COFFEYVILLE — The Iola High golf team continued their season at the Coffeyville Varsity Golf Invitational on Tuesday.
The Mustangs took home sixth place as a team with a final of 363. Pittsburg, Independence and Coffeyville rounded out the top three placements while Chanute took fourth place and Fort Scott finished in fifth place.
“Having the boys do well I think should take some pressure off going into regionals in two weeks,” said Iola head coach Jeremy Sellman. “I asked if they thought they could score better by removing at least five strokes each and they all confirmed that they all had mistakes that they could easily fix the next time.”
Brennen Coffield finished in 13th place after stroking an 86.
“He really is impressive with his focus on his game,” Sellman said. “He studies courses, makes notes and sticks to his game plan during the tournament and his scores reflect that level of work.”
Chris Holloway took 14th place after shooting an 88.
“Chris has been focused all week on keeping his mental game in control and rolling with the punches,” said Sellman. “Watching him play a couple of his holes I was impressed with his game play. He stayed focused and scored well.”
Xander Sellman came in 24th place after finishing shooting a 92.
“Xander was really struggling on his front nine holes,” Sellman said. “He was missing everything left and couldn’t get it flipped around. After some in-game swing adjustments he was back to playing like he can and was making up ground.”
Baron Folk finished in 34th place by shooting a 97.
“I’m really happy to have Baron on the team,” Sellman added. “He has constantly improved every week and this week was no different. Playing the longest course he has ever played Baron kept his cool and played great. He struggled a bit on the back nine but made his mark on the front. Baron just puts his head down and grinds his way around the course.”
Ethan Harris took 40th place after shooting a 108.
“Ethan struggled chipping and putting, letting several holes get away from him leading to his higher score,” said Sellman. “I know Ethan will be working to clean up these areas of his game.”
Parker Andres came in 44th place after shooting a 115.
“This was a big test for Parker, being that long and difficult I really wasn’t expecting him to score as well as he did,” Sellman explained. “He really impressed me by keeping his score where it was. With him this was a great achievement as he kept himself from taking a max score on any of his holes. That’s a great victory for him.”
