Maroons weather competition to take first in home match

MENOMINEE — Swirling winds and frigid temperatures did little to slow down the Menominee golf team in Tuesday’s non-conference triangular match against Stephenson and Bark River-Harris.

Despite battling winds that often exceeded 20 miles per hour, both the Maroon boys and girls squads were able to top their respective fields.

The Menominee girls cruised to a team-score of 207, well ahead of runner-up Bark River-Harris (249) and third-place Stephenson (265).

Meanwhile, the Maroon boys breezed their to victory with a team score of 173, more than 30 strokes better than BR-H, who finished second at 205. Stephenson was third with 236.

Stephenson’s Owen Kueanau and Menominee’s Nate Schultz both shot the lowest overall score of the afternoon, finishing with a 41.

Kueanau was the only Eagle golfer to finish with a sub-50 afternoon.

Zach Schwartz backed up Kueanau with a score of 64, while Reegan Kakuk was close behind at 65. Trevor Verba and Brock Motto both finished with 66s.

The other Maroon boys’ scores were Jake Schultz (43), Keegan Wickstrom (44), Jonah Slawinski (45), Connor Coduti (52) and Aidan Robinson (53).

On the girls’ side, Menominee’s Lexi Marineau and BR-H’s Ava McDonough tied for the low-round score at 47.

Kora Beaudo paced the Lady Eagles with a 50, the same as Menominee’s Mackenzie Doyle.

Ava Chouinard (54) and Anna Axtell (56) rounded out the Maroon girls’ scorecard.

Cheyanne Palzewicz (68), Jazmyn Havelka (72), Eva Schultz (75) and Bridget Paidl (76) made up the remainder of the Lady Eagles’ scores.

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Menominee was at home against Gladstone and Marquette on Thursday, with results unavailable at press time. The Maroon boys are at Gladstone on Monday at 9 a.m.

Boys scores

Team — Menominee 173, Bark River-Harris 205, Stephenson 236

Menominee — N. Schultz 41, J. Schultz 43, Wickstrom 44, Slawinski 45, Coduti 52, Robinson 53

Stephenson — Kueanau 41, Schwartz 64, Kakuk 65, Motto 66, Verba 66

Bark River-Harris — Olin Johnson 45, Aiden Wandahsega 52, Carson Lastch 53, Austin Hoffmeyer 55, Max Burton 67

Girls scores

Team — Menominee 207, Bark River-Harris 249, Stephenson 265

Menominee — Marineau 47, Doyle 50, Chouinard 54, Axtell 56

Stephenson — Beaudo 50, Palzewicz 68, Havelka 72, Schultz 75, Paidl 76

Bark River-Harris — McDonough 47, Ella Boney 58, Zailey Cortez 72, Melody Racicot 72, Dakota Bridges 77