Area digest 10/16/08

Cyclewerx teams perform well

The team of Matt Ochs, Faizel Glenn and Christine Ford took first place in the co-ed division at the Bluff mountain bike race at Council Bluffs Lake Recreation Area.

In the fast division, the team of Bryan Greaser, Scott Taylor and Garrett Smith finished second.

The team of Kellan True, Casey Saunders and Nathan Koenegstein took third in the first timer division.

John Dodd and Jim Krewitt combined to finish second in the single speed class.

Dalhousie team captures SEMO Cup

After a two-year stay at Westwood Hills Country Club, the SEMO Cup trophy is headed to Cape Girardeau as Dalhousie Country Club out-shot Westwood by 11 strokes in the final 18 holes to clinch the title. Dalhousie won the tournament with a 673, a 21-shot improvement from its fourth-place finish last year.

The tournament this year featured the same format as before with nine holes each played as a best ball, a scramble, an alternate shot and a Chapman. In the past, the two-some on each squad with the highest score was counted. But this year, whomever on each team had the highest round in each format was not counted.

Dalhousie and Westwood were tied 327-327 after the first 18 holes.

Dalhousie would put it away in the second half of the tournament. Bryan Johnson and Britt Dunham shot a team-best 31 in Chapman play, while Ben Cantrell shot a 33 in alternate shot play.

Kimbeland Country Club finished third with 695. There was a tie for fourth between Kennett and Sikeston (710), followed by Bent Creek Country Club (718), Boot Heel Country Club (722), Hidden Trails Country Club (725), Cape Girardeau Country Club (753) and Cape Jaycee Municipal Golf Course (774).

Individual results

(The order of scores listed is: best ball, scramble, alternate shot, Chapman)

Dalhousie — 673

Ben Cantrell/Ken Swinford 37, 30, 33, 34

Bryan Johnson/Britt Dunham 35, 30, 36, 31

Brevin Giebler/Ron Seabaugh 32, 30, 36, 31

Lance Bray/Scott Roe 34, 32, 37, 34

Tom Hamilton/Troy Bell 35, 33, 36, 37

Cord Dombrowski/Tim Coad 36, 34, 40, 33

Kimbeland — 695

Kent Phillips/Mark McDowell 35, 31, 39, 31

Todd Ladd/Todd Smith 36, 31, 38, 38

Jim Davey/Dennis Preup 35, 30, 37, 35

Ken Hossa/Ben McKunn 35, 33, 37, 33

Gary King/Mark Mungle 37, 33, 37, 37

Bob Englehart/Mike Wehmeyer 36, 31, 42, 40

Bent Creek — 718

Rob Litz/John Litz 34, 28, 35, 34

Rocky Strand/David Hopper 37, 32, 42, 34

Larry McKinney/Mark Allen 36, 33, 43, 33

Tom Allen/Lonnie Myers 37, 34, 38, 36

Vernon Huck/Darren Rhodes 40, 37, 47, 37

Nate Crowden/Don Norman 39, 36, 40, 39

Cape CC — 753

John Abercrombie/Forrest Kidd 42, 35, 46, 36

Dave Roberts/Fred Ducharme 40, 34, 39, 34

Alan Benton/David Rotolo 39, 36, 47, 40

Ben Eller/Tom Benton 39, 32, 41, 38

Steve Logel/Tim Kelly 37, 34, 42, 37

Scott Kunz/Mac McConnell 37, 37, 39, 38

Cape Jaycee — 774

Mike Cothen/Jamie Sissom 38, 34, 39, 34

Jack Watts/Mike Keefe 41, 35, 43, 39

Ray Jones/Trae Hastings 40, 35, 44, 37

Bill Isbell/Joe Golden 40, 35, 43, 39

Mark Oliver/Luke Oliver 37, 35, 47, 39

Josh Reeves/Jared Choate 41, 36, 48, 41

Bryan, Asher earn high finishes

Trenton Bryan took third while Sam Asher was fourth in the 8-year olds division at the Midwest Junior Series drag races at the I-57 Drag Strip in Benton, Ill.

Porch team brings home title

Matt Porch, Jody Underwood, Tim Porch and Rocky Strand took home first place in the championship flight during the morning session of the Cape Girardeau Public Safety Foundation golf event at Dalhousie Golf Club.

Tammi Pettet, Jack Pettet, Jim Childress and Keith Holloway captured first place in the afternoon session in the championship flight.

Tim Walker, Todd Ladd, Ross Gartman and Ryan Holden placed second, while Dan Seger, Neil Miles, Harold Miles and Bob Englehart finished third in the morning session.

Mike Ogel, Pat Gant, Matt Ruble and Pat Burns finished second, while Phil Cantoni, Scott Raines, Kevin Noel and Gary Turner placed third in the afternoon session.

In A flight, Charley Brawley, Gene Golden, Joe Golden and Andy Golden captured first place in the morning. Rick Hetzel, Sam Blackwell, Randi Allgood and Gary Klossner came in second, while Julie Hengst, Brian Self, Rock Finch and Keith Schieffer finished third.

In the afternoon A flight, John Haman, Gary Linebaugh, Joe James and Randy Flata finished first. Kevin Patterson, Collin Patterson, Rick Romar and John Hanby placed second. Don Fischer, Mike Griffin, David Strong and Jerry Sanders were third.

In the morning B flight, Carl Kinnison, Jamie Humphreys, Tracy Lemonds and Shannon Kitchen captured first place. Steve Zoellner, Matt Zoellner, Adam Kakalia and Dave Rousseau placed second, while Gary Lange, Gene Martin, Gary Kamp and Steve Wilson took third.

In the afternoon B flight, John Davis, Keith Dawn, Kevin Eudy and Chris Manley took home first place. Steve Bjelich, Harry Rediger, Dennis Marchi and Tony Balsano placed second, while Mike Ervin, Jerry Wolsey, Ray Rahn and Jeff Bourbon came in third.

Central grad finishes third in age group

Central High School alumnus John Kipper finished third in his age group at the Duathlon World Championships in Rimini, Italy.

He finished in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 50 seconds.

The event consisted of a 10-kilometer run, 40-kilometer bike ride and 5-kilometer run. Over 900 people competed in the event.

Kipper qualified for the race at a national competition in Ohio in 2007.

— From staff reports