Greene County High School senior Nathan Towers advanced from the Class 3A Storm Lake Boys’ Sectional Golf Tournament on Wednesday to the May 18 Class 3A District Tournament in Orange City. He shot 82 for the 18 holes at the Buena Vista Golf Course. The top three teams advanced to the May 18 District Tournament in Orange City, as did the top two golfers not on District qualifying teams.

Coach Kyle Kinne’s Rams were sixth as a team with 349 strokes. Top ranked MOC-Floyd Valley placed with at 300 with Storm Lake at 330 and Cherokee 334. Sioux Center was fourth at 347 with Harlan Community next at 348, just one stroke in front of the Rams. Carroll High was seventh at 352, followed by Denison-Schleswig at 361.

Coach Kinne told Raccoon Valley Radio that Towers led the tournament at three over par through 14 holes, but finished 10 over. The other scores counting in the Rams’ team total were 86 from sophomore Keaton Hinote, 90 from sophomore Connor McAndrews, and 91 by senior Carter Hinote.

The coach dded, “As a team, I didn’t have them ready. If we just shot average ball, the team would have went on. Really proud of Nathan and the team. We return four of the six that played today and the future as a team looks good.”

If Towers finishes first or second among individuals not on State qualifying teams, he would advance to the May 26-27 Class 3A State Tournament at Waterloo.