Edgerton cruises to Rock Valley Conference boys golf championship at Riverside Golf Course in Janesville

Tyler Short of Walworth Big Foot made a pair of birdies over his final four holes to tie Edgerton’s Owen Wagie for top medalist honors at the Rock Valley Conference Championship at Riverside Golf Course in Janesville.

Both Short and Wagie finished at 3-under 69. Crimson Tide players occupied the rest of the top five spots on the leaderboard, and Edgerton, ranked No. 2 in the state in Division 2 by the Golf Coaches Association of Wisconsin, comfortably won the team title with a score of 294.

That total was 10 shots better than the score that won the Tide the Ashenfelter Invitational on the same course back on May 4. Cameron Lee finished third Wednesday by shaving five shots off his score from Ashenfelter, while Drew Gunderson took fourth after cutting his Ashenfelter score by seven.

Short’s Chiefs were second in Wednesday’s conference meet at 326.

The top players from other Gazette coverage-area schools included Brodhead’s Nolan Oliver (tied for seventh, 79), Evansville’s Klyne Johnson (tied for ninth, 80), Clinton’s Drew Maly (tied for ninth, 80) and Beloit Turner’s Ethan Hale (tied for 11th, 81).

All five of the area teams in the Rock Valley will compete at Evansville Golf Course for a WIAA Division 2 regional at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

ROCK VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

At Riverside Golf Course, Janesville; par 72

TEAM SCORES

Edgerton 294, Walworth Big Foot 326, East Troy 334, Monroe 335, Evansville 338, Beloit Turner 342, Brodhead 358, Delavan-Darien 362, Clinton 363, Jefferson 364, Whitewater 386

TOP FIVE

t1. Tyler Short (WBF) 69. t1. Owen Wagie (Ed) 69. 3. Cameron Lee (Ed) 74. 4. Drew Gunderson (Ed) 75. 5. Caleb Kern (Ed) 76.

AREA TEAM VARSITY SCORES

1. Edgerton (294) — t1. Wagie 69. 3. Lee 74. 4. Gunderson 75. 5. Kern 76. (t25. Owen Scharlau 87.)

5. Evansville (338) — t9. Klyne Johnson 80. t11. Nolan Burkhalter 81. t27. Finn Crossen 88. t29. Carson Petterson 89. (t41. Will Leeder 95.)

6. Beloit Turner (342) — t11. Ethan Hale 81. t23. Byrin Blum 86. t25. Logan Tysse 87. t27. Cole Rowald 88. (t50. Dane Athens 100.)

7. Brodhead (358) — t7. Nolan Oliver 79. t31. Maddax McGinty 90. t33. Joe Lohmar 91. t48. Joey Brown 98. (t48. Jaxon Dooley 98.)

9. Clinton (363) — t9. Drew Maly 80. t35. Colton Wollslair 92. t41. Brady Nowak 95. t44. Payton Whalen 96. (t50. Jacob Haag 100.)