Bobcats boys win ESD Golf Meet

BROOKINGS – The Brookings boys’ golf team won the Eastern South Dakota Conference Meet on Monday at the Brookings Country Club.

The Bobcats shot a 303 as a team. Brookings had two top-five finishers in Andrew Heinze and Jack Baszler. Each golfer shot a two-over par 74 and Heinze came in third and Baszler finished in fourth. Garrett Wipf came in 16th (77) and Jack Lovseth finished in 19th (78). Carter Nielsen came in 24th (78) and Liam Heiberger came in 26th (79). 

Brandon Valley finished in second with a score of 305. Watertown came in third (308) and Pierre finished in fourth (308). Harrisburg rounded out the top five (311).

Mitchell’s Asher Dannenbring won the tournament with a two-under 70. Watertown’s Jonathan Lake came in second (73) and Tea Area’s Landon Baker came in fifth (75).

Brookings will finish off the season next week at the Class AA State Golf Tournament at Lee Park Golf Course in Aberdeen. The first round will be on Monday and the tournament will conclude with the second round on Tuesday.