Waukon golf boys fall at South Winn

The Waukon boys golf team got its season underway this past week, but not with the results the Indians wanted. Those less than desirable results included the postponement of the Tribe’s Tuesday, April 5 Northeast Iowa Conference dual at Charles City that followed a season-opening loss at South Winneshiek Monday, April 4.

That loss at South Winneshiek came by a result of 153-183 at the varsity level for the Indians, with no Indians managing to shoot below 43. “Each varsity player had one or two bad holes, so next time out we’re looking for more consistency and will try to eliminate the big numbers on some holes,” Waukon boys golf coach Tharin Benson said. “Overall, we need to improve on our short game, chipping and putting.  We left a lot of shots out there around the greens.”

The senior trio of Connor Hanson, Luke Zezulka and Mason McMillan paced the Indian varsity effort in consecutive fashion with rounds of 43, 44 and 45, respectively. Junior Logan Sullivan wrapped up the Indian varsity scoring with his round of 51.

The junior varsity Indians also fell at South Winneshiek, coming up short by a 207-239 final result. Senior Adam Drew and freshman Michael Headington paced the JV Indian effort with equal rounds of 54, with sophomore Nathan Benzing turning in a round of 63 and freshman Robbie Drew posting a 68.

The Indians’ April 5 dual at Charles City was rescheduled to Friday, April 22. The golf Tribe was scheduled to host Waverly-Shell Rock Monday, April 11 before playing MFL/MarMac at Luana Tuesday, April 12 and then playing in the Waverly-Shell Rock Tournament Saturday, April 16. The Indians will then host Decorah Monday, April 18 before playing at Caledonia, MN Tuesday, April 19 and then making up that Charles City postponement April 22.