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MERRILL – Marshfield’s Afton Hamill tied for medalist honors with a 78 as the Tigers tied for second at the final Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament leg on Friday at Merrill Public Golf Course.
Hamill tied Wisconsin Rapids’ Jax Pagel and Stevens Point’s Nathan Earnest for first place as the trio finished two strokes ahead of Carter Morrison of Wisconsin Rapids and Jacob Schmeltzer of Merrill.
Wisconsin Rapids won the team title for the first time in the seven-meet tournament series with a 323, five strokes in front of Marshfield, Stevens Point and D.C. Everest. Wausau East placed fifth with a 338, allowing Stevens Point to sneak in front for the overall WVC team championship.
Wausau East’s Teddy Schlindwein shot an 81 to finish in a three-way tie for sixth and wrapped up the overall individual conference title. Morrison, East’s Cooper Bjerke, Marshfield’s Keegan Fredrick and Earnest rounded out the final top five and first-team all-Wisconsin Valley Conference honorees.
Tyler Heiman had an 82, Magnus Machtan shot 83, Fredrick had an 85 and Maxx Oertel shot 86 as well for Marshfield.
Marshfield will host a WIAA Division 1 regional on Tuesday at RiverEdge Golf Course. The top four teams and top four individuals not on those teams move on to a D-1 sectional at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson on Tuesday, May 28.
Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament
Meet No. 7, May 17, at Merrill Public Golf Course
Team scores: 1. Wisconsin Rapids 323; 2. Marshfield, Stevens Point and D.C. Everest 328; 5. Wausau East 338; 6. Wausau West 341; 7. Merrill 345.
Individual scores: 1. Nathan Earnest (SP), Jax Pagel (WR) and Afton Hamill (MAR) 78; 4. Carter Morrison (WR) and Jacob Schmeltzer (MER) 80; 6. Bryce Bredl (WR), Karter Quevillon (DC) and Teddy Schlindwein (WE) 81; 9. Tanner Courtright (DC), Alex Fehl (WW), Ben Zoesch (DC), Zach Hinchcliffe (SP), Ryan Trucco (WW) and Tyler Heiman (MAR) 82; 15. Zach May (DC), Magnus Machtan (MAR), Hayden Ackerlund (SP) and Russell Harder (WW) 83; 19. Sawyer Wilkens (WR), Konner Waid (MER) and Cooper Bjerke (WE) 84; 22. Keegan Fredrick (MAR), Carter Combs (SP) and Parker Klebenow (MER) 85; 25. Maxx Oertel (MAR), Sam Barthels (WE) and Trent Breitbach (SP) 86; 28. Sawyer Krambs (WE) 87; 29. Chase Klebenow (MER) 89; 30. Evan Elliott (MER) 91; 31. Andrew Kraft (WE); 32. Drew Schwabe (WW) 94; 33. Griffin Bunnell (DC) and Connor Jensen (WR) 95; 35. William Butalla (WW) 98.
Final Overall Standings (through Meet 7 of 7)
Team: 1. Stevens Point 41.5; 2. Wausau East 41; 3. Marshfield 36.5; 4. Wisconsin Rapids 28; 5. Wausau West 19.5; 6. D.C. Everest 17.5; 7. Merrill 12.
Individual
First team All-WVC: 1. Teddy Schlindwein (WE) 75.5; 2. Carter Morrison (WR) 71.5; 3. Cooper Bjerke (WE) 64; 4. Keegan Fredrick (MAR) 59; 5. Nate Earnest (SP) 55.
Second team All-WVC: 6. Zach Hinchcliffe (SP) 52; 7. Sawyer Krambs (WE) 50.5; 8. Russell Harder (WW) 50; 9. Hayden Ackerlund (SP) 46.5; 10. Jacob Schmeltzer (MER) 34.5.
Honorable mention All-WVC: 11. Jax Pagel (WR) 32.5; 12. Tyler Heiman (MAR) and Afton Hamill (MAR) 32; 14. Brody Trantow (WE) 24.5; 15. Alex Fehl (WW) 17.5.