The IMS boy’s golf team woke up bright and early on Saturday morning leaving the school at 5:15 to head south to Donnellson to play in the Central Lee golf tournament. Medalist from Central Lee was Brian Krehbiel with a 69. IMS was led by Tanner Leyden with a 98, Richard Deming shot a 115, Ben Miller carded a 124, and Grant Schlabaugh shot a 126 to give the boys a team score of 463. Coach Ryan Miller said “All of the boys have improved by quite a few strokes from the beginning of the year. It ended up being a fun day of golf with four good rounds from the boys.”

Central Lee won the tournament with a team score of 317. Keokuk had 329, Notre Dame West Burlington 344, Holy Trinity Catholic 345, Van Buren 374, Ft. Madison 392, and IMS with 463.

On Monday the girls headed south to Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course in Ft. Madison to play in the Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet. Rain soaked the course over night and made things a little difficult for the girls. Everyone finished their rounds with soaked feet and some had soaked pants, yet the girls did not complain. Medalist for the North was Mackenzie Noble from Wapello with an 87. IMS was led by Jess Miller with a 149. Michaela Prihoda shot a 168, Mischa De Jesus carded a 173, and Kaycee Miller and Breana Stout both shot a 181 for a team score of 671. Wapello led team scoring with 388, followed by Mediapolis 438, Winfield Mount Union 439, Columbus 471, Lone Tree 491, Louisa Muscatine 546, IMS 671, and Waco did not have enough golfers to have a team score. “Even though the conditions were not ideal the girls had a lot of fun,” commented Coach Miller.

With a wet start to the day, things dried off and a great day of golf was had by the IMS boys golf team as they played in the Mid-Prairie Hawk Invite in Kalona on Tuesday afternoon. Tanner Leyden and Randy Ropp were not available so Ben Miller and Brent Brenneman filled in and did a superb job. Brent had the low score for IMS with a 115. Zach Hill shot a 135, Ben Miller carded a 137, and Jordan Miller shot a 139 for a team score of 526. Medalist for the tournament was Jace Koenig from Durant with a four over par 76. The low team score with a 319 was North Cedar followed by Mount Vernon with a 324, West Branch had 334, Mid-Prairie had 337 for fourth place, Regina shot 341, Durant had 348, Winfield Mount Union shot 356, Wilton shot a 365, West Liberty a 386, Lone Tree had 432, and IMS shot a 526 for eleventh place. There were plenty of great golfers at the invite which is evident with the team scores.

Coach Ryan Miller commented, “The IMS boys did a great job with their first 18 hole meet of the year. They were also able to not let a few rain drops ruin their mood to play golf. It was great to see Brent and Ben come in at the last minute and shoot some good scores.”

Breana Stout

Richard Deming

The IMS boys and girls golf teams traveled to Indian Hills Golf Course in Wapello to play Mediapolis. Kensley Heater of Mediapolis was medalist for the girls with a 49. Leading IMS was Jess Miller with a 68 followed by Breana Stout with a personal best 72.  Mischa De Jesus shot a 76 and Amber Davis shot a 78 for a team score of 294. The Mediapolis girls shot a team score of 222 to take the win.

Nick Anderson of Mediapolis shot a 41 to take medalist on the boys side. Tanner Leyden led IMS with a 55.  Zach Hill shot a personal best 60, and Richard Deming along with Randy Ropp carded a 66 to give IMS a team score of 247. The Mediapolis boys shot a team score of 179 to take the win.

“That was the last nine hole meet of the year so we are going to have to really stay focused and not let a bad hole here and there ruin a good round of golf,” Coach Ryan Miller said.  The boys play in the Mid-Prairie tournament on Tuesday and the SEISC meet on Thursday.

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Randy Ropp

Kaycee Miller

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Breana Stout

Ben Miller

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Tanner Leyden

The IMS boys and girls golf teams traveled to the Twin Lakes Golf Course to take on the Wolves from Winfield Monday afternoon. Medalist from Winfield was Jake Edwards who shot a 41. Tanner Leyden was the low score for IMS with a 51, followed by Grant Schlabaugh with a 65.  Zach Hill carded a 68 and Richard Deming shot a 69 for a team score of 253, which was not enough to beat Winfield’s score of 177.

Medalist for the girls was Kelsi Wade from Winfield who shot a 50. IMS was led by Jess Miller who shot a 58.  Michaela Prihoda carded a 59, Amber Davis shot an 80, and Breana Stout shot a 84 to give IMS a team score of 281. Winfield had a team score of 209.

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Grant Schlabaugh

Michaela Prihoda

“It was a bit on the windy side which did not help the scores any, but the course was pretty wide open to make things a little easier. IMS was missing some key golfers on both the boys and girls teams. Hopefully we will have them back heading into post season play which starts next week,” said Coach Ryan Miller. On Thursday both boys and girls will travel to play Mediapolis.

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Brent Brenneman

Zach Hill

Zach Hill

Brent Brenneman

Richard Deming

Tanner Leyden

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With a perfect day to be playing golf the IMS boys and girls golf teams turned in their best scores of the year. The meet was held at Hi Point golf course in Iowa City which is the home course of the Lions from Lone Tree. Medalist for the boys was Andy Dotson from Lone Tree who shot a 41. IMS was led by Tanner Leyden with a 49 followed by a 53 from Thaddeus Yoder. Zach Hill shot a 54 and Richard Deming carded a 57 for a team total of 213. Lone Tree took the team title with a team score of 185.

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Mischa De Jesus

Jess Miller

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Amber Davis

Jess Miller of IMS and Katy Ruth from Lone Tree and were co-medalists with a round of 50. Helping with the team score for IMS was Mischa De Jesus with a 66, Amber Davis who shot a 70 and Breana Stout who carded a 77 for a team score of 263. The team score for Lone Tree was 228.

“Almost everyone shot their best round of the year, which was a lot of fun to see. The next meet isn’t for another week, which gives us some much needed time to work on improving on these numbers,” coach Ryan Miller commented.

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Grant Schlabaugh

Jordan Miller

Ben Miller

Breana Stout

The IMS boys and girls golf team headed south to face Wapello on a perfect night for golf last Thursday evening. The boys’ medalist from Wapello was Jordan Schoonover with a score of 42.  IMS was led by Tanner Leyden who shot a 49. Richard Deming shot a 64 and Brent Brenneman and Zach Hill both carded a 67 for a team score of 249. Wapello won the meet with a team score of 177.  

On the girls side of things it was hard for the girls to keep up with the big hitters from Wapello, but the three girls that made the trip hung in there and gave it everything they had. The girls’ medalist from Wapello was Mackinzie Noble with a 45. The IMS girls were led by senior Jess Miller with a 74, followed by Breana Stout with a 75, and Kaycee Miller who shot a 78. IMS was not able to produce a team score with only three golfers. Wapello shot a team score of 203.

Coach Ryan Miller commented, “We need to start eliminating the high score holes. Scores are looking pretty good but then there are always a couple holes that are too high. Once spring break is over we are going to focus on lowering our scores.”