WNCC Golf Classic featured 32 teams; Burgner's team claims victory

Scottsbluff’s Ryan Burgner is hot lately on the links after claiming his second straight four-person scramble.

Burgner, who is the assistant baseball coach for Western Nebraska Community College, teamed up with the WNCC team of Tim Alvarez, Dave Groshans and Mike Jones to win the United Way Golf tournament on June 4.

Saturday, Burgner along with Bob Hessler, Greg Sell and Doug Scholtz claimed the WNCC Golf Classic held at Monument Shadows Golf Course. The foursome won with a handicapped score of 52.3, six strokes better then the Kriz Davis team made up of Tim Hoffman, Dave Harnish, Eric Wilcox and Terry Yeager.

"I am just glad to be playing with good golfers," Burgner said about his back-to-back tournament wins.

Groshans, Alvarez, Junior Alvarez and Dick Douglas finished with a 536 score claim the third-place money. The 3-time defending champs, Roy’s Plumbing and Heating of Roy Rojas, Tim Rojas, Ron Robles and Larry Yarnall finished fourth with a score of 54.8.

Hole prize winners for the athletic department scholarship benefit, included longest putt, Koni Einfelt; longest drive (men), Shawn Misner; closest to the pin in 2, Adam Kocer; shortest drive (men), Brian Downer; closest to the water, Gordy Smith; longest drive (women) Becky Randall; closest to the sand, Adam Wackler; shortest drive (women), Ellen Ramig; longest putt, Rod Ramig.

This was the fourth year for the golf tournament and this year there was a record number of teams (32) entered.

Complete results include:
1 – Burgner’s Boys (Bob Hessler, Ryan Burgner, Doug Scholtz, Greg Sell) 523.
2 – Kris Davis (Dave Harnish, Terry Yeager, Eric Wilcox, Tim Hoffman) 529.
3 – WNCC Fearsome Foursome (Tim Alvarez, Junior Alvarez, Dave Groshans, Dick Douglas) 536.
4 – Roy’s Plumbing and Heating (Roy Rojas, Tim Rojas, Ron Robles, Larry Yarnall) 548.
5 – Team Hamer (Austin Miller, Brady Hubbard, Greg Hamer, Bowdy Ehler) 550.
5 – Linweld (Jeff Rotherham, Bob Klein, Ted Schaaf, Tony Branson) 550.
7 – Western Plains Foot Center (Mark Willets, Shawn Seiler, Todd Boggs, John Cantril) 555.
8 – Winnelson (Russ Knight, Steve Richter, Shane Reynolds, Jeff Dunn) 562.
9 – JD Ace Auto Body (Jim Warburton, Rich Jackson, Ron Keller, JD Koncaba) 569.
10 – GW Grinding (JR Weideman, Mark Wilson, Bob Hodges, Andrew Wallace) 571.
10 – Bytes Compupter (Doug Rupp, Darrell Lewis, Todd Lewis, Mark Payne) 571.
12 – Bluff’s Vision (Jon Darnell, Gordy Smith, Mandy Schlaepfer, Shelby Nedella) 575.
13 – El Paso Pipeliners (Scott Schmunk, Thomas Johnson, Marty Retchless, Craig Landers) 576.
14 – Radomski Team (Keith Radomski, Kyle Graves, Carl Witt, Levi Witt) 578.
15 – Big Strokers (Cactus Aanenson, Todd Hillyer, David Jost, Chase Bridgeman) 580.
16 – Budweiser (Chip Huckfeldt, Robert Quijas, Jeff Wengler, Adam Wackler) 595.
17 – Team Rahmig (Terry Miller, Hank Rahmig, Kirk Begley, Don Hague) 586.
18 – The Aces (Max Hadenfelt, Hayden Green, Jerad Koncaba, Keaton Green) 588.
19 – Team Randall (Rod Ramig, Rod Randall, Becky Randall, Ellen Ramig). 594.
20 – Team Einfalt (John Einfalt, Jeff Brock, Julie Brock, Konni Einfalt) 598.
21 – Husker Hackers (Scott Winters, Adam Kocer, Kyle Keller, Chris Green) 601.
22 – Runza (Neal Blomenkamp, Kevin Miller, Brian Joyce, Terry Heimbouch) 602.
23 – Scottsbluff Screen Printing (Brittany Isakson, Michelle Wilson, Mike Jones, Shane Wilson) 607.
24 – Team Misner (Tim Misner, Vern White, Andy Birch, Shawn Misner) 609.
25 – Team Ault (Tim Ault, Carl Roach, Troy Hedin, Craig Lind) 610.
26 – Bear Dawgs (Stacy Schwartzkopf, Stacy Mitchell, Scott Schwartzkopf, Gene Schwartzkopf) 625.
27 – Heggem Construction (George Herman, Jeremy Herman, Manual Martinez, Joe Guerrero) 550.
28 – Gering (Chad Hergenrader, Les Olsen, Robert Perez, Ted Counter) 672.
29 – Heggem Mechanical (Jeff Guerrero, Randy Scott, Joe Bracken, Darwin Adams) 680.
30 – Wyoming Hackers (Cheryl Ross, Lee Anne Isakson, Greg Isakson, Chuck Ross) 680.
31 – FBG (Bob Jones, Mario Chavez, Brian Downer, Guy Roborge) 750.
32 – UP 2 Par Foresome (Kathy Thompson, Patty Colwell, Karen Todd, Robyn Iossi) 820.