Niehues, Panthers place fifth

WAMEGO — Freshman Mya Niehues, placing fifth individually, led the Concordia High School girls' golf team to a fifth-place finish in the Wamego Invitational Thursday at Wamego Country Club.
Niehues posted a score of 42 in the nine-hole event.
Concordia finished with a team score of 220.
Silver Lake won the team title with a 180. Wamego finished a close second with a 182 and Topeka was third with a 190.
Concordia had senior Brecklynn Bonner shoot a 58.
Senior Kaitlyn Nelson finished with a 61 for the Panthers.
Freshman Madalyn Bowers rounded out the top four with a 67.
Emma Herman, a senior, shot a 69.
Klara Kleinig, Silver Lake, and Addison Douglass, Wamego, each shot 38 to tie for first place.
Concordia will compete in the Salina South Invitational on September 18.

Wamego Invitational
Team Scores
Silver Lake 180, Wamego 180, Topeka High 190, Holton 218, Concordia 220, Kansas City Piper 224, Marysville 243, Rossville 243, Clay Center 245, Ottawa 246, Council Grove 255.
Top 10 individuals
1. Kleinig, Silver Lake, and Douglass, Wamego, 38; 3. Kirwan, Kansas City Piper, 39; 4. Springer, Wamego, 40; 5. Niehues, Concordia, 42; 6. Zordel, Silver Lake, 44; 7. May, Wamego; Bartel, Holton; Wende, Silver Lake; and Osterhaus, Silver Lake, 49.