Hanson, Schneider tie for eighth to lead Tigers

By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

WAUSAU — For the second-straight conference meet, the Marshfield boys golf team finished third in the standings as the Wisconsin Valley Conference Tournament continued with its second leg Tuesday at Greenwood Hills Country Club. D.C. Everest was the host school.

Battling windy and chilly conditions, no individual broke 80 on the par-72 course. Stevens Point had a 340 to finish first, five shots ahead of Wausau West. Marshfield was third with a 361.

Merrill’s Russell Dettmering was meet medalist with an 80, one shot ahead of the Stevens Point duo of Evan Thomas and Max Backer.

Zach Hanson and Brendan Schneider each had 88s to lead Marshfield and finish in a four-way tie for eighth. Derek Michalski tied for 16th with a 92, Grant Michaelis was 18th with a 93, and Joe Kirschnik finished with a 96.

Marshfield will compete in the third leg of the seven-meet conference tournament Friday at Merrill.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

Wisconsin Valley Conference Boys Golf Tournament

Meet No. 2, May 2, at Greenwood Hills Country Club, Wausau (Host: D.C. Everest)

Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 340; 2. Wausau West 345; 3. Marshfield 361; 4. D.C. Everest 365; 5. Wausau East 386; 6. Merrill 390; 7. Wisconsin Rapids 407.

Top 10 individuals and Marshfield finishers: 1. Russell Dettmering (MER) 80; 2. Evan Thomas (SP) and Max Bancker (SP) 81; 4. Ben Langlois (WW) 82; 5. Matt Tuman (WE) 83; 6. Josh Yang (WW) 84; 7. Charlie Okray (SP) 86; 8. Hunter Ricklefs (WW), Zach Hanson (MAR), Brendan Schneider (MAR) and Sam Hagedorn (DC) 88; 16. (tie) Derek Michalski (MAR) 92; 18. Grant Michaelis (MAR) 93; 22. Joe Kirschnik (MAR) 96.

Overall standings through Meet No. 2 of 7

Team standings: 1. Wausau West and Stevens Point 13; 3. Marshfield 10; 4. D.C. Everest 8; 5. Wausau East 5; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 4; 7. Merrill 3.

Top 10 individuals and Marshfield golfers: 1. Russell Dettmering (MER) 27; 2. Evan Thomas (SP) 26.5; 3. Josh Yang (WW) 25; 4. Ben Langlois (WW) 23; 5. Max Bancker (SP) 22.5; 6. Matt Tuman (WE) 20; 7. Charlie Okray (SP) 18; 8. Derek Michalski (MAR) 14; 9. Hunter Ricklefs (WW) 13.5; 10. Mike LaPree (WE) and Ben Peloquin (DC) 9; 12. Zach Hanson (MAR) 8; 13. (tie) Sam Hagedorn (DC) and Brendan Schneider (MAR) 6.5.