Area golf teams are finally getting on the course

WAYNE — Spring golf in Nebraska is a scheduling nightmare, to say the least.

Hard winters and inclement weather make March and April an adventure at best and a struggle at worst.

Hartington-Newcastle, Cedar Catholic, Crofton/Wynot and Laurel-Concord-Coleridge all converged at Cedar View Country Club in Laurel April 11 for the opening tournament of the season for most of the teams.

“We hadn’t really been on the course yet,” longtime HNS coach Ken Kneifl said. “It was kind of nice to just get out there and see what we have — naturally, we have a lot of work to do and a short time to get it done.”

Pierce won the team title after firing a 345 over 18 holes, just one shot better than Tekamah-Herman at 346.

Ponca was a stroke behind the Tigers and Cedar Catholic finished in fourth with a 364.

Hartington-Newcastle was seventh at 386 while Laurel-Concord-Coleridge was 11th after carding a 428.

Ben Jorgensen of Tri County Northeast won a scorecard playoff over Brody Rogers of Tekamah-Herman after both players fired an 80.

Jay Steffen from Cedar Catholic was the lone area golfer in the Top 10.

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Invitational Team Results

1. Pierce 345; 2. Tekamah-Herman 346; 3. Ponca 347; 4. Cedar Catholic 364; 5. Tri County Northeast 377; 6. Crofton/Wynot 385; 7. Hartington-Newcastle 386; 8. Wayne 387; 9. Randolph 397; 10. Homer 422; 11. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 428; 12. Elkhorn Valley 446; 13. Wakefield 460; 14 Winnebago NTS Individual Results

1. Ben Jorgensen (TCNE) 80; 2. Brody Rogers (T-H) 80; 3. Bo Armstrong (WAY) 81; 4. Grant Sprakel (PON) 81; 5. Brent Brenneis (T-H) 82; 6. Travis Emory (PIE) 83; 7. Abram Scholting (PIE) 84; 8. Jace Wahls (PON) 85; 9. Jay Steffen (CC) 86; 10. Jackson Wachholz (PIE) 88.

Area Schools Team scores

Cedar Catholic: 9. Steffen 86; 13. Sam Kuehn 91; 20. Andrew Jones 92; 26. Cazden Christensen 95; 28. Weston Heine 96. Crofton/Wynot: 16. Zach Foxhoven 92; 17. Grant Schieffer 92; 25. Jeffrey Birger 94; 47. Andrew Haberman 107; 60. Carson Wieseler 123. Hartington-Newcastle: 23. Dayton Sudbeck 94; 29. Turner Dendinger 96; 30. Bailey Paden 97; 35. Riley Sudbeck 99; 36. Mason Buschkamp 99. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge: 31. Bradyn Urwiler 98; 41. Jackson Hall 103; 50. Aaron Bloom 110; 58. Kolten Settje 117.