EPPJ Wins Golf Invitational; N-O, O-C Tie For Fifth Place

Wolfpack golfers won Wednesday's Niobrara-Verdigre Invitational and the Warriors and Cyclones tied for fifth.

After 18 holes, Kyle Heithoff of Elgin Public/Pope John and Brock Mueller of Crofton were tied at 75, each shooting a 39 on the front nine and a 36 on the back nine. Mueller later won the playoff for the championship, and Heithoff was named the runner up. Chase Kallhoff of Neligh-Oakdale earned third place with a 78.

Other Antelope County golfers finishing in the top 15 were Aaron Hauf of O-C, 7th, 80; Chad Bode of EPPJ, 9th, 83; Tate Schutt of O-C, 11th, 86; Miles Schrage of EPPJ, 14th, 88; and Jacob Tabbert of O-C, 15th, 89.

The JV champion was Cody Madsen of Neligh-Oakdale with an 85.

EPPJ
Kyle Heithoff, 75
Chad Bode, 83
Miles Schrage, 88
Kalin Henn, 96 
Regan Kerkman, 101
Team Score 342
EPPJ JV
Jack Borer, 100 
Evan Schindler, 114
 
O-C
Aaron Hauf, 80 
Tate Schutt, 86 
Jacob Tabbert, 89 
Zach Martin, 98 
Peyton Clifton, 120 
Team Score 353 
O-C JV
Keelie Meyer, 103  
Cameron Bolling, 97 
Riley Snider, 94

NELIGH-OAKDALE 
Brady Kallhoff, 93
Grant Knutson, 91
Chris Bentley, 94
Garett Allemang, 91
Chase Kallhoff, 78
Team Score 353
N-O JV
Cody Madsen, 85  
Jordon Murray, 100 

TEAM SCORES:
Elgin Public/Pope John 1ST 342
Boyd County 2ND 349
Osmond 3RD 352
Bloomfield/Wausa 3RD 352
Clearwater/Orchard 5TH 353
Neligh-Oakdale 5TH 353
Ewing 7TH 367
Santee 8TH 410
Chambers/Wheeler Central 9TH 420 
Niobrara-Verdigre 10TH 486 

INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS (TOP 15): 
Brock Mueller 1ST 75 Crofton *Won playoff 
Kyle Heithoff 2ND 75 EPPJ 
Chase Kallhoff 3RD 78 Neligh-Oakdale 
Aric Krienert 4TH 79 Osmond 
Mitchell Atkinson 5TH 80 Boyd County 
Cody Bernt 6TH 80 Boyd County 
Aaron Hauf 7TH 80 Clearwater-Orchard 
Quinn O'Brien 8TH 82 Bloomfield/Wausa
Chad Bode 9TH 83 EPPJ
Ben Ramold 10TH 85 Ewing
Tate Schutt 11TH 86 Clearwater-Orchard
Jeremy Ohlfest 12TH 86 Bloomfield/Wausa
Robert Nordby 13TH 88 Ewing
Miles Schrage 14TH 88 EPPJ
Dante Schmit 15TH 89 Osmond
Jacob Tabbert 89 Clearwater-Orchard
Matt Koehler 89 Bloomfield/Wausa
Zach Kumm 89 Osmond
JV Medalist
Cody Madsen 1ST 85 Neligh-Oakdale

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