Greenwood claims Rogersville Golf Tournament title

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Even rainy days and Monday's couldn't dampen the Greenwood High School golf team's run for a tournament title in this year's Logan-Rogersville Invitational.

The Blue Jays braved their way through the early morning rain and wind, at the Springfield Country Club Golf Course yesterday morning, to post a 327 and grab the '2016 Logan-Rogersville' championship.

Greenwood finished five strokes better than the runnerup Strafford Indians who registered a 332 and eighteen strokes better than the Springfield Catholic Fightin Irish who fired a 345.

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But Greenwood's start was full of challenges.

"We started out horribly today, the weather had made a real mess out of the course," said Greenwood head coach David Oatman. "There was standing water all over the course and puddles on the greens. But the  the rain stopped soon after play began, the wind began to blow and things began to dry out. As a result our back nine play was much better than the front."

Tony Brandt led the Blue Jay effort carding a low round of 75, good enough to also earn him top medalist honors at the invitational. He was aided in his efforts by teammates Tony Montileone- 80, John Ankrom- 84, Jacob Kassing- 88 and Matt Rowe- 90.

"It was really wet and windy for the first five or six holes of play," Brandt said in discussing his play at the 'Logan-Rogersville Invitational'.  "As for me I struggled off the tee's a lot today, and missed a few short putts I'd like to have had over, but I did  hit a lot of good iron shots throughout my round. But considering how bad the weather was at the beginning of the tournament, and the shape of the course,  I feel like a 75 was pretty solid."

Brandt's play, along with the efforts of his teammates, drew words of praise from their coach.

"We have some very talented young men on our team this year, who all work very hard, and they've all set very high standards for themselves," coach Oatman said. "We tell the kids to be patient on the course, to stay persistent, focused and to never give up no matter what. They've held on to that philosophy pretty well this year and especially today. They weathered out the early morning holes and then rallied in the afternoon to get the win. In doing so they put up our best team score of the season. I'm really very proud of them all."

Especially happy with the way things turned out in the '2016 Logan-Rogersville Invitational' was Johnathan Felton, head coach for Logan-Rogersville. "We were worried that we wouldn't be able to get it in, the way the weather started out," Felton said. "But the sun came out, the kids played hard and coaches stepped forward to help make our tournament a success. I'm really pleased."

Leading the way for second place Strafford, in Monday's tourney, was  Braden Campbell. Campbell shot rounds of 43-38 to finish at 81. Rounding out the Indian scoring were Tristan Crow- 82, Garrett Gorder- 83, Tristan Losh- 86 and Deyon Edwards- 99.

Nate Bailey's 78 paced the third place Springfield Catholic Fightin Irish. Others carding scores for the Irish were Nick Palmer- 87, Michael Zolfaghari- 89, John Gambon- 91 and Jake Branham- 93.

       Varsity Results

1. Greenwood        327
2. Strafford        332
3. Sprfd. Catholic    345
4. Ozark        352
5. Republic        355
6. Branson        373
7. Bolivar        374
8. Hollister        395
9. . Mt. Vernon     402
10. Fair Grove        404
11. Reeds Spring    417

           Varsity Medalists

1. Tony Brandt        Greenwood          75
2. Nate Bailey        Springfield Catholic    78
3. Tom Montileone    Greenwood        80
4. Braden Campbell    Strafford        81
5. Tristan Crow    Strafford        82

    Junior Varsity Results

1. Nixa            344
2. Logan-Rogersville    384
3. Republic        399
4. Willard        431
5. Ozark        432
6. Branson        462
7. Greenwood        464
8. Strafford        479
9. Reeds Spring    499
10. Fair Grove        503
11. Mt. Vernon    509

    Junior Varsity Medalists

1. Kyle Faulk        Nixa            82
2. Gavin Fararr        Nixa            83
3. Cole Eagleburger    Nixa            88
4. Dusty Middleton    Nixa            91
5. Chris Castleberry    LR            93
 

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