Courtesy Huskies head coach Jeff Ralph | Edited for on-air reads
It was a great day for the Wahpeton Huskies golf team at Brookings Country Club. Wahpeton had its first top-five finish Friday since 2013 and had several players shoot under 40 on the back nine.
Wahpeton was led by seniors Josh Hofman and Brennen Ritter.
Hofman had a couple double bogeys on the front side, but really turned it on over the final nine holes, carding a solid even-par 36 on the back with two birdies and two bogeys. Hofman found a lot of fairways and that led to some great scoring opportunities.
Ritter had one double bogey on the front side and one birdie on the back nine. His course management was good and he kept his ball in play all day. After carding a birdie on hole No. 11, Ritter parred the next five holes to finish with a solid 38 on the backside.
Freshmen Peyton Miller and Kyler Flack also had sub-40 rounds on the back nine, both shooting 3-over-par 39. Both birdied hole No. 11 and both had five pars.
“These two young golfers are getting better each day and I was especially pleased with their score on a course they haven’t played before,” Ralph said.
TEAM SCORES
1 GF Red River 298
2 Horace 309
3 West Fargo 312
4 Davies 314
5 Wahpeton 323
6 Shanley 324
7 GF Central 329
8 Fargo North 330
9 Sheyenne 330
10 Fargo South 331
11 Devils Lake 348
WAHPETON RESULTS
Joshua Hofman 44-36—80
Brennen Ritter 42-38—80
Peyton Miller 42-39—81
Kyler Flack 43-39—82
Gracin Kaste 45-43—88
Connor Haugen 46-43—89
Day two of the Southern Swing was a non-counting Eastern Dakota Conference tournament Saturday. The weather was cold and rainy and conditions were pretty difficult.
Hofman had another solid round shooting a 12-over-par 83. Hofman had a pretty clean scorecard on the back nine with a birdie and five pars. Josh said he had a couple birdie opportunities that didn’t drop, so he played a good round.
Flack and Miller both remarked that it was the coldest round they ever played, but they toughed it out and put up respectable scores. Miller had a solid 4-over-par 40 on the back nine and bounced back after a rough start.
TEAM SCORES
1 GF Red River 294
2 Fargo South 320
3 Horace 320
4 GF Central 321
5 Fargo Shanley 322
6 Fargo North 325
7 West Fargo 326
8 Wahpeton 343
9 Sheyenne 347
10 Devils Lake 356
WAHPETON SCORES
Joshua Hofman 41-42—83
Kyler Flack 42-44—86
Peyton Miller 46-40—86
Gracin Kaste 41-47—88
Brennen Ritter 42-48—90
Connor Haugen 47-44—91
Next meet: Wednesday, April 29 at Bois de Sioux Golf Course — 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
