ANKENY--Ashley Ernst and Joe Hoyt of Cedar Rapids Washington won the championship at the 31st annual Iowa High School Co-Ed golf tournament Monday at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny.
The Warrior pair combined to shoot 71, one stroke better than North Cedar's Kristina Carson and Andy Kahl and the Iowa City High pair of Jill Frantz and Ned Carter. The 18 hole meet was contested over 18 holes with alternate shot format.
North Cedar won the runner-up trophy on a tie breaker which went to the third step. Both the Knights and City High shot 36 for the front nine and had the same score for the first handicap hole.
The co-ed meet is the only one of its kind in the United States and is co-sponsored by the Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union and Iowa High School Athletic Association.
This was Washington's first state co-ed golf title and first by a Cedar Rapids school since Kennedy's Cathy Pontius and Corky Ek in 1974. 114 teams from 64 schools competed in the meet.
1 Cedar Rapids Washington (Ashley Ernst-Joe Hoyt) 71
2 North Cedar (Kristina Carson-Andy Kahl) 72
3 Iowa City High (Jill Frantz-Ned Carter) 72
4 Creston (Heidi Calvin-T.J. Redding) 73
5 Harlan (Tara Goeser-Brett Gallinger) 74
6 Dubuque Senior (Stacy Kennedy-Ross Gibson) 74
7 Dubuque Senior (Gigi Marting-Travis Marting) 75
8 Estherville-Lincoln Central(Natalie Van Roekel-Eric Willey) 76
9 Clarinda (Cindy Whitmore-Kyle Marcum) 76
10 West Liberty (Amber DeRiemacker-Matt Carter) 76
11 Ankeny (Kelly Sumner-Brandon Miller) 78
11 Southeast Polk (Whitney Bauer-J.C. Smith) 78
11 Villisca (Kelly Wolfe-Jake Case) 78
11 Webster City (Katie Dawson-Joe Hunter) 78
15 Ballard (Jenny Staker-Sam Schill) 79
15 Cedar Rapids Jefferson (Amanda Ray-B.J. Greenlee) 79
15 Garner-Hayfield (Kwin Jones-Nick Eilertson) 79
15 Linn-Mar (Jenna Kahler-Todd Larson) 79
15 Urbandale (Amy Gustafson-Brian de Buhr) 79
20 Cascade (Katie Beck-Brad Boffeli) 80
20 Cedar Rapids Washington (Megan Gavin-Nick Barnes) 80
20 Dubuque Wahlert (Megan Anderson-Brett Kauffman) 80
20 Eagle Grove (Karen Smith-Michael Willard) 80
20 Fort Dodge (Tiffany Kudron-Kevin Ault) 80
20 Grinnell (Kristin Simpson-Adam Jarrela) 80
20 Grinnell (Amy Mielik-Eric Smith) 80
20 Marshalltown (Katie Vaughn-Jay Gianetto) 80
20 Perry (Andrea Meyer-Mike Tibbles) 80
20 Valley CEW (Jill Pffister-Tony Bildedn) 80
30 Ames (Amy Swanson-Nick Inglett) 81
30 Atlantic (Abby Sievers-Brian Denham) 81
30 Clarinda (Jill Marcum-Kellen Huseman) 81
30 Perry (Sarah Miller-Chris Muhs) 81
30 Valley CEW (Nicole Louw-Shawn Guyer) 81
35 Grundy Center (Kylie Dirks-Jeff Miller) 82
35 Marshalltown (Chrissy Bowman-Jeff Weber) 82
35 Newton (Nicole Kennedy-Jeff Millet) 82
35 West Des Moines Valley (Betsy Duncan-Greg Jacobs) 82
35 West Liberty (Jennifer Morrison-Jacob Johnson) 82
40 Ames (Alison Buck-Kirk Youngberg) 83
40 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (Kara Carnes-Jason Harre) 83
40 Clarke (Amanda Samuelson-Blake Halverson) 83
40 Clinton (Ada Gilbert-Justin Reggenwetter) 83
40 Eldora-New Providence (Jenni Juergens-Brad Perry) 83
45 Ankeny (Amy Truett-Any Elseman) 84
45 Carroll Kuemper (Meghan Middendorf-Nic Grossman) 84
45 Central DeWitt (Maggie Clark-Danny Behr) 84
45 Charles City (Emily Sisson-John Hall) 84
45 Clear Lake (Brook Wissler-Scott Flux) 84
45 Urbandale (Amy Rich-Brad Carlson) 84
45 Webster City (Katie Ross-Chad Wood) 84
45 West Des Moines Valley (Stephanie Oplt-Andy Harris) 84
53 Cedar Rapids Jefferson (Jenny Hoxmeier-Keith Fleck) 85
53 Clear Lake (Jamie Loos-Will Hendrickson) 85
53 Des Moines Roosevelt (Amy Graziano-Alex Cooney) 85
53 Indianola (Kate Eck-Mark Campbell) 85
53 Johnston (Abby DeWitt-Adam Frank) 85
53 Linn-Mar (Cally Bice-Steve Flanagan) 85
53 Fairfield Maharishi (Laura DeAngelis-Brooke Hinchman) 85
53 North Scott (Lauren Cole-Trek Langehan) 85
53 Western Dubuque (Megan McDermott-Nic Alden) 85
62 AGWSR (Krissy Oelmannn-Ryan Oelmann) 86
62 Eldora-New Providence (Amber Haywood-Tyler Haskin) 86
62 GMG (Abby Ruff-Joel Vint) 86
62 Okoboji (Megan Reuland-Skyler Moore) 86
66 Atlantic (Liz Payne-Todd Cappel) 87
66 Estherville-Lincoln Central(Nicole Zahrt-Jeff Soper) 87
66 Iowa City High (Kelli Haught-Cody Coffin) 87
66 Newton (Sara Carlock-Nick Smith) 87
66 Vinton-Shellsburg (Katie Wilberg-Jeff Weideman) 87
71 Carroll Kuemper (Lindsay Nieland-Chris Giguere) 88
71 Independence (Abby Esch-Ben Donnelly) 88
71 Montezuma (Michelle Flander-Shannon Henry) 88
74 Garner-Hayfield (Tara Schultz-Blake Upmeyer) 89
74 Independence (Ellen Kilgard-Travis Kress) 89
74 Indianola (Steph Schenfeld-Alex Schenfeld) 89
74 Mid-Prairie (Jill Kelley-Austin Herschberger) 89
74 Pella (Katie Hietbrink-David Hoekstra) 89
74 Rockwell-Swaledale (Amanda Caspers-Jordan Scholl) 89
74 Southeast Webster (Jill Peterson-Ben Collen) 89
74 Waverly-Shell Rock (Niki Kuethe-Chad Vineyard) 89
74 Winterset (Karie Rethmeier-Zach Eivins) 89
83 Cascade (Lacey McCabae-Nathan Schmidt) 90
83 Osage (Kellyi Avenson-Blake Kekns) 90
85 Clarke (Karissa Becker-Cory Schaff) 91
85 Fort Dodge (Stephanie Nelson-Nick Huse) 91
85 Winterset (Erika Jordan-Dusty Jordan) 91
88 Benton (Mimi Rabe-Scott Kohnert) 92
88 Benton (Suzi Galbraith-Matt Miller) 92
88 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (Jenna Kerdus-Jordan Bennett) 92
88 Nora Springs-Rock Falls (Jody Whitehill-Michael Mericle) 92
88 Osage (Jacci Parland-Sam James) 92
88 Turkey Valley (Kelly Mracek-Tony Dietzenbach) 92
88 Turkey Valley (Robin Huinker-Dana Croatt) 92
88 West Bend-Mallard (Katie Hubbell-Cory Grimm) 92
96 AGWSR (Lindsey French-Jake Eilbert) 94
96 Dubuque Wahlert (Melissa Sitzmann-Brendon Mills) 94
96 Lake Mills (Jessica Ball-Josh Haugo) 94
96 Nora Springs-Rock Falls (Sarah Grauerholz-Nathan Lindsay) 94
100 Mid-Prairie (Jamie Yoder-Ben Peiffer) 95
100 Panorama (Jenny Kepple-Michael Pittman) 95
102 Central DeWitt (Laura Kennedy-Cody Jaeger) 96
103 Fairfield Maharishi (Monica DeAngelis-Manni Mulleneaux) 98
104 Centerville (Lindsey Buckledge-Der Schultz) 99
104 Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (Rachel Moser-Kelby Flanigan) 99
104 Panorama (Jessica Blome-Mike Kleinwolterink) 99
104 Pella Christian (Jessica Van Zee-Dave Klyn) 99
104 Shenandoah (Jessi Samuelson-Adam Sondag) 99
104 Villisca (Kelli Case-Clint Shipley) 99
110 Carlisle (Alicia Kerr-Jeff Baker) 100
111 Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (Katie Seuntjens-Luke Mohrhauser) 101
112 Lake Mills (Jessica Grotewold-Kai Tsuruta) 102
113 Pella Christian (Carissa Van Haaften-Dan Branderhorst) 104
114 Montezuma (Kaela Phillips-Cody Smith) 107
Grundy Center (Cara Doak-T.J. Ralston) DNF
Vinton-Shellsburg (Stacey Marlow-Chris Boddicker) DNF
(Second through tenth place ties determined by: 1) Low front nine total; 2) handicap hole 3; 3) handicap hole 16.)