A pair of area golf teams went home happy this week from Oakland Acres after being crowned South Iowa Cedar League champs.

The Sigourney girls’ won the SICL meet on Tuesday in Grinnell by carding an 18-hole score of 402 to cruise to a 24-stroke victory. Madelynn Hornback was named runner-up meet medalist by shooting an 86 while Greenlee Smock of Lynnville-Sully was the individual champ with a 78. Lily Schmidt shot a 102 to place eighth and Claire Svenby also medaled in ninth with a 105. Maizy Cowman rounded out the results with a 109. Head Coach Zach Tremmel tells KCII Sports it all started with Hornback’s career day. “She put together a remarkable round and was tied for the lead for 13 holes. To gather three more good scores was huge and we were able to pull away from Iowa Valley in the back nine.” Sigourney now gears up for regionals on Monday at Knoll Ridge in North English.

It was a long overdue celebration for the Keota boys, as they won a league title for the first time in 27 years. The Eagles bested the 11-team field by shooting a 344 to just edge out second place English Valleys with a 346. Luke Hammen finished fourth with an 80 and Cole Kindred cracked the top 10 in eighth with an 86. Caden Sprouse and Colten Clarahan each tallied 89 to secure the title. Head Coach Rod Hill knows how big of a deal this is. “I have been around the district for a long time and it’s been so long since we won conference I can’t even remember it. That got me excited and once I told the guys it’s the first title in 27 years, that got them excited. This is a pretty young team and they accomplished something very rare.” Sigourney was not far behind in third with 351 strokes. Josh Mohr nabbed fifth with 83, Cade Streigle ninth with 87, Brock Halleran 88, and Levi Crawford 93. Tomorrow is the boys sectionals with Keota going to Twin Lakes in Winfield and Sigourney at Prairie Knolls in New Sharon.