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WAUSAU – Ben Baur shot an 82 to tie for sixth place to lead Marshfield to a fifth-place finish at the fifth leg of the 2018 Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament on Friday at Wausau Country Club.
Baur tied Evan Thomas of Stevens Point with an 82, 10 shots behind meet medalist Russell Dettmering of Merrill. Dettmering won medalist honors for the fourth-straight meet.
Baur stands in seventh place in the individual standings with two meets remaining – Tuesday at Stevens Point Country Club and May 18 at Greenwood Hills Country Club in Wausau.
Marshfield had a team score of 363, three shots behind Merrill. Wausau West won the team title with a 339, three shots better than D.C. Everest and five ahead of Stevens Point. With the meet victory, West pulls into first place in the overall team standings.
Nate Boson shot a 91 to tie for 14th place, Jaxon Bulgrin and Josh Gruen both had 95s, and Cole Hanson shot a 101 to round out the scoring for Marshfield.
Marshfield will compete at the Merrill Invitational on Saturday.
Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament
Meet No. 5, May 11, at Wausau Country Club
Team scores: 1. Wausau West 339; 2. D.C. Everest 342; 3. Stevens Point 344; 4. Merrill 360; 5. Marshfield 363; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 375; 7. Wausau East 410.
Top 10 and Marshfield finishers: 1. Russell Dettmering (MER) 72; 2. Drew Blair (SP) 79; 3. Josh Yang (WW) and Ben Langlois (WW) 80; 5. Ben Peolquin (DC) 81; 6. Ben Baur (MAR) and Evan Thomas (SP) 82; 8. Steven Rainville (DC) 84; 9. Colton Esker (DC) 85; 10. Dayne Hagedorn (WW) and Andrew Sparks (WR) 86; 14. (tie) Nate Boson 91; 22. (tie) Jaxon Bulgrin (MAR) and Josh Gruen (MAR) 95; 28. (tie) Cole Hanson (MAR) 101.
Overall standings through Meet No. 5 of 7
Team standings: 1. Wausau West 32; 2. Stevens Point 31; 3. D.C. Everest 25; 4. Marshfield 18; 5. Merrill 15; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 14; 7. Wausau East 5.
Top 10 and Marshfield individuals: 1. Russell Dettmering (MER) 70; 2. Josh Yang (WW) 62; 3. Evan Thomas (SP) 59; 4. Ben Peolquin (DC) 53; 5. Drew Blair (SP) 48; 6. Ben Langlois (WW) 45.5; 7. Ben Baur (MAR) 41; 8. Spencer Sparks (WR) 32.5; 9. Colton Esker (DC) 29.5; 10. Jarod Maxson (WW) 25.5; 12. Nate Boson (MAR) 21; 21. Josh Gruen (MAR) 5.