47 shots better than second-place Linn-Mar.

Wahlert's Amy Ihm was medalist and Mississippi Division Athlete of the Year. She shot a 76 Monday and 155 overall that was 28 strokes better than teammate Lauren Gonner. Jensen was fifth, Rachel Thrune eighth and Emma Lorenz tied for ninth.

Kennedy finished sixth and Washington seventh.

Mississippi Division Standings

1. Dubuque Wahlert 362-362-724, 2. Linn-Mar 396-375-771, 3. Dubuque Senior 404-401-805, 4. Iowa City High 401-413-814, 5. Waterloo West 440-421-861, 6. Kennedy 434-429-863, 7. Washington 461-448-909.

Individual Results
36-Hole Totals
1. Amy Ihm (DW) 79-76-155; 2. Lauren Gonner (DW) 95-88-183; 3. Jordan Johnston (WW) 91-93-184; 4. Jordyn Engelken (DS) 94-92-186; 5. Dionna Jensen (LM) 97-92-189; 6. Hillary Wareham (DW) 93-99-192; 6. Elizabeth Wheeler (ICH) 96-96-192; 8. Rachel Thrune (LM) 99-94-193; 9. Kaitlyn Burds (DW) 95-99-194; 9. Emma Lorenz (LM) 100-99-194.

Monday's Results
At The Meadows
Par-73

Dubuque Wahlert (362): Amy Ihm 76, Lauren Gonner 88, Hilary Wareham 99, Kaitlyn Burds 99.

Linn-Mar (375): Dionna Jensen 92, Emma Lorenz 94, Rachel Thrune 94, Sarah Tegtmeier 95.

Dubuque Senior (401): Jordyn Engelken 92, CC Belmont 101, Kalyn Shultz 103, Jordan Hoftender 105.

Iowa City High (413): Elizabeth Wheeler 96, E,ily Koepnick 103, Rachel Stewart 106, Katherine VanderWoude 108.

Waterloo West (421): Jordan Johnston 93, Kaleigh Ubben 100, Lauren Denning 112, Courtney Frost 116.

Kennedy (429): Ali Lindo 97, Haley Corkery 106, Sadie Schultz 109, Paige Ermer 117, Amanda Wiedemeier 117.

Washington (448): Abbey Overland 108, Alex Stephens 109, Dani Wilson 114, Katie Rohde 117.