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Mendota boys golf wins first regional title since 2009: Wednesday’s NewsTribune/BCR roundup · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Mendota Boys Golf wins first regional title since 2009 Wednesday's News Tribune
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  BCR Roundup. Written by Kevin Schlum This article is being
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  read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Boys Golf
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  at Mendota For the first time in nearly two decades, Mendota claimed
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  a regional championship. And the Trojans did it on their home course.
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  Mendota carded a 332, to beat Rockford Lutheran 346 and Aurora
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  Christian 347 at Mendota Golf Club on Wednesday. I'm overly proud
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  of this team and what we have overcome with being a young
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  team, Mendota Senior Colin Ross said. It feels amazing to have a
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  piece of history for Mendota and be able to show my kids
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  it someday. Mendota last won a regional title in 2009. This regional
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  title means a bunch for our program, Mendota coach David Ross said.
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  This is our first title in 17 years and when you're trying
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  to build on your previous accomplishments, it makes setting some of your
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  future goals that much easier. Cosson Jr. Ashton Stamberger each shot an
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  81 to tie for third place. Aurora Christians-Wyatt Sifford was the medalist
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  with a 74. The conditions on the course were brutal, Koss said.
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  For a couple holes it was coming down hard. Being the first
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  group to tee off and it raining nonstop for seven hours, there
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  was standing water on some of the greens which made it tougher
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  to play around them today. The best thing I
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  did today was trusting my shot and having confidence. It's very easy
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  to chunk a shot in the soft ground and get discouraged, but
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  you have to move on and focus on the next. Stamberger said,
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  after a little while he was
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  able to adapt to the conditions, with the help of many towels
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  and rain gloves. What I did well in the round today was
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  my wedges from one hundred and ten to one hundred and forty
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  yards, Stamberger said. I felt like I could go right at the
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  pin confidently. Also for the Trojans, sophomore Cal Doyle tied for 6th
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  with an 84 and Junior Eston Outero was 14th with an 86.
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  Today was absolutely crazy in terms of the conditions, Ross uh said.
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  We knew it was gonna be iffy on whether or not we
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  were gonna be able to play. The advice from the Issa was
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  to make every effort to get this round in. If we weren't
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  able to play this round before Monday, then the opportunity to play
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  us at the sectional would have been forfeited. So so even though
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  it was a difficult decision, we decided to play through the bad
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  weather. It took a ton of mental and physical toughness, and them
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  boys were able to be on top when it was all said
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  and done. The Trojans will play at the Byron Sectional on Monday.
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  My guys have a lot of game and my expectations at The
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  sectional are to compete for an opportunity to go down to the
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  state tournament in Bloomington, Ross said. I truly believe the boys are
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  going to come out and give it everything they have, especially after
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  battling through this difficult day. If we are lucky enough to have
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  good weather on Monday, I expect them to make the most of
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  it. Amboy Co-op senior Caden Hermeyer shot an 82 to advance along
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  with junior teammate Mattis Bayer and Earlville Senior Aiden Browder, who both
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  carted an 84. At Rock Falls, the Class I A, Rock Falls
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  Regional, which includes Princeton and Bureau Valley, was postponed to Friday due
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  to inclement weather. Volleyball Bureau Valley Death. Ridgewood twenty five twelve twenty
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  five seventeen. Maya ship had nine kills, nine digs, and an ace
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  to help the storm to a Lincoln Trail Conference victory on the
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  road. Brooke Helms had 18 digs and served 7 points and 2
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  aces for Bureau Valley July 1, 1740 LTC, while Libby Andris contributed
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  26 assists, 13 points and an ace.