Spence Earns Medalist Honors Monday to Secure All-Conference Spot

West High sophomore Kyle Spence

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In sports like basketball and football home court and home field advantage can be a big deal.

West High sophomore Kyle Spence proved on Monday playing at home in golf has its advantages as well.

Spence took advantage of home course advantage to win the individual title at the second Mississippi Valley Conference divisional meet on Monday at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City.

Spence shot a six-over 78 on Monday to edge runner-up Brad Karpick of Cedar Rapids Xavier by one stroke.

The 78 by Spence on Monday helped the sophomore finish fifth in the overall conference standings to earn first team all-MVC honors.

Overall standings are made up of the three-round total from the MVC Supermeet and two divisional meets.

West High senior Kyle Jenkins

Karpick won the overall division title with a score of 235 while Linn-Mar juniors Drew Brandel and Ben Greif finished second and third with a 236 and 238 respectively.

Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Nile Happel finished fourth in the overall standings with a 240, one stroke in front of Spence.

West High had two players finish in the top 15 of the overall standings as senior Kyle Jenkins finished 13th with a three-round total of 255.

Jenkins shot an 81 on Monday at Finkbine to help him earn second team all-conference honors.

Linn-Mar won the team title on Monday with a 331 to wrap up the Valley Division title with a 956.

Xavier finished second with a three-round total of 978 while Dubuque Wahlert was third with a 1,016.

West High shot a 341 on Monday, their best score of the three-round series, to finish fourth with an overall score of 1,036.

Karpick earned Valley Division player of the year honors while Cedar Rapids Jefferson coach Steve Koepke was named coach of the year.

MVC Valley Divisional #2 Results at Finkbine Golf Course
Team scores – 1. Linn-Mar 331; 2. West High 341; 3. Cedar Rapids Xavier 345; 4. Dubuque Wahlert 362; 5. Waterloo West 369; 6. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 380; 7. Waterloo East 513.
Individual results – 1. Kyle Spence (ICW) 37-41 – 78; 2. Brad Karpick 39-40 – 79; 3. Nile Happel (CRJ) 40-40 – 80; 4. Kyle Jenkins (ICW) 42-39 – 81; 4. Drew Brandel 38-43 – 81; 4. Cole Yearling 38-43 – 81; 7. Ben Greif (LM) 40-42 – 82; 8. Jack Kamentz (DW) 41-43 – 84; 9. Jack Recker (LM) 41-46 – 87; 10. Dan Bailey (CRX) 41-46 – 87

West High (341) – Kyle Spence 37-41 – 78; Kyle Jenkins 42-39 – 81; Ryan Cooper 44-44 – 88; Charlie Code 44-50 – 94; Zach Starman 47-51 – 98; Caleb Crossett 47-53 – 100.

Final MVC Valley Division Results (Super Meet-Divisional #1-Divisional #2)
Team scores – 1. Linn-Mar 307-318-331 – 956; 2. Cedar Rapids Xavier 313-320-345 – 978; 3. Dubuque Wahlert 319-335-362 – 1,016; 4. West High 347-348-341 – 1,036; 5. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 388-360-380 – 1,128; 6. Waterloo West 402-364-369 – 1,135; 7. Waterloo East 514-474-513 – 1,501.
Individual results – 1. Brad Karpick (CRX) 78-78-79 – 235; 2. Drew Brandel (LM) 80-75-81 – 236; 3. Ben Greif (LM) 76-80-82 – 238; 4. Nile Happel (CRJ) 85-75-80 – 240; 5. Kyle Spence (ICW) 82-81-78 – 241; 6. Andrew Wood (LM) 77-80-88 – 245; 7. Jack Kamentz (DW) 78-83-84 – 245; 8. Jack Recker (LM) 74-85-87 – 246; 9. Ryan Keating (CRX) 78-80-90 – 248; 10. Nick Recker (CRX) 80-80-89 – 249; 11. Tyler Breitbach (CRX) 77-83-91 – 251; 12. Cole Yearling (LM) 84-86-81 – 251; 13. Kyle Jenkins (ICW) 88-86-81 – 255; 14. Jon Becker (DW) 78-85-93 – 256; 15. Zach Armstrong (LM) 84-83-95 – 262; 16. Sam Martin (CRX) 84-86-92 – 262; 17. Craig Collins (DW) 83-88-93 – 264; 18. Riley Bohr (DW) 90-82-97 – 269; 19. Sam Ambrosy (DW) 89-85-95 – 269.
*- Finishers 1-7 are 1st team all-conference, 8-12 are 2nd team all-conference, 13-19 are honorable mention all-conference.

Valley Division Athlete of the Year – Brad Karpick, Cedar Rapids Xavier
Valley Division Coach of the Year – Steve Koepke, Cedar Rapids Jefferson