Vote: Ames Tribune Athletes of the Week for May 20-26
This past week saw the Gilbert girls golf team turn in a historic performance to repeat as Class 3A state champions during the 3A state tournament on Thursday and Friday at the Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls.
Roland-Story just missed repeating as 2A girls golf state champions after placing second during the 2A state meet held at the Cedar Pointe Golf Course in Boone. Ames also had a successful girls state golf meet in 4A, placing sixth overall at the Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny.
Last week also saw Nevada freshman Parker Rodgers take third individually and Gilbert finish fourth as a team during the 3A boys state golf meet on Monday at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames. The second day of the tournament was canceled due to inclement weather.
Ballard senior Kaitlyn Zugay took seventh in the 1A girls state singles tennis tournament in Iowa City. The Bomber doubles team of Jocie Hobbs and Ellie Volkmann placed eighth in the 1A doubles tournament.
Last week also saw defending 2A state champion Gilbert qualify for state in boys soccer and Nevada earn its 12th-consecutive state appearance in 1A girls soccer. It was also the opening week of high school softball across the state.
Here are the Ames Tribune's female and male Athlete of the Week candidates for the week of May 20-26. AmesTrib.com readers vote to determine the winners, who will be announced at the end of the week.
Girls
Eden Lohrbach, Gilbert
Lohrbach shot a 5-under-par score of 139 over 36 holes to win medalist honors at the Class 3A girls state golf meet for the third time in four years.
Lohrbach won medalist by eight strokes. Her score helped Gilbert easily defend its 3A state championship by shooting a 3A-record 608 over 36 holes on Thursday and Friday at the Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Iowa City.
Brinley Carlson, Roland-Story
Carlson helped Roland-Story place in the top five at the 2A girls state golf meet for the fifth year in a row by taking sixth individually.
Carlson carded a 162 over 36 holes last Thursday and Friday at Boone. That was good enough to place her sixth overall.
Carlson helped Roland-Story shoot a 679 as a team to finish second. The Norse came in just five strokes behind Sumner-Fredericksburg's winning score of 674.
Emersen Motl, Ames
Motl stepped up to place 17th individually for Ames at the 4A girls state golf meet last Thursday and Friday at Otter Creek.
Motl shot under 80 during both 18-hole rounds. She finished with 157 over 36 holes to help Ames score a 660 as a team.
Kaitlyn Zugay, Ballard
Zugay followed up an eighth-place finish at last year's 1A girls state tennis singles tournament by placing seventh at this year's 1A state tournament held in Iowa City.
Zugay went 3-2 during the tournament. She defeated Aplington-Parkersburg's Peyton Klooster in three sets during the seventh-place match,
Avery Anderson, Nevada
Anderson scored the winning goal during the No. 7 Nevada girls soccer team's 2-1 victory over No. 14 Panorama in the 1A Region 2 championship game last Thursday at Cub Stadium in Nevada.
Anderson's winning score came off a ball from Alexa Betting with just 33 seconds left on the clock.
Boys
Parker Rodgers, Nevada
Rodgers took third individually as a freshman during the 3A boys state golf meet held last Monday at the Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames.
Rodgers shot a 71 over 18 holes and he won a card-back with MOC-Floyd Valley's Carson Korver and Washington's Roman Roth for third behind Adel-Desoto-Minburn's Easton Korell (66) and Solon's Isaiah Zoske (68). The meet was only for one day, as Tuesday's competition was canceled due to inclement weather.
Joey Currans, Gilbert
Currans capped his outstanding career that included three top-10 finishes at state by coming in seventh at the 3A boys state golf meet.
Currans carded a 76 over 18 holes. He won a card-back with Waverly-Shell Rock's Wesley Hubbard for seventh, and his score helped Gilbert place fourth as a team to earn its fourth top-five state finish in a row.
Tyler Holtan, Gilbert
Holtan got the offense rolling for No. 1 Gilbert during its 3-0 2A Substate 6 final win over Knoxville in boys soccer on May 22 at Gilbert.
Holtan broke a scoreless tie with an early goal in the second half. He later assisted on another goal to help the Tigers remain undefeated at 17-0 heading into state.
Carter Geffre, Ames
Geffre was dominant on the mound and at the plate in helping the Ames baseball team earn its second victory of the season with a 6-0 triumph during a doubleheader on May 22 at Ottumwa.
Geffre tossed a one-hit shutout with 14 strikeouts and three walks to get the win. He also went 2-for-4 with a triple, home run and two RBIs on offense.
Reed Oswalt, Collins-Maxwell
Oswalt came up big on offense for the Collins-Maxwell baseball team during victories over Colo-NESCO (16-6) and BCLUW (6-5) last week.
Oswalt was 3-for-5 with two doubles, one run and five RBIs during the win over Colo-NESCO May 22 at Zearing. He doubled, scored, walked and drove in a run during the win over BCLUW Friday at Collins.
Joe Randleman covers high school sports for the Ames Tribune. Contact him at jrandleman@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @JoeRandleman
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