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Falligant, a senior, shot a 73.

“The first 10 holes I started off pretty well,” Falligant said. “It’s tough to not start playing defensively when you start out hot and I feel like I did a good job of not doing that.”

After the hot start, Falligant cooled off as he approached the last five holes of the course.

“I didn’t commit to as many shots as I would have liked and then I missed a couple easy putts,” Falligant said.

Fellow Cougars senior Chase Rice finished in 17th with a 75. Craig’s Tanner Schenzel shot a 81 and Noah Niccolai finished at 82.

“We played really well today,” said Falligant. “Still a lot of room for improvement. We shot our best team score by six or seven. So, I feel pretty good about where we’re at.”

A pair of seniors also led Parker. Carson Truesdill’s carded an 80 to lead the team and Grady Lutterman finished at 82.

“I definitely left some shots out there that I wish I had back,” Truesdill said. “But I feel like I didn’t play too terribly, but I definitely have some room for improvement.

Truesdill said a strong point in his game Saturday was his putting and his tee-offs.

“But around the green, like my chip shots, that was tough for me,” said Truesdill.

Lutterman had a similar viewpoint on his day. The senior said he didn’t play his best.

“I feel like everyone performed pretty well,” Lutterman said of the Viking’s team performance. “Our top two kind of fell off, but everyone else had our backs.”

Edgerton takes 4th

An eagle by Drew Gunderson allowed the Crimson Tide to gain three strokes and finish ahead of Craig. Gunderson eagled on the fourth hole on the course, which was his very last of the day.

As a team Edgerton scored 309. Leading the Crimson Tide was Owen Wagie, who shot 73 finishing in a tie for fourth.

“We scored 309 as a four-man team, which is always good,” said Edgerton coach Terry Dickenson. “If you play the game of golf, you know you’re always going to leave strokes out there regardless. But I think that we left some out there that we should not have.”

JANESVILLE ASHENFELTER INVITE

At Riverside Golf Course

RESULTS SATURDAY

TEAM SCORES

Marquette 296, Fort Atkinson 306, Arrowhead 306, Edgerton 309, Janesville Craig 311, Grafton 315, Westosha Central 316, Oregon 316, Waukesha North 316, Hartford Union 319, Franklin 319, Waterford 320, McFarland 328, Oconomowoc 330, Madison La Follette 335, Janesville Parker 337, Catholic Memorial 339, The Prairie School 342, Kettle Moraine 367, Watertown 401.

JANESVILLE AND EDGERTON TEAM SCORES

4. Edgerton—t4. Owen Wagie 73. Caleb Kern 75. Drew Gunderson 80. Owen Scharlau 81.

5. Janesville Craig—5. Alex Falligant 73. 17. Chase Rice 75. 42. Tanner Schenzel 81. 47. Noah Niccolai 82.

16. Janesville Parker—40. Carson Truesdill 80. 48. Grady Lutterman 82. 69. Drew King 87. 71. Isaac Vogel 88.

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Milton’s Kade Wieland must have felt a little déjà vu happening Friday in the 44th annual Beloit Invitational at Krueger-Haskell Golf Course.

Tied at the end of regulation for the second straight year, sophomore Wieland won again in sudden death, this time defeating Fort Atkinson senior Mason Burke on the third playoff hole.

Wieland and Burke had tied at 69 after 18 holes just as Wieland had tied his brother Brett at 69 a year ago. Oregon senior Lincoln Hottmann finished third at 71. Tying for fourth place were DeForest senior Kaden Zinkle and Milton sophomore Tyler Birkhimer at 73 each.

Rounding out the top 10 Joey Houseman of Madison La Follette, Nils Levander of Sun Prairie East and Kellan Jacobson of Fort Atkinson at 74, Parker Bilderback of DeForest at 75 and Lucas Kuehn of Sun Prairie East and Falligant of Janesville Craig at 76.

Turner junior Luke Malkow finished 86th (100) followed by Parkview junior Oliver Friedrich in 87th (102).

Brodhead senior Jayke Huntington finished in a tie for 88th (103). Sophomore teammate Landen Malcook tied for 91st at 107, senior Cullen Walker took 95th (109) and senior Jacob Keating tied for 97th (116).

Parkview junior Oliver Friedrich finished 87th (102) and junior Aiden Engle was 96th (112) and junior Davis Borntreger tied for 97th (116).

Beloit Memorial sophomore Cayden Miller finished 93rd (108).

Unlike 2024 when the Wielands led Milton to the team title, this time DeForest took first with a 297 score.

44th Annual Beloit Invitational

At Krueger-Haskell Golf Course

Team Scores

DeForest 297, Fort Atkinson 302, Sun Prairie East 312, Milton 313, Janesville Craig 325, Evansville 327, Madison La Follette 329, Sun Prairie West 329, Janesville Parker 339, Elkhorn 341, Delavan-Darien 345, Kenosha Tremper 346, Monroe 349, Beloit Turner 350, Watertown 351, Badger 352, Madison Memorial 363, Burlington 373, Parkview 397, Brodhead 435, Beloit Memorial (inc.).{/div}