Columbia wins county golf tourney

The Columbia golf team poses with its championship trophy. Pictured, front row, from left, are Matt Gasaway, John Cygnarowicz and Kyle Steve; back row: Drew Harm, Drew Nowak, Foster Gundlach, Andrew Wittenauer, Nolan Antonini, coach Tom Detmer and Brandon Harm.
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Columbia High School’s boys golf team defended its title again at this year’s Monroe County Golf Tournament held at Annbriar on Thursday. It was the third straight year the team won the tournament.

Columbia shot a combined score of 154 on the front nine holes of the golf course. Waterloo followed with a 159; Gibault shot a 168 and Valmeyer finished with a 204.

Columbia’s Andrew Wittenauer and Nolan Antonini each shot a 36, with Wittenauer becoming the champion after a playoff.

Waterloo’s Chase Whelan took third place and Ryan Stites took fourth — each shot a 38.

Individual scores follow:

Columbia
Andrew Wittenauer – 36
Nolan Antonini – 36
Matt Rachell – 40
Kyle Steve – 42
Brandon Harm – 44
Drew Harm – 47

Waterloo
Ryan Stites – 38
Chase Whelan – 38
Matt Gaubatz – 40
Avery Wheat – 43
Colin Whelan – 44
Matt Todd – 54

Gibault
Alex Dietz – 40
Zach Heet – 40
Jason Merz – 40
Tom Hermann – 48
Johnny Adams – 50
Lucas Hermann – 51

Valmeyer
Ike Franke – 48
Carson Sensel – 50
Cole Juelfs – 51
Adrian Crossin – 55
Alex Benyo – 58
Kyle Bruce – 64

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.

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