Rockets fourth at league opener

The Remsen-Union boys sit in fourth place after the first Western Valley Conference golf meet last Thursday hosted by River Valley in Correctionville.

Lawton-Bronson leads the standings with 150 while R-U sits at 161.

"I'm happy with the way we played (Thursday)," said R-U coach Steve Neuberger, who is in his first season as the coach. "It was kind of breezy out there, but we hit around it pretty well."

Colin Sonnichsen carded a runner-up 37 on Thursday. Cody Leonard shot a 39, Josh Bohnenkamp shot a 41 and Thomas Miller wrapped up counting scores with a 44.

"There were a lot of schools and a lot of golfers separated by a couple of strokes," Neuberger said.

Tyler Fiedler and Tyler Van Dam each shot non-counting 47s.

"The guys and girls both - it's a bunch of kids who enjoy golfing," Neuberger said. "You can tell that in practice they're anxious to work on their games."

Kingsley-Pierson sits two places back at 166. Evan Klingensmith shot a 38 to lead the Panthers. Matt Young was on his heels with a 39. Ben Goracke carded a 41 and Chris Olson concluded counting scores with a 48. Zach Rollefson shot a non-counting 49.

Western Valley Conference golf action continues Monday at Woodbury Central.

Team results: Lawton-Bronson, 150; Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto, 155; Battle Creek-Ida Grove, 159; Remsen-Union, 161; Westwood, 163; Kingsley-Pierson, 166; Odebolt-Arthur, 179; Galva-Holstein, 185; River Valley. 194.