The 2023 Arlington Invite was contested in the rain Friday at Fremont Golf Club.
Golfers were wet and cold.
“It was definitely an experience,” Eagles senior Eddie Rosenthal said, noting it as the worst weather of the season.
“Miserable,” he added. “We were kind of just scrambling around the course.”
The results, though, ended up as some of Arlington's best of the spring. Jacob Meehan and Rosenthal claimed top-10 finishes as coach Landon Walkenhorst's team took sixth out of 13 teams with 379 strokes.
“I'm pretty happy,” Meehan said after 84 swings across 18 holes. “A lot of kids were saying they weren't playing well and I'm like, 'This is the best I've shot all year.'”
The Eagle was fourth overall with a birdie on hole No. 17. He shot par on five more holes, too.
Meehan said fresh towels were key to his round as he tried to keep his hands dry.
“Today, I didn't play with a glove because the glove would just get wet,” he said. “Usually I do, so it was pretty interesting to me.”
The AHS golfer didn't overextend himself in the rain either.
“A lot of kids, they were just trying to swing hard, and they would get a big divot and (the ball) wouldn't get anywhere,” Meehan said. “So, I just tried to swing easy.”
Rosenthal, meanwhile, carded 88 strokes Friday. He was 10th after a tiebreaker.
“Got luck on some shots,” the senior said. “But, it wasn't bad.”
Josh Hamre added 97 Arlington swings, while Stokely Lewis and Cade Podany finished with 110 and 130, respectively.
Omaha Concordia won the tournament, finishing with 342 strokes. Luke Specht of Wahoo was the individual medalist, carding just 77 at Fremont Golf Club.
The AHS Eagles next compete 9 a.m. Thursday during the Nebraska Capitol Conference Tournament at Elkhorn Valley Golf Course.
ARLINGTON INVITE
Friday at Fremont Golf Club
Team standings: Omaha Concordia 342, Wahoo 357, Yutan 363, Logan View 363, Cedar Bluffs/Mead 372, Arlington 379, Douglas County West 380, Ashland-Greenwood 382, Oakland-Craig 412, Fremont Bergan 414, Exeter-Milligan 428, Wisner-Pilger 458, Shelby-Rising City 467.
Medalist: Luke Specht, Wahoo, 77 strokes.
Arlington results: 4, Jacob Meehan, 84 strokes. 10, Eddie Rosenthal, 88. 31, Josh Hamre, 97. 48, Stokely Lewis, 110. 61, Cade Podany, 130.
Eagles, Pioneers golf at North Bend
Fort Calhoun and Arlington competed April 26 at the North Bend Golf Course, too.
The Pioneers were eighth with 356 strokes, while AHS took ninth with 368. Tekamah-Herman, however, won the 18-hole tournament with 309 swings.
Rosenthal led the Eagles in 14th with 80 strokes. He birdied hole No. 10 and shot par on nine others.
Hamre, meanwhile, shot a 90 for AHS and Meehan carded a 93. Lewis and Podany finished with 105 and 125 strokes, respectively.
Owen and Jayden Miller led FCHS with a pair of 87s. Owen shot par on eight holes, while Jayden shot even on six holes.
Dylan Boldt finished with 89 strokes for the Pioneers, while Vincent Bonacci took 93 swings. Beau Ruma finished with an 18-hole 106, too.
Bears play Oakland twice
The Blair boys golf team played Oakland Golf Club on Thursday and Saturday.
On Saturday, senior Easton Chaffee shot a team-best 85 strokes across 18 holes. His team finished with 391 total, while first-place Tekamah-Herman took just 329.
Connor Wayman finished with 97 swings for BHS, too, while Landen Oppliger carded 104. Luke Valasek added 105 strokes and Rylan Blattert shot a 110.
On Thursday, however, the Bears won a nine-hole varsity quadrangular in Oakland with 183 strokes. They bested West Point-Beemer by a stroke for their first win of the spring.
Wayman shot Blair's low, 42 swings. Chaffee added 45, Jackson Schroeder shot a 47 and Oppliger finished with 49. Valasek carded 53 strokes.
Degan Dresden added 53 swings to lead a Bears junior varsity lineup that finished with a 227.
KNIGHTS INVITATIONAL
Saturday at Oakland Golf Club
Team standings: Tekamah-Herman 329 strokes, Pender 330, Logan View 345, Oakland-Craig 350, Battle Creek 356, North Bend Central 358, Douglas County West 361, Stanton 378, Wahoo Neumann 381, Louisville 382, West Point GACC 383, Blair 391, Lyons-Decatur Northeast 433, Shelby-Rising City 436, David City Aquinas NA, Bancroft-Rosalie NA.
Medalist: Jaylin Jakub, Aquinas, 69 strokes.
Blair results: Easton Chaffee 85, Connor Wayman 97, Landen Oppliger 104, Luke Valasek 105, Rylan Blattert 110.
