Golfers fare well at Worland

Hot Springs County High School’s golf team had a good couple of days of competition in Worland last week at the Ed Cook Classic.

“Last weekend was a great weekend for growth for all of our golfers,” said head coach Brandon Deromedi. “This was the first tournament that all of our golfers got an opportunity to compete in.”

Deromedi said the field in Worland was much smaller which allowed the younger players to get some strokes in a tournament atmosphere.

The varsity boys faired very well, bringing home a third place trophy in what was an all 3A tournament.

Hardy Johnson claimed the number three spot individually with a 144 for the two days and almost all of the athletes set new course personal records on either Thursday or Friday according to Deromedi. Everyone’s scores also improved from day one to day two.

Along with Johnson, Jeffry Clark posted a 178 for 17th place, followed in 18th place by Hadley Johnson who scored a 179.

A little further down the line was Will Clark taking 28th place with a 198 and Kyle Roessling carding a 199 for 30th.

In the girl’s field, Maddie Stam shot a 107 for the weekend, garnering ninth place.

Other members of the team were given shorter holes to play on. Those scores include an 86 for Tyler Kay, a 90 for Jonah Needham and a 91 for Owen McCumber. Seth Weyer shot a 96 and Jean-Luc Willson carded a 116.

This week the Cats will head to Buffalo to face another tough field.

September 5 – 6 the team was originally scheduled to compete in Riverton, but instead, have partnered with Lovell to host a “Cats and Dogs Invitational” where the first day will be played in Lovell and the second day in Thermopolis.

Tee times in Thermopolis on Sept. 6 will be 10 a.m.