Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Ben Schaefer, shown here holding his Region 2 medal alongside his coach, Harry Pieterick, placed 14th at the State Boys' Golf Meet in Jamestown last Wednesday, May 29.
The final weeks of the high school boys' golf season were the time for NR-S' Ben Schaefer to show his progression as a budding competitor on the links.
Following a second-place performance in the individual standings at the Region 2 Golf Meet in Carrington, the Rocket junior put together 18-hole rounds of 79 and 84 for a score of 163 and 14th place overall at the State Class B Boys' Golf Meet at Jamestown Country Club last Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28-29.
Schaefer finished just 13 strokes behind state champion Parker Bartels of Kindred (76-74-150), whose win vaulted the Vikings to the team title as well with 625 strokes. Bartels prevailed over second-place finisher Grayson Wetch of Oak Grove, who shot 153.
Region 2 boasted the top three Class B teams this season on the boys' state leaderboard. Behind Kindred were the Grovers, with 649, and third place went to Hillsboro-Central Valley at 684.
