HALSTEAD — Ellinwood's mental toughness paid dividends when Luke Heinz (82, 39-43) earned medalist honors and the Eagles (356) survived a wild day of weather to win the Halstead Invitational golf title.

"The team battled through challenging weather conditions, rain, wind and a little bit of everything," said Ellinwood coach Andrew WIttenberg. The team's resilience paid off."

Also counting for Ellinwood were third-place Remi Thomas (88), fifth-plce Austin Brack (93) and fifth-place Keaton Lewis (93).

HALSTEAD INVITE

TEAM SCORES—1—Ellinwood 356; 2—Buhler 370; 3—Halstead 396; 4—Hillsboro 400; 5—Lyons 414; 6—Nickerson 416; 7—Sedgwick 421.

TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Luke Heinz, E, 82 (39-43); 2—Luck, Buhler, 87 (48-39); 3—Remi Thomas, E, 88 (46-42); 4—Geeves, Lyons, 91 (50-41); 5—Sibayan, Hill, 93 (50-43); Austin Brack, E, 93 (48-45); Keaton Lewis, E, 93 (45-48); 8—Anderson, Hal, 94 (50-44); Marcum, B, 94 (49-45); Wood, B, 94 (47-47).

ELLINWOOD—15—Austin Shinliver, 99 (47-52); 27—Trevor Gosser, 109 (56-53)

NICKERSON—13—Kyler Nikkel, 97 (46-51); 19—Shamus Nugent, 104 (54-50); 22—Lane Hoskinson, 106 (51-55); 27—Jacob Myers, 109 (58-51); 33—Trey Jones, 116 (61-55).