September 21, 2024

GIRLS GOLF: Gutierrez third place at POI

Russell cards ninth place finish

By Ryan Stonebraker
Mallory Russell was ninth and Ashlyn Gutierrez third in the Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament held recently.

Mallory Russell was ninth and Ashlyn Gutierrez third in the Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament held recently. (NV GOLF)

Nodaway Valley senior Ashlyn Gutierrez led the Wolverines at the Pride of Iowa Conference meet last week in Bedford with a third-place finish.

Guiterrez, who is a Waldolf University commit, shot a 101-stroke round for the 18-hole meet. The POI team race was wrapped up by Mount Ayr’s 419. Martensdale-St. Marys was second with a score of 453. Nodaway Valley placed third with a score of 477.

Gutierrez shot par on three of the first nine holes and one-over on five holes. She shot one over par on four of the second nine holes.

Sophomore Mallory Russell was ninth for Nodaway Valley with a score of 106. She had a first nine-hole score of 53, and a second nine-hole score of 53. Russell shot par on two holes at the meet. Senior Bella Hogan placed 17th with a score of 126 and had a first nine-hole score of 68, paired with a second nine-hole score of 58. Hogan shot par on two holes at the meet.

Other Nodaway Valley scores were Delaney Blomme 28th with a 144 and Caroline Britten 34th with a 192. Blomme had a first nine-hole score of 80 and a second nine-hole score of 144. Britten had twin scores of 96 on each of the nine holes.

The Wolverines will play in a Class 1A sectional meet on May 10 at Lynnville-Sully at Diamond Trail Golf Course. Other teams with the Wolverines are Baxter, Grand View Christian, Martensdale-St. Marys, Melcher-Dallas, Mormon Trail, Lynnville-Sully, Southeast Warren, and Wayne. The other sectionals are at Sigourney and New London. The district meet is at Honey Creek Resort in Moravia.

Pride of Iowa Conference Tournament

Wednesday, May 1

At Bedford

Team Scores: 1. Mount Ayr 419, 2. Martensdale-St. Marys 453, 3. Nodaway Valley 477, 4. Southeast Warren 514, 5. Southwest Valley 526.No Team Scores: East Union, SE Warren, Lenox, Bedford, Wayne.

Individual Team Scores:

MOUNT AYR (419): 1. Jaylee Shaffer 37-45 82, 7. Olivia Huntington 51-54 105, 10. Kammi Willis 57-49 106, 19. Alana Doolittle 70-56 126, 25. Izzy Gilbertson 76-62 138.

NODAWAY VALLEY (477): 3. Ashlyn Gutierrez 47-54 101, 9. Mallory Russell 53-53 106, 17. Bella Hogan 68-58 126, 28. Delaney Blomme 80-64 144, 34. Caroline Britten 96-96 192.