Photo Courtesy of Hillcrest Academy

Many golfers will spend years searching for that elusive hole-in-one. One Hillcrest Academy student didn’t have to look far. On May 11th at the Kalona Golf Course, Raven sophomore Jace Rempel found his, on hole eight, a 163-yard par three that runs east to west along the southern boundary of the property. He spoke this week with KCII sports about the shot. “Previous to that hole I had shot a bogey or double bogey on the par five. I was the last to shoot and the dude before me put his within five feet so I was just thinking I had to put mine closer than that. Basically, I saw it going in a straight line and was hoping it had enough distance to get there. It bounced probably five or six feet in front of the hole and to the left and then it rolled right in. I was overjoyed. Everyone was really happy for me. It felt good.”

That hole was part of his round of 46 on the day that led Hillcrest. Rempel and the Ravens travel to Pleasant Valley in Iowa City Thursday for the class 1A district meet.