WXHS boys golfers wins second straight tournament; VHS’ Barnes wins medalist honors
Sep 19, 2024 11:55AM ● By Catherine Garrett
Golf
Woods Cross
For the second consecutive week, Woods Cross won a Region 5 tournament. On Sept. 9, Dylan Markisich and Clayton Schmitt’s rounds of one-under 70s – tying for second place – helped the Wildcats shoot a team score of 287 at Schneiters Riverside.
“It was a little up and down for our team, but in the end we played pretty well,” said head coach David Simon. “It is still very close in our region so we need to keep working to get better.”
Lance Henriksen had a 73, tying for 10th place, and Jackson Bodily and Josh Allen shot 74s.
Other scores for Woods Cross were Landon Day 76, Brooks Bybee 77 and Sam Bennett 86.
The Wildcats remain first in the Region 5 standings with Markisich also at the top individually while Schmitt sits in sixth.
Bountiful
Bountiful was two strokes back of Woods Cross at Schneiters Riverside thanks to the play of Jett Danowski and Luke Smith, who shot 70s and tied for second place. Jack Jordan’s 73 tied for 10th.
Also competing for the Redhawks were Ty Cottle and Cody Forbes (76), Scotty Theobald (79), Joe Stobbe (83) and Andrew Johnson (87).
Bountiful stands second in Region 5 with four players in the top 12 – Cottle (third), Jordan (seventh), Danowski (11th) and Smith (12th).
Viewmont
Viewmont’s Corver Barnes shot a 69 to win medalist honors at Schneiters Riverside and led the Vikings to third overall with a score of 296. Oliver Gladwell tied for second overall with a round of 70.
Other scores for Viewmont were James Gardner 76, Joe Gladwell 81, Kimball Essig 83, Isaac Tingey 87, Chase Dalton 88 and Brigham Shupe 91.
The Vikings are fourth currently in Region 5 with Corver Barnes sitting in fifth, Gladwell ninth and James Gardner 10th individually.
Davis
At Glen Eagle Sept. 9, Davis’ Max Landon shot a 69 to help the Darts place third as a team.
“Max played great once again,” said head coach Josh Roberts.
Jack Christiansen and Jackson Gross had rounds of 74 with Jacob Merrill shooting a 75.
“We still have lots of room for improvement and cleaning up some small mistakes, but I am happy to see everyone fighting for the team!”