The Class 1A sectional golf tournament at Knoll Ridge Golf Course in North English took on a local flavor Wednesday with a pair of KCII area schools advancing to next week’s district meet. The top two teams at each location advance to the next round, unless one of those two schools is the host school, then it’s the top three. That’s exactly what happened in North English with the Bears taking the meet on their home course shooting a 351. Eli Marsh of the Bears was meet medalist with an 82 and Gage Heyne for EV was medalist runner-up with an 85. Hillcrest Academy got through as the team runner up with their 381 led by Jace Rempel, the overall fourth place individual,  with a round of 89. He spoke after the meet about his day. “I shot a solid score in this heat so I was happy with it. The course was playing pretty quick. On hole nine, of the front nine, I chipped in from the fringe for par so I was happy with that. Our front nines today were pretty good. We didn’t quite close it out how we would like to but, I think we’re going to do pretty good overall.”

Other scores for the Ravens included Luke Schrock 94, Liam Schrock 96, Josiah Beachy 102 and Alex Niemeyer 121. With the door opened for a third team to keep their season alive, the Highland Huskies took full advantage, placing third with their team score of 386. Chase Schultz led the way for Highland with a 93. After the meet he and head coach Travis Riggan talked about the day.

Riggan said, “In the van over here I said we needed two guys in the 90s and we ended up with three and we needed two guys under 105 and that’s exactly what we went out and did. I couldn’t be any more happy about the performance today.”

Schultz said, “On the back nine, on what’s supposed to be the hardest hole out here I birdied. I went driver about 285, then I took a pitching wedge into a couple of inches and birdied it. I feel like that really boosted my confidence. I birdied, I think, two or three holes on the back nine. I was pretty happy with that. I’m pretty excited to move on.”

Other cards for Highland including Peyton Yeggy 94, Trevor McFarland 97, Luke Miller 102, Colton Sypherd 110 and Kaige Vonnahme 112.

The Ravens, Huskies and Bears now gear up for next week’s Class 1A district meet at Pleasant Valley Golf Course where teams and individuals will vie for spots at this year’s state meet in Ames May 23rd and 24th.