The boys started the competitive action on April 9 against Two Rivers at Gopher Hills. That match had a different format with the teams having two varsity teams, both Hastings teams topped the Two Rivers teams to win that event outright. The girls played host to Hill-Murray on April 10 at Hidden Green with the Pioneers earning a 19-stroke victory and the boys participated in the Bunker Hills invitational with 13 total team, placing sixth. The boys finished up this editions action on Monday, April 14 with a four-team match at Hastings Golf Club. Mahtomedi took the top spot holding the Raiders off by three strokes.
Boys versus Two Rivers
This dual was a bit on the different side, the two teams each fielded 12 total golfers to have two teams of six. Hastings 1 finished with an 18-hole score of 310 with Hastings 2 scoring 317. Two Rivers 1 scored 321 and Two Rivers 2 scored 339, giving Hastings the victories.
Here are the Individual scores:
Hastings 1: David Bauer 76, Jon Harris 77, Trey Bremer 78, Drew Greiner 79, Luke Kendal 80, Drew Mamer 81.
Hastings 2: Brayden Krauth 77, Rylan Krauth 78, Brecken Fullerton 80, Charlie Stoffel 81, Mason Leary and Hunter Hoff 84.
Boys – Bunker Hills Invite
Chanhassen took first out of 13 teams at the Bunker Hills Invite with a 289. Hastings claimed sixth with 308. Individually, David Bauer turned in a 72 even par performance, Luke Kendall 77, Jon Harris 79, Rylan Krauth 80, Trey Bremer 82, and Brayden Krauth 86.
Girls versus Hill-Murray
Hill-Murray paid a visit to Hidden Greens for the Raiders first competition of the season, a 9-hole dual. Hill-Murray bested the Raiders 178 to 197 overall. Seniors Claire Stoffel and Madison Haines led the way for Hastings. Haines finished tied for first overall with an eight over 44. Stoffel took sixth at 48 followed by Harmon Brown with a 16 over 52 and Haylee Newton with a 17 over 53 to round out the scoring for Hastings. Lauren Judge finished with a 57 and Courtney Pine scored 69 to complete the six-player scoring.
Boys Invite
Hill-Murray, Mahtomedi and St. Thomas Academy came to Hastings Golf Club April 14 for a four team invite. Mahtomedi earned the top spot with a 307, Hastings was right behind them with a 310, St. Thomas took third with 320 and Hill-Murray fourth with 332.
Individually for Hastings, David Bauer and Jon Harris tied for second with a three over 75. Drew Greiner and Luke Kendall tied for eighth place with an eight over 80 to round out the four scoring spots for Hastings. Trey Bremer shot 87 and Drew Mamer a 91 rounding out the varsity round.
Both coaches, Matt Klein for the boys and Josh Colvin for the girls, were simply happy to be out watching their kids play golf even if it was under some chilly circumstances. The conversations happened in passing with the intention of getting together somewhere on the course for a real interview which did not come to fruition. Thankfully, the season is young, and we have plenty of time to hear from both of them.
Talking with the players on the course, they were excited to be out playing as well, even if they were not playing as well as they wanted to. They were all in good spirits and enjoying their time on the course.
Up Next
The next chance to catch the boys is April 17 at the Hastings Golf Club for the Dakota County Invite with a shotgun start at 10:00 a.m. Then April 22 at Emerald Greens GC for a 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. April 23, they head to StoneRidge GC in Stillwater for a 9:00 a.m. invitational. They return to the dual format against White Bear Lake at Oak Glen GC on April 24 at 1:30 p.m.
The girls have a conference meet at Emerald Greens GC on April 17 starting at 3:00 p.m. then they host Mahtomedi at Hidden Greens on April 24, also at 3:00 p.m. On April 24, they take a trip to St. Paul to take on Two Rivers at Highland National GC which is scheduled for a 3:00 p.m. start.