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Sports

Golfers Participate in Paul’s Revenge

Over thirty golfers participated in the Paul’s Revenge Golf Outing on Sunday, August 25th at the Ainsworth Golf Course. With a $30.00 entry fee, that will be used for course improvements, the golfers were treated to very difficult pin placements.

Ainsworth Men’s League Golf

Nick Martin shot a three-under round of 33 to lead golfers in the final week of Ainsworth Men’s League on Thursday, August 15th at the Ainsworth Golf Course. Robert Magill Graig Kinzie posted rounds of one-under 35s.

BKR 4-H .22 Rifle Competition

BKR 4-H .22 Rifle Competition Results: .22 Target Competition Junior Division: Hayes Frizzel - Champion, purple; Hunter Ammon - Reserve Champion, blue; Gavin Ellermeier - blue and Otto Morgan - blue. Intermediate Division: Ely Weller - Champion, purple; Reece Frizzell - Reserve Champion, purple; John Connell - purple; Owen Blake - purple; Augustus Schneidereit - purple; Etta Schneidereit - purple; Jayse Daniels - blue; Reed Ellermeier - blue; and Hannah Daniels - red.

AHS Girls Volleyball Team Receives 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award

A record number of volleyball programs have earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long gradepoint average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year.

Ainsworth Women’s Golf League

During the final night of Ainsworth Women’s League Golf, there was a tie for low score on the night. The two teams of Amanda Murphy, Natalie Leach and Christy Fullen and Julie Micheel, Stephanie Kinzie and Kathy Worrell turned in a score of 32. Other teams shooting in the 30s during scramble play were Ann Hoch, Wendy Wilkins and Jen Martin shooting a 36; Brenda Konkoleski, Danielle Palmer, Chelsey Peterson and Riley Pierce turned in a 37; and Ashley Martin, Lydia Welke and Rachel Schumacher shot a 38.

Ainsworth Girls Golf Team Tees Up for the 2024 Season

Heather Lutter, Head Girls Golf Coach, is excited to see where this season of competition takes her team. Lutter is in her 11th year of coaching and has 10 girls out for golf this year.

Sports Drink Scrimmages Set

The High School Volleyball Team will have a Gatorade Scrimmage on Thursday, August 22nd in McAndrew Gymnasium starting at 5:00 p.m. The High School Football Team will have a Sports Drink Scrimmage on Friday, August 23rd at East City Park.

Fall Sport Athletes and Coaches Working Hard For a Season of Bulldog Victories

Ainsworth High School coaches for the fall sports season were contacted and offered the following comments on the upcoming season. Cross country’s first meet is on Thursday, September 5th, and their season start-up will be printed in a subsequential edition of the Ainsworth Star-Journal.

John Pierce Records His First Hole-In-One

John Pierce teed up his ball on the Eighth Hole on the Ainsworth Golf Course and proceeded to get his first Hole-In-One on Thursday, August 8th.

Due to the location of the hole on the Eighth green, John and his playing partners weren’s able to actually see the ball go into the cup, but it was witnessed by Cam Palmer. When John got to the green, sure enough there was his ball in the bottom of the cup.

The hole on August 8th was playing 169 yards from the blue tee box. This was the first recorded hole-in-one since 2017.