By Randy Parks
Burns Times-Herald

The Hilanders boys golf team finished just one stroke out of first place at the 10-team Vale Invitational on Friday, May 1.

Nampa Christian (Nampa, Idaho) grabbed the team title with a score of 327, followed by Burns with 328. La Grande placed third with 337, Vale was fourth with 341, Weiser, Idaho, was fifth with 348, Parma, Idaho, and Payette, Idaho, tied for sixth with 368, Baker came in eighth with 378, Ontario ninth with 386 and Nyssa 10th with 439.

The Hilanders’ Andy Hammon and Harold Knieriem both shot 79, Torin Foster and Dylan Thompson each had 85 and Jeff Nelson finished with an 86.

Medalist honors went to Nampa Christian’s Sebastian Meed who finished with a 70.

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The Burns girls golf team placed 10th at the Baker Invitational on Wednesday, April 29.

Rocky Mountain High School (Meridian, Idaho) won the team title with a score of 383. Hermiston placed second with 386, followed by Ontario with 392; Weiser, Idaho, 393; Baker No. 1 410; Payette, Idaho, 422; Pendleton 450; Baker No. 2 490; Mac-Hi 496; and Burns 524. Nyssa and La Grande teams were both incomplete.

Maggie Thompson led the Hilander team, finishing with a score of 110. Emily Reynolds shot a 137, McKiah Aamodt and Kim Jones both shot 138 and Marie Dadey 158.

Scotti Jo Helmick of Ontario finished with an 81 to win the overall medalist honors.

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The Hilanders girls golf team took part in a nine-hole meet at Crooked River Ranch on Monday, April 27.

Thompson finished with a 54, Reynolds 63, Jessica Berry 64, Aamodt 65, Jones 75 and Dadey 77.

Team scores were not available.