WATERLOO - On what turned out to be a beautiful Monday at Gates Park, the Cedar Falls girls' golf team took a 17-stroke advantage into the day and never looked back in claiming a Mississippi Valley Conference divisional crown.

The Tigers placed all six golfers on the all-conference team while shooting a round of 390. Host Waterloo East posted a 434 while finishing fifth.

Leading the way for the Tigers was Sam Heinen, who finished second in the medalist chase at 171 after a round of 96 Monday. Sonja Przybylski finished third at 175 after posting a 95. For East, Alexis Spitzner also shot 95, which put her in a fifth-place tie at 179 overall.

First-year Cedar Falls coach Megan Youngkent earned division coach of the year honors, but passed the accolades on to her golfers.

"I got coach of the year because of the six girls I brought today," said Youngkent. "They did a great job. I just show up and encourage them, and they made me look good today.

"We talked about our goals at the beginning of the season and what we thought we could expect out of ourselves. This was pretty high on our list."

TEAM STANDINGS - 1. Cedar Falls 317-390-707; 2. Linn-Mar (Marion) 334-396-730; 3. Cedar Rapids Prarie 308-422-730; 4. Cedar Rapids Washington 354-423-777; 5. Waterloo East 354-434-788; 6. Dubuque Senior 374-463-837; 7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 407-522-929.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - 1. Jess Tomash (C.R. Prarie) 73-97-170; 2. Sam Heinen (CF) 75-96-171; 3. Sonja Przybylski (CF) 80-95-175; 4. Natalie Neppl (C.R. Washington) 84-94-178; 5. Beth Jacobs (Linn-Mar) 85-94-179; 5. Alexis Spitzner (East) 84-95-179.

CEDAR FALLS - 2. Heinen 75-96-171; 3. Przybylski 80-95-175; 7. Taylor Roberts 80-101-181; 9. Mackenzee Quarnstrom 82-101-183; 10. Taylor Grapp 88-101-189; 14. Alexis Rokes 87-104-191.

WATERLOO EAST - 5. Spitzner 84-95-179; 14. Katie Boyle 86-105-191; 21. Holly Bass 93-113-206; 26. Chasity Thiele 91-121-212; 35. Paige Vernon 139-174-313.

Wahawks take title at Bunker Hill

DUBUQUE - Waterloo West need a strong back nine from Andrea Bartlett, and the junior delivered a 39 to give the Wahawks a one-stroke victory over Iowa City West at the Mississippi Valley Conference divisional meet at Bunker Hill Golf Course Monday.

West (45-4) took a one-shot lead into the final round. It was the Wahawks' third straight divisional title and coach Larry Daniels earned coach of the year honors for the third year in a row.

Sarah Boss was the Wahawks' individual leader, shooting a 77 Monday.

TEAM STANDINGS - 1. Waterloo West 305-340 - 645; 2. Iowa City West 306-340 - 646; 3. Dubuque Hempstead 317-344 - 661; 4. Cedar Rapids Xavier 318-347 - 665; 5. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 320-361 - 681; 6. (tie) Dubuque Wahlert 331-352 - 683, Iowa City High 316-367 - 683.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - 1. Alex Zenor (C.R. Kenn.) 63-77 - 140; 2. Sarah Boss (Wat. West) 66-77 - 143; 3. Taylor Dalsing (Dub. Hemp.) 73-78 - 151; 4. Kimmy Askelson (C.R. Xavier) 70-87 - 157; 5. (tie) Amy Ihm (Dub. Wahl.) 77-81 - 158, Bailee Goodfellow (I.C. West) 77-81 - 158.

WATERLOO WEST - Boss 66-77 - 143; Angela Knutson 78-90 - 168; Andrea Bartlett 85-84 - 169; Jordan Johnston 82-89 - 171; Alison Schell 82-95 - 177; Annie Jordan 79-101 - 180.

ALL-CONFERENCE

FIRST TEAM - Alex Zenor (C.R. Xavier), Sarah Boss (Wat. West), Taylor Dalsing (Dub. Hemp.), Kimmy Askelson (C.R. Xavier), Bailee Goodfellow (I.C. West), Amy Ihm (Dub. Wahl.)

HONORABLE MENTION (Waterloo West only) - Angela Knutson, Andrea Bartlett, Jordan Johnston

ATHLETE OF YEAR - Zenor

COACH OF YEAR - Larry Daniels (Wat. West)

NU High boys win NICL East title

LA PORTE CITY - Led by four players among the top 10, the NU High boys' golf team clipped Denver to win the North Iowa Cedar League East championship Monday.

Joe Weber paced the Panthers with a 73. Denver's Blaze Shedenhelm beat Weber in a playoff to claim medalist honors.

TEAM STANDINGS - 1. NU High 318; 2. Denver 322; 3. Union 339; 4. Wapsie Valley 345; 5. Jesup 346; 6. Dike-New Hartford 354; 7. Hudson 358; 8. Aplington-Parkersburg 388.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS - 1. Blaze Shedenhelm (Denver) 73; 2. Joe Weber (NU High) 73; 3. John Sexton (Denver) 76; 4. Justin Macal (Union) 77; 5. Alan Schares (Jesup) 78.

NU HIGH (318) - Weber 73, Jalen Bergman 81, Thomas Creeden 81, Andrew Stone 83, Emmett Fritz 88.

DENVER (322) - Shedenhelm 73, Sexton 76, Kurt McAvoy 84, Jordan Cashman 89.

UNION (339) - Macal 77, Ethan Wellman 83, Collin Brecher 89, Blake Clark 90.

WAPSIE VALLEY (345) - Brandon Niebuhn 82, Ben Schmitz 83, Isaa Happel 88, Taylor Sickles 92.

JESUP (346) - Schares 78, Colin Becker 87, Luke Knutson 90, Shawn Even 91, Justin Rohlfsen 94.

DIKE-NEW HARTFORD (354) - Karl Koch 83, Max Williams 84, Josh Van Gundy 92, Jason Craig 95, Tanner Peters 95.

HUDSON (358) - Brad Dufel 84, Conor Schley 87, Cody Bascom 92, A.J. Solomon 95, Austin Goodnight 95.

APLINGTON-PARKERSBURG (388) - Andy Eggers 93, Jacob Meester 97, Corey Taylor 98, Pat Little 100.

Indee's Thomas third at WaMaC

MANCHESTER - The 76 fired by Independence's Jake Thomas was good enough for third at Monday's WaMaC Conference boys' golf meet.

Thomas earned a spot on the league's first-team all-conference honor squad as did Waterloo Columbus fourth-place finisher Adam Squires (77).

TEAM STANDINGS - 1. Solon 319; 2. Anamosa 325; 3. Dyersville Beckman 329; 4. DeWitt Central 333; 5. Mt. Vernon 334; 6. Western Dubuque 337; 7. Waterloo Columbus 338; 8. West Delaware 342; 9. Marion 343; 10. Maquoketa 344; 11. Clear Creek-Amana 346; 12. Independence 351; 13. Williamsburg 355; 14. Benton Community 373; 15. Center Point-Urbana 390; 16. Vinton-Shellsburg 400.

COLUMBUS - Adam Squires 77, Sean Murray 86, Garrett Knudson 87, Mitch Maiers 88.

ALL-CONFERENCE

FIRST TEAM - 1. Nico Costa (Anamosa) 72; 2. Kyler Stahle (Solon) 75; 3. Jake Thomas (Independence) 76; 4. Adam Squires (Waterloo Columbus) 77; 5. Brett McGranahan (DeWitt) 78; 6. Matt Swartz (West Delaware) 78; 7. Jerremy Hahn (Clear Creek-Amana) 78.

COLUMBUS - Adam Squires 77, Sean Murray 86, Garrett Knudson 87, Mitch Maiers 88.