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Xavier wins team title at Appleton City Boys Golf Meet

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MENASHA – Xavier’s varsity team had four of the top nine scores and earned the team title for the second year in a row at the 2026 Appleton City Boys Golf Meet on Monday at North Shore Golf Club.

Grant Neumann won medalist honors with a 70, three shots ahead of teammate Phillip Schmidtke, to lead the Hawks to a team score of 297. Fox Valley Lutheran placed second with a 311, followed by Appleton East (313), Appleton North (320), Xavier-2 (324) and Appleton West (329).

FVL’s team score was a program record dating back to available records being kept since 2000. It was also 44 strokes better than the Foxes’ finish at the City Meet a year ago.

William Bauman and Jack Schmidtke each shot 77 to tie teammates Tyler Kaufman and Kellen Tamlyn, playing for the Xavier-2 team, for seventh place.

Appleton North’s Jonathan Huenink, last year’s City Meet champion, finished third with a 75, Appleton East’s Brody Muller had a 75 to take fourth, and Fox Valley Lutheran’s Kaden Kusserow and Gavin Schmidt tied for fifth with 76s.

Appleton West’s top golfer was Keaton Buss, who tied for 17th with an 81.

2026 Appleton City Boys Golf Meet
April 27, at North Shore Golf Club
Team scores: 1. Xavier 297; 2. Fox Valley Lutheran 311; 3. Appleton East 313; 4. Appleton North 320; 5. Xavier-2 324; 6. Appleton West 329; 7. Appleton North-2 356; 8. Fox Valley Lutheran-2 367.
Individual scores: 1. Grant Neumann (X) 70; 2. Phillip Schmidtke (X) 73; 3. Jonathan Huenink (AN) 74; 4. Brody Muller (AE) 75; 5. Kaden Kusserow (FVL) and Gavin Schmidt (FVL) 76; 7. William Bauman (X), Jack Schmidtke (X), Tyler Kaufman (X-2) and Kellen Tamlyn (X-2) 77; 11. Gordy Cole (AN) and Caleb Elsbecker (FVL) 78; 13. Mason Rehberg (AE) and Max Vanden Langenberg (AE) 79; 15. Derek Watry (X) and Calvin Doszak (AE) 80; 17. Sean Virtudazo (X-2), Keaton Buss (AW), Oliver Schlueter (FVL) and Vaughn Yingling (AN) 81; 21. Mason Peterson (AW), Tucker Stanley (AW-2), Tyler Bell (AE) and Austin Arizola (AW) 82; 25. Gavin Goodyear (AW) 84; 26. Carson Gauger (FVL-2) 86; 27. Quinn Murphy (FVL) and Grant Hardy (AN) 87; 29. Peyton Gill (AN-2) and Camden Huck (AN) 88; 31. Caden Schuler (X-2), Alex Scherer (X-2), Caulder Ver Kuilen (AN-2), Maxim Henek (AN-2) and Graham Goldschmidt (AW) 89; 36. Kane Thorstensen (FVL-2) and Cody Rempala (ANE-2) 90; 38. Matthew Dvorak (AW-2) 91; 39. Rowan Higgins (AE-2) and William Tweedy (AN-2) 93; 41. Braylon Ise (AW-2) 94; 42. Trenten Carpenter (AE-2) and Ramsey Sickler (FVL-2) 95; 44. Gabe Heiges (FVL-2) 96; 45. Crosby Boeth (AE-2) 97; 46. Samuel Salveson-Krepline (AE-2) 99; 47. Caleb Dahlke (FVL-2) 104; 48. Kaiyan Femal (AW-2) 108.