A Look At The Links
Apr 16, 2025 11:17AM ● By Jody Reeves
Soda Springs Preston Ozburn takes his opening swing of the day.
Last week our local golfers got to stay in the county when they tee'd off at the Caribou Highlands Golf Course in Grace. Caribou Highlands offers some unique challenges that many other golf courses do not have. Surrounded by potato fields and watered by an agriculture center pivot the players navigated several unusual obstacles. Not only did the pivot itself stretch out along one of the fairways but the pivot tracks crisscrossed the course in several places. In addition to the many agriculture and lava rock obstacles one of the local elk herds had wintered comfortably on the course leaving behind several of their own hazards.
Despite the several hazards the Cardinal and Grizzly golfers once again finished at the top of all the competitors in attendance. The four schools that took part in this tournament were Soda Springs, Grace, Aberbeen and Grace Lutheran. In the girls competition the Lady Cardinals once again had the only full team that participated. As a team the Lady Cards scored a 370 and were led by Jayden Parker who shot an 84. Parker was the third highest placing individual only getting out done by two of the Lady Grizzlies. The Grace girls only had three varsity golfers. Kamryn Mansfield took the top honor with her impressive score of 70 and was followed by Karlie Christensen who shot a 79 to finish in second place individually.
In the boys competition there were four full teams with the Grizzlies and the Cardinals finishing well ahead of the other two teams in attendance. In the end it was the Grizzlies that earned first place as a team outshooting the Cardinals 333 to 348. The Grizzlies also grabbed the two top spots individually as well though by a narrow margin. Keathan Edwards placed first with a 78 followed closely by Tate Williams with an 80. Just one stroke behind Williams was Soda Springs Preston Ozburn with an 81. Only eight strokes separated the top six golfers on the men's side with all of them coming from Grace and Soda Springs. It's shaping up to be a very interesting rivalry between the two schools that could end up going either way when the district tournament rolls around.
Grace Boys Results 333 Grace Girls Results
Keathen Edwards 78 Kamryn Mansfeild 70
Tate Williams 80 Karlie Christensen 79
Jamison Smith 82 Shaston Lloyd 95
Derek Hill 93 Evie Olenslager 68 (JV)
Cort Spencer 62 (JV) Kirynn Crosby 68 (JV)
Soda Springs Boys Results 348 Soda Springs Girls Results 370
Preston Ozburn 81 Jayden Parker 84
Kayden Peterson 83 Tara Vedder 90
Chase Jacobson 86 Jasta Stoor 94
Brycen Peterson 98 Kale Hopkins 102
Jocee Tingey 103
