DAILY NEWS photo by Matt Unrau
SWEET SWING: Worland Senior Bri Sweeny takes a
swing on the 15th hole at the Warrior Invitational on Friday.
Bri Sweeny wins home invite
By: Matt Unrau
Sports Writer
WORLAND – After starting Friday tied for the lead at 2-over-par at the Worland Golf Invitational Senior Bri Sweeny stayed steady, shot another 2-over-par and obliterated the field by 16 strokes.
The 4-over-par, 148, for her last home tournament was her also best ever for a two-day high school tournament.
The highlight of Friday’s action had to come on 210-yard 14th. Sweeny placed her first shot squarely in the green then played a 20-foot put above the hole allowing it to curl back in for an eagle on the par-4.
The beautiful work on the green also came on what Sweeny called “one of the hardest greens” on the course due to the steep slope.
“Bri had another great round today,” Coach Jacob Kraft said. “[Shooting an eagle on 14] is certainly no easy task.”
Sweeny’s tournament win this weekend is a continuation of a large amount of success that she’s had at Worland. This summer she won the Junior Amateur Championship and the Worland City Tournament. She also won the high school tournament during her junior year.
Her only other female counterpart on the team, Lauren Craft also shot her best round of the season on Friday, 133.
“She’s steadily improving. It’s exciting to watch her get more and more confidence on the golf course, especially during the high school tournaments,” Coach Kraft said.
On the boys’ side, the low man was once again Andy Skretteberg who shot a 4-over-par on the day and finished tied for ninth with a two-day total of 156. It was an improvement from last year’s tournament where he missed out on the top 10 by one stroke.
Jordan Hernandez finished second for Worland with 192, shooting two consecutive rounds under 100.
Freshman Tyler Tashima also had an impressive tournament shooting 215. Coach Kraft said his steady showing was very impressive and showed a lot of potential considering it’s still his first high school season.
The boys’ team finished ninth out of ten teams. In total they shot two shots better than yesterday and Coach Kraft said he saw improvement in all their games from Thursday to Friday.
“Hopefully we will continue to improve here towards the second half of our golf season,” Coach Kraft said.
Worland’s next tournament will be next Thursday and Friday in Sheridan.
H.E.M. edges Pioneers with extra points
By Matt Unrau
Sports Writer
HANNAH ELK MOUNTAIN – In a battle of two really close teams, it came down to the extra points. Hannah Elk Mountain made three out of five PATs, Ten Sleep made one out of five PATs and Hannah Elk Mountain ended up winning the six-man football game 34-32.
Even with the missed PATs Ten Sleep still had a chance at the end. The offense got a first down at the opponent’s 30-yard line at the end of the fourth, but they couldn’t quite force it into the end zone either by the air or on the ground.
Ten Sleep Coach Jake Zent called it a game against two evenly matched teams with similar styles and similar athletes, and he saw a big improvement both offensively and defensively.
One of the things that worked best for the team offensively were passes over the middle to Kolter Hughes and Skyler Stephson.
It has been a goal of the team to control the ball offensively by doing short gains either by passing or running, and although they did a better job at that, Coach Zent still sees a lot of room for improvement.
“Offensively we need to work on slowing down, making a little better reads, not getting impatient and taking that short pass underneath and working our way up the field,” Coach Zent said. “We have a lot of room to improve.”
Next up for the Pioneers is their first home game when they host Meeteetse at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
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