ANAMOSA— While the conditions weren’t exactly ideal for Anamosa boys golf fans watching their team host Alburnett at an extremely cold and windy Wapsi Country Club Tuesday, April 10, the play of the Raiders themselves wrapped a warm feeling around all in attendance as the hosts rolled to a whopping 51-stroke rout of the Pirates.

“I can’t complain too much about a 51-stroke win in weather like this,” said Raider boys golf coach Brad Mangler as his team not only had to deal with near freezing temperatures, but also 20-30 mile-per-hour gusts that made play treacherous in the 167-218 victory. “Normally the score we posted wouldn’t be considered too good for Wapsi, but when you factor in what we had to deal with, it’s not too bad.”

Kalib Seeley continued his strong play for the Anamosa boys posting a meet medalist score of 40 while Max Etten added a runner-up medalist score of 41 for the varsity team.

“Kalib has been coming through with some solid rounds for us this year,” said Mangler. “Max continues to play well and turn in good scorecards too. If we can get a couple of other scores down there in the low-40’s and high 30’s, we’ll be a tough team to deal with.”

Lenny Rhomberg and Tyler Parmenter tied for the final counting score for the Raiders each making their way through the Wapsi Country Club course with rounds of 43.

Swinging for the stick
Anamosa sophomore Lenny Rhomberg chips to the second pin at the Wapsi Country Club Tuesday, April 10, helping the Raiders to a huge 167-218 rout over visiting Alburnett. (Journal-Eureka photo by Daryl Schepanski)

Colten Kelly added a 44 while Deg Reynolds finished with a 55 rounding out the varsity scores.

The Anamosa JV team also tallied an easy victory routing the Pirates with a 170-205 final.

“There aren’t too many times you see your JV team out-shoot the varsity but for Alburnett that happened,” said Mangler. “And it almost happened for us too. Mitch Kelly and Adam Andreesen didn’t seem to have too much trouble with the conditions and played very nice rounds. Mitch actually had the best score of the day.”

Mitch Kelly led all golfers on the course with a sizzling 39 that warmed up the team while Andreesen added a 40 to take JV runner-up medalist honors.

Drew Carrier scored a 45 for the Anamosa JV team while Tyler Weers counted with a solid 46. Josh Hora (48) and David Sams (51) also took to the course for the Raiders.

MONTICELLO— It came down to the wire in Monticello for the Anamosa girls golf team Friday, April 13, and even with five of the Raiders six varsity starters being mere sophomores, Anamosa showed their mettle in a 207-210 victory over the Panthers.

“We are a young team,” said Raider girls golf coach Andrew Buck. “But I still had expected we’d play a little better. But most of these girls haven’t played Monticello’s course before and they found some surprises.”

Anne Daily played the tough course like a venerable veteran besting the entire field with a score of 50.

Daily claimed the meet medalist honor while Jordan Bickford settled for the meet runner-up honor on a cardback after firing a 52.

“Anne led the way and handled the par-4’s well,” said Buck. “Jordan and Paige Goetz both played pretty well too for their first time on the course.”
Goetz tallied a 52 while Ryann Pratt turned in the final varsity counting score with a 53.

“I think we’ll start playing a little more focused golf once the weather turns nicer and the girls start enjoying being outside a little more,” said Buck. “It has been a tough spring to get the golf season starter, but we are still right where we want to be, staying ahead of the other conference teams.”

Erin Ridgeway fired a 58 while Morgan Tjaden turned in a 59 for the Raiders.