LACROSSE — Nick Schemper put together his best round of golf Monday since the 2014 season began.
It couldn’t have come at a better time.
Schemper’s third-place 83 at Monday’s Sand Green Regional Tournament qualified him for state for the fourth year in a row.
“Nick finally put together decent back-to-back nine holes,” Wildcat golf coach Kevin Barnes said.
Schemper’s score was two strokes behind individual champion Shane Miller of LaCrosse, who was playing on his home course.
The rest of Yates Center’s golf team “did pretty well for being so young and inexperienced,” Barnes said.
Remi Wagner placed 14th at 101. Jon Barnes shot 118 to take 20th. Eric Updegrove finished 24th with a 155, one stroke better than Cheyenne Gill, who placed 25th.
Yates Center’s team score of 457 put the Wildcats in fourth, 19 strokes out of qualifying for state as a team.
Cheylin-Bird took the team championship. LaCrosse was second, also qualifying for state. Cottonwood Falls finished third.
The Sand Green State Tournament is next Tuesday at Leonardville Golf Course near Manhattan.
