The 2024-25 Union boys golf team including (back row, l-r) Keegan Brooks, Zach Thompson, Tyler Gates, Harrison Bistline, Matt Reifenstahl, Henry Hegdahl, Cooper Davis, Coach Holden Caloud; (front row, l-r) Head Coach Ryan Slater, Quinn Moine, Brandon Frush, Coy Mehlert, Hayden Toenges, Skyler Mehlert, Nash Schmitz, Mays Weber, and Ethan Hora. Not pictured, Brock Bergmeier, Cameron Pennell, Steele Schmitz, and Christian Jolley. PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN SLATER

LA PORTE CITY – The Union Knights golf teams are back and ready to roll! Head coach Ryan Slater and assistant coach Holden Caloud lead the young Knights into the upcoming season.

The boys return all but one member at the Varsity level. Seniors Tyler Gates and Harrison Bistline will be joined by juniors Henry Hegdahl, Brock Bergmeier, and Brandon Frush. Sophomore Cooper Davis and several underclassmen will look to help the Knights build on last season.

The girls will have big shoes to fill after graduating several seniors who competed at the Varsity level. Current Seniors Amelia Schmitz and Hannah Williams will lead the group this season. They will be joined by returning juniors Taylor Baltes, Ella Grote, and Melanie Yuska.

The girls season opener took place on Thursday, April 3, on the road against Waverly-Shell Rock. The Go-Hawks were triumphant on the Waverly Municipal Golf Course with a team score of 193 versus Union’s 260. Amelia Schmitz was the Knights high scorer with a 9-hole low of 55, taking fourth place.

Union’s boys opened the season this past week on Wednesday, April 9, at the Wapsi Creek Invitational in Anamosa; the girls also competed at Anamosa but started at Fawn Creek Golf Course.

The 2024-25 Union girls golf team including (back row, l-r) Head Coach Ryan Slater, Olivia Sheffler, Emma Grote, Erica Hoppe, Amelia Schmitz, Hannah Williams, Coach Holden Caloud; (front row, l-r) Macy Clausen, Ellie Burns, RaeLynn Wildeboer, Melanie Yuska, and Taylor Baltes. Not pictured, Emma Davis. PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN SLATER

The next day, April 10, both teams again competed in tandem, taking on host Denver and East Marshall in a triangular.

Results from both the Anamosa and Denver meets will print in next week’s edition of the Telegraph courtesy of Coach Slater.