Marshfield fourth at final Wisconsin Valley Conference boys golf meet
Stevens Point wins overall team title, East’s Matt Tuman top individual
By Paul Lecker
Sports Reporter
MERRILL — Teams wrapped up the seven-meet Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament on Friday at Merrill Public Golf Course.
Wausau West won the meet with a score of 322, ending Stevens Point’s six-match winning streak in the tournament. Marshfield finished fourth for the fifth meet in a row, ending with a score of 340.
Derek Michalski led Marshfield with an 81, tying for seventh place. He ended up in sixth in the overall standings, earning second-team all-conference. Teammate Zach Hanson finished 10th with an 83 and was 14th in the overall standings to gain honorable mention all-WVC.
Matt Tuman of Wausau East was the meet medalist with a 70, winning by eight strokes over Wausau West’s Josh Yang. Tuman was the WVC individual champion for the second year in a row.
Rounding out Marshfield’s scoring was Grant Michaelis with an 86 and Joe Kirschnik with a 90.
(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)
Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament
Leg No. 7, May 20, at Merrill Public Golf Course
Team scores: 1. Wausau West 322; 2. Stevens Point 328; 3. Wausau East 333; 4. Marshfield 340; 5. Merrill 367; 6. D.C. Everest 369; 7. Wisconsin Rapids 395.
Top 10 and Marshfield finishers: 1. Matt Tuman (WE) 70; 2. Josh Yang (WW) 78; 3. Austin Hillery (WW) and Ben Langlois (WW) 79; 5. Jake Hofmeister (SP) and Taylor Thomas (SP) 80; 7. Derek Michalski (MAR) and Brad Goetsch (DC) 81; 9. Hunter Wallace (MER) 82; 10. Zach Hanson (MAR) 83; 14. (tie) Grant Michaelis (MAR) 86; 20. Joe Kirschnik (MAR) 90.
Final overall standings: 1. Stevens Point 48; 2. Wausau West 39; 3. Wausau East 37.5; 4. Marshfield 29.5; 5. D.C. Everest 19; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 12; 7. Merrill 1.
Final individual standings and Marshfield golfers (top 5 first-team all-WVC; 6th through 10th place second-team all-WVC; 11th through 15th place honorable mention all-WVC): 1. Matt Tuman (WE) 95.5; 2. Jake Hofmeister (SP) 83; 3. Max Bancker (SP) and Josh Yang (WW) 75.5; 5. Taylor Thomas (SP) 60; 6. Derek Michalski (MAR) 57.5; 7. Austin Hillery (WW) 52; 8. Evan Thomas (SP) 51; 9. Landon Dehnel (WE) 42.5; 10. Charlie Okray (SP) 41.5; 11. Ben Langlois (WW) 26.5; 12. Hunter Wallace (MER) 23.5; 13. Ben Peloquin (DC) 20; 14. Hunter Ricklefs (WW), Zach Hanson (MAR) and Brad Goetsch (DC) 18.5; 18. Joe Kirschnik (MAR) 14; 23. Brendan Schneider (MAR) 6.5; 25. Grant Michaelis (MAR) 4.
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