Knight Boys Golf Ends Drought

The last time a Kingsland boys golf team won a Section title, internet didn’t exist, Ronald Reagan was president, Bon Jovi was popular (and young), every 2018 Knight golfer was over a decade away from being born, and Kingsland didn’t yet exist.  The year was 1984 (and it was the Spring Valley Wolves).  In 2018, Brent Kohn’s Knights came from behind, and a bit out of nowhere, to claim the Section 1A boy’s golf crown.  Kingsland trailed Blooming Prairie by six strokes (345 to 351) after Day One of the meet.  Day Two was long at Willow Creek’s par-70.   Simon Broadwater and Wyatt Pruter, team double-K’s top two golfers, each did their thing.  The senior Broadwater went 39/41 and 40/38 to post a 158.  He finished as Section 1A runner-up to Faribault B.A.’s Khrystjan Petersen (37/36, 38/35; 146).   Broadwater shot a 163 (4th place) in 2017 and a 159 (5th place tie) in 2016, qualifying for state each year individually.  Pruter went 37/44 and 42/41 to post a 164.  He took fifth place, shaving 14 strokes off his 2017 1A meet score.  Broadwater was four strokes better than BP’s best golfer Jake Ressler (162), Pruter seven better than BP’s number two Colin Jordison (171).  But the Knights’ state-fate was probably sealed by their third golfer, Nick Wernimont.  After posting a Day One 95, the junior shot a Day Two 86 for a 181 total.   He shot 197 last year.  Stroke-for-stroke versus BP’s number three Kollyn Alwes, Wernimont went from down nine to tied (13th place).  That improvement helped Kingsland make up five strokes and shoot past the Blossoms.  After not even qualifying for Day Two of the Section 1A meet the past two years, not even being a top four team, Kingsland beat BP 695 to 704 to be this year’s 1A number one.  Nate Lund (43/52, 45/52 > 192) was the Knights fourth scoring golfer.  Hunter Jorgensen (56, 55, 56, 49 > 219) and Gregg Hubka (50/55, 56/57; 218) also competed.   Kingsland has their work cut out for them at state.  They had the second highest section meet team-score (695).  North Woods (638), Mounds Park Academy (644), and Sleepy Eye United (650) had the top three.