The Trenton and Gallatin high school boys golf teams were in action at the Cameron Tournament on Thursday with both squads finding a measure of success. Gallatin carded a team score of 380, tying them for second in the 11-school field. Trenton, meanwhile, finished eighth as a team with a score of 434, but freshman Kiefer Tolson finished third individually with a mark of 86.
TRENTON
Tolson blistered the Veterans Memorial Course, shooting a front-nine 45 and back-nine 41 to arrive at his total. Only Cameron’s Brady Stice, 82, and Chillicothe’s Jackson Trout, 84, posted lower scores on the day.
“I was very happy for Kiefer to finish third in his first high school competition,” Trenton coach Travis Mullenix said. “He had to fight a little for it, too. He was struggling with his swing a bit, but was able to grind it out and finish with a medal.”
Tolson would be the only sub-100 golfer for Trenton at the tournament. Riley Gott was close, though, shooting a 103 with nine-hole splits of 52 on the front and 51 on the back.
“Riley had some issues with his short game or he would have moved up the leaderboard quite a bit,” Mullenix said. “He’s going to be a really good golfer and turn in some good scores, so I’m not too worried about him.”
Bo Meeker followed with a 121, going 57 on the front and 64 on the back and Hunter Ledgerwood rounded out the team score with a 124 after shooting a 65 on the front side and a 59 on the back. Jake Schmadeke was also in action for the Bulldogs, shooting a 130. He carded a 63 on the front nine and a 67 on the back.
The tournament marked the first outing of the season for the Bulldogs.
Trenton will return to the links on Monday, hosting a triangular with Putnam County and Princeton. Tee time at the Riverside Country Club is scheduled for 4 p.m.
GALLATIN
Brody Bird was once again at the top of the Gallatin lineup and went home with a medal after placing sixth overall with a score of 88. Bird carded a front-nine 42 and shot 46 on the back side to reach his total. He would be Gallatin’s lone medalist as Logan Bottcher just missed the top 10 by two strokes, shooting a 93. Bottcher had a bit of a rough day on the front nine, shooting a 53, but came around the back with a score of 40 — the lowest nine-hole total of any golfer in the entire tournament field. The 93 left him with a 12th-place finish individually.
Isaac Bird posted a score of 98 with a 51 on the front and a 47 on the back. Rounding out the Gallatin team total was Jordan Donovan, who shot a 101 with nine-hole marks of 48 on the front and 53 on the back. Garrett Dungy was also in action for the Bulldogs, carding a 107. He had a 51 on the front and a 56 on the back.
Gallatin’s golfers were back out on Thursday, hosting King City, Stanberry and Worth County in a quad at the Daviess County Country Club. The Bulldogs hit the course again on Tuesday, hosting Princeton, Lathrop and Plattsburg in another home quad. Tee time for that event is set for 4 p.m.