The Winfield-Mt Union boys’ golf team have a lot to be proud of as Kaleb Hagge finishes his junior campaign as the 1A state champion and the team placed third overall.
Hagge made it look easy all weekend as he led the whole way and eventually ran away with the title by winning by more than six strokes than the second place finisher. After shooting a 68 on Friday, Hagge had an encore performance on Saturday posting a 69 to finish the meet an impressive seven strokes below par 137. As a team, the Wolves held their ground by grabbing third place overall with a total of 649 strokes. East Buchanan, Winthrop took home the state championship with a 614. After a 332 stroke score in day one, the Wolves made necessary adjustments to lower their tally by 15 strokes to finish day two with a 317. The other scoring for the Wolves’ was Nolan Ross finishing 19th overall with a 161, Kash Rossiter was 29th with 170, and 39th was Jarod Kadel with a 181. Scratch scores for WMU was Graham Hagge with a 212 and Noah Freeman finished with a 234.
This could be just the beginning for the Wolves as they return Hagge and the entire lineup next season in a year where winning a team championship will be well in their grasp.