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GOLF REGIONAL Hawks end season at regional

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com

A bad day from a good player can sometimes sink a boys golf team come regional time, but Sterling Newman was able to escape that unwanted fate Tuesday thanks to its strong depth.

The Comets overcame a rough day from their No. 1 player and took second place at the nineteam Class 1A Oregon Regional at Silver Ridge Golf Course.

Riverdale (337) and Newman (340) punched their tickets to the season-ending Spring Valley Sectional next Wednesday at Spring Creek Golf Course. There will be no state tournament this season, due to COVID-19.

A new scoring system in which players entered scores on their cell phones allowed all involved the ability to keep track of how individuals and teams stood in real time. It made for some high drama on the last few holes, as Riverdale, Newman and Fulton, which was third at 342, battled it out for two team sectional berths.

The top two teams and four individuals (plus ties) not on those teams advance to the sectional.

That will be Riverdale, Newman, Fulton’s top three, as well as Erie-Prophetstown’s Bryce Rosenow and Amboy’s Wes Wilson, who each had 88 to tie with Newman’s Palmer for 10th place.

Oregon was seventh with a 404 score. The Hawks were led by Jarrett Dietrich (95), Isaac Kaltenbrun (97), Issac Reber (104) and Jackson Werren (108).

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Oregon’s Jarrett Dietrich tees off on #10 during the 1A regional at Silver Ridge Golf Course on Tuesday.

Dixon boys golfers sixth at BNC Meet

The Dixon Dukes placed sixth at the Big Northern boys golf meet on Oct. 1 at Timber Pointe in Poplar Grove, while Oregon finished ninth.

The Dukes scored a 394, with Oregon firing a 405. Byron won the team title with a 345, two strokes better than runner-up Rockford Christian and six clear of third-place Stillman Valley.

Rockford Christian’s Josh Beard was medalist with a 78, three shots better than second-place Maison Brandt of Byron.

Jarrett Dietrich paced the Hawks with a 93, while Isaac Kaltenbrun (103), Brady Davis (104) and Jackson Werren (105) also scored for Oregon. Miley Smith (112) and Isaac Reber (119) played for the Hawks.

Cross Country

Panther girls run past Hawks: Erie-Prophetstown and Oregon tied at 28 in a three-team meet at Oregon Park West, but the Panthers won the sixth-runner tiebreaker to take the victory.

East Dubuque’s Hailey Heiar won the race in 19:57.3, but the Warriors only had one other runner. Erie-Prophetstown’s Dylan Chandler was second in 22:00.8, then Oregon’s Leah Watters (22:07.5), Faith Marquardt (22:17.1) and Katlyn Ramirez (22:26.4) went 3-4-5.

Oregon’s sixth runner, Katelyn Bowers, finished

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(25:55.2) followed by a ninth-place finish from Jennica Ciesel (24:29.2) and a 12th-place finish from Ava Wight (24:47.0).

In the boys race, East Dubuque topped EP by one point, 34-35, while Oregon scored 63. East Dubuque took the top three spots, led by winner Braedyn Budde (18:11.3).

Oregon’s Ryan Hussung finished fourth in 198:31.9, but Erie-Prophetstown used pack running to take the next seven spots. Andrew Bomleny (5th, 18:42.4), Charlie Link (6th, 18:46.2), Jacob Gibson (7th, 18:49.7), Carter Jepson (8th, 18:56.2) and Luke DeNeve (9th, 19:10.0) scored for the Panthers.

The Hawks’ other scorers were Gavin Bradshaw (12th, 19:55.0), Austin Ebert (14th, 20:11.0), Leo Cardenas (17th, 20:45.3) and Riley Benton (18th, 21:05.8).

NUIC Golf

Forreston boys golf team finished 12th at the 13-team NUIC golf tournament.

Forreston places and scores were: 47. Logan Dyson 106, 66. Joel Ludwig 116, 72. Kaden Ganz 121, 74. Joe Snyder 124, 83. Hayden Stralow 139, 84. Peyton Crase 154, and 85. Dylon Timmer 160.

Polo’s Cody Buskohl shot a 109 to finish 55th and Clay Davis carded 119 for 69th place.

ABOVE: Oregon’s Ryan Hussung runs ahead of his teammate Gavin Bradshaw and

North Boone’s Sammy Toldeo during a Sept. 26 meet at Genoa. Toledo finished first with Hussung second and Bradshaw fourth in a first place team finish for

the Hawks. RIGHT: Oregon’s Leah Watters, Faith Marquardt, and Katlyn Ramirez

lead the Lady Hawks during the meet in Genoa. Watters finished first, Marquardt second, and Ramirez third en route to a team win.

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