Sports : Gerber, Tandy lead Vikettes to dual golf win at Independence

Brandi Gerber, right, was medalist; Rachel Tandy was second in Thursday's dual at Independence. By Janet Woodhouse Brandi Gerber was the medalist in the VS Vikettes' win at Independence on Thursday. Meet summary: V-S Girls Golf April 13, 2017 Wildcat Golf Course, Shellsburg par 35 Dual with Independence Weather: 60s,partly sunny Team Scores: Vinton-Shellsburg 188 Independence 208 Medalist: Brandi Gerber, V-S 44 Runners Up: Rachel Tandy, V-S 45 Kelsey Gruber, Indee 45 Individuals, V-S: Brandi Gerber 44 Rachel Tandy 45 Alex Maynard 49 Emily Blake 50 Lillie Lamont 52 Abbe Wilson 55 (count low four scores) JV Medalist: Carli Lang 56 Claire Smith, Jordan Pattee and Catherine Steele rounded out JV. V-S varsity girls golf now stands at 4 - 0! We had weather conditions that were golfer friendly and ourteam shot solid rounds. Junior Brandi Gerber earned first time medalist honors with a stellar 44. Rachel Tandy, also a junior, was right behind her with a 45. Alex Maynard recovered from difficulty on holenumber five to also post a round in the 40s; she had a nice day on the putting greens as well. Senior Emily Blake rounded out our varsity scoring. Freshman Lillie Lamont played her first varsity meet andwas solid on all but a couple of holes. Freshman Carli Lang parred number eight and earned JV medalist honors for the first time and sophomore Claire Smith broke into the 50s for the first time.Except for Ms Lamont, our freshmen and sophomore are new to golf and are improving nicely. V-S will not be at home again until May 8 when we host the WAMAC Super Meet at Wildcat. Mondayboth varsity and JV will compete in a quad at Williamsburg; Tuesday we travel to Tara Hills for a dualwith Benton. Saturday, April 22 varsity will return to Tara Hills for the annual Benton Invitational.