Leader Staff
The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School boys golf team had three top-10 finishers Monday to win the Bonduel Invitational at Golden Sands Golf Course.
Witt-Birn finished with a 380. Manawa (389) was second. Area Central Wisconsin Conference members Bonduel (417) placed fifth, Gresham (430) eighth, Marion (452) ninth and Menominee Indian (455) 10th.
“It was a very challenging day for the golfers with the wind picking up all day and the temperature dropping,” Bonduel coach Dave LaBerge said. “The scores were higher across the board because of the conditions.”
Austin Acker (92) had Bonduel’s best score, finishing in a tie for fifth. Other scores for the Bears were Zach Acker (94), Garrett Riemer (112) and Matt LaBerge (119).
Alex Hulbert (87) of Weyauwega earned medalist honors with an 87. Kyle Adamski of Witt-Birn finished second with an 89. Chargers also in the top 10 were Maverick Bushman (94) in a tie for seventh and Gavin Czerwonka (95) in ninth.
Gresham’s Cole Hoffman and Killian Eggert just missed top-10 finishes. Hoffman (96) finished 11th and Eggert (97) was one stroke behind in 12th.
John Peters’ 94 led Menominee Indian. John Long finished with a 97. Jared Sawall led Marion with a 106.