Martin paces New Bloomfield in golf season opener at Salisbury

Senior Ridge Martin shot a 43 to direct the Wildcats in Thursday's season opener against host Salisbury, Glasgow and Fayette.

Senior Tyler Grace and sophomore Gannon Withers also provided a pair of 44s for New Bloomfield, which did not have enough golfers to field a full team. Salisbury took first place with a 164 team total.

"I was happy with the effort and how the guys stayed mentally focused through the entire round," Wildcats head coach Aaron Murphy said. "It will be nice when we have a full team to see how we can do."

Murphy noted that New Bloomfield will be able to compete as a team when it plays in the Hallsville Invitational at Heritage Hills Golf Course in Moberly at 4 p.m. Wednesday.