Columbus Wildcat senior Grant Watson’s strong day and the Winfield-Mount Union boys claiming runner-up honors in team scoring were the big highlights from the Wapello Golf Invitational Wednesday at Heritage Oaks Golf & Country Club. Watson shot a 20-over-par 92 over 18 holes, the best score by a non-Wapello player in the field.

WMU junior Carter Loyd was tied with Watson for fifth, with Wolves senior Andrew Brown one stroke behind in eighth and sophomore Jake Edwards shooting 95 to finish ninth. WMU freshmen Max Edwards and Nick Sparrow each shot 103, while classmate Konner Kinneberg fired a 113. Senior Ethan Palmer finished at 111 for Columbus, while sophomore teammate Mason Heck posted a 142.

The Winfield-Mount Union boys built on a third-place finish at the Nike Invitational Monday at Burlington. Loyd shot an 11-over 83 and was third on the individual scoreboard. Brown was tied for eighth with a 90, and Edwards was two strokes behind that pace. Freshman Max Edwards shot 100 and Sparrow fired a 102.

On the girls’ side, senior Alli Humphreys led the way for Winfield-Mount Union at Wapello with a 103. Seniors Anna Anderson and Isabel Kann added a 108 and 110, respectively, while junior Lily Freeman shot 112. Junior Afton Wilkerson’s 120 and senior Ava Hagge’s 134 rounded out the Wolves’ scoring.