East Buchanan golfers win the KCI title

Trevor Klein wins KCI’s individual championship

A year after the East Buchanan Bulldogs fell just short to Lathrop in the hunt for a conference title, the KCI golf crown will now reside in Gower.

Lifted by junior Trevor Klein’s individual championship, East Buchanan won the 2023 KCI Conference title on Wednesday, May 3, at Hidden Valley Golf Club in Lawson, Mo. The Bulldogs placed three golfers in the top five, and five in the top 10, to shoot a 350 – well ahead of second-place Lawson at 365, and third-place Lathrop at 401.

“The team played exceptionally well at conference,” said East Buchanan head coach Michael Will- hite. “I have seen a lot of improvement in their game since last year, and I believe we all came in with a goal in mind to try to win it this year.”

Plattsburg finished sixth in the team standings, as they had just one golfer in the field.

Klein fired off a fullround score of 80 on Wednesday to win the KCI individual title, finishing ahead of Lawson’s Andrew Phipps, who shot an 87. Senior Jack Archdekin shot an 87 to finish third and Zakary Andrews shot an 89 to place fifth, giving East Buchanan an insurmountable edge.

Tucker Musser was eighth with a 94 and Sawyer Musser was 10th at 96, as all five East Buchanan golfers

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broke 100 on the day.

Willhite said that Klein has played great golf all season long, even as he shares his attention with the district champion track team.

“He has been a great addition to the golf team, all while continuing to have so

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