Baxter golfers take second at road triangular

BROOKLYN — Karlee Koehler, Klaire Shanks and Ashlee Herr finished in succession during a road triangular at Brooklyn-Victor Country Club on Thursday.

The Bolts placed second in both competitions as the girls shot 217 and were 10 shots better than Montezuma (227), while the boys turned in a school-record 176 and dumped the Braves by 12 strokes.

Host BGM swept the competition with a 192 (girls) and 152 (boys).

Koehler shot a 50 and placed fifth to lead the Baxter girls, while Shanks (53) and Herr (55) were sixth and seventh, respectively. Shanks and Herr both carded career-best scores.

Hannah Huffaker (59) had the other counting score and Luci Kucera (72) and Caydence Sulzle (73) posted non-counting scores.

BGM’s Aurelia Roudabush was the meet medalist with a 42 and her teammate, Averee Krebill, turned in a 46 as the runner-up medalist.

The BGM boys took the first five positions in the individual competition as Ethan Bridgewater was the medalist with a 33 and Beau Burns finished second with a 39.

Charlie Maher carded a 42 to lead the Bolts, who set a new nine-hole school record. Stadan Vansice (43), Hudson Bethards (45) and Colten Damman (46) had the other counting scores.

Masyn Titus (50) and Cainan Travis (60) carded non-counting scores. The 45 from Bethards and Damman’s 46 were career-best scores.