Sports : Vinton Shellsburg Girls Golf

By Janet Woodhouse   V-S Girls Golf Meet #1 of 2017 season Triangular at West Delaware, Manchester April 6, 2017 Pine Oaks Golf Course, par 36 Weather conditions: cool with brisk winds, sunny   Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 206 Solon 222 West Delaware 259   Medalist: Rachel Tandy 48 V-S   Co-Runner-up: Brandi Gerber 51 V-S Julia D. 51 Solon   V-S Individuals: Rachel Tandy 48 Brandi Gerber 51 Emily Blake 53 Halie Engler 54 Alex Maynard 55 Abbe Wilson 55 (count the low four scores)   We had a good start to our new season in a challenging wind. Many of our team were playing this course for the first time and we had some junior varsity who had never played a high school golf meet before. 2016 State Qualifier, RachelTandy, took medalist honors with the only score in the 40s this day. Brandi Gerber made her mark as co-medalist for the first time. Our varsity scores were very close; that shows a lot of promise for our team. Our team's putting wasn't the best, but Emily Blake took low honors with 19. Carli Lang, Catherine Steele and Jordan Pattee played their first high school meet on junior varsity. Each girl is working hard to learn the game, rules and to improve her score. Next week our team hosts a Vinton Country Club home meet on Tuesday against South Tama at four o'clock, and at Wildcat Golf Course, Shellsburg, we host Independence. The Thursday meet will be played at 2:30 due to both schools having an early out schedule.