The weather for the Dodge Point Golf Invitational on Saturday was notably cold, with golfers facing wind chill temperatures in the mid- 30s accompanied by a persistent 15 mph wind throughout the day. Despite these challenging conditions, Drew Aschliman of Mineral Point delivered an impressive performance, posting an even-par 70 to secure medalist honors by five strokes ahead of Ben Thill from Cuba City, who recorded a score of 75.
Cuba City won the team event shooting a 322, three shots better than second place Dodgeville at 325. Platteville finished third at 327 while Mineral Point finished in fourth place shooting a team score of 332.
In challenging conditions, only seven golfers managed to score below 80. Four competitors tied for third place with scores of 78: Avari Steiner from Argyle/Pecatonica, Levi Johns representing Cuba City/SW, Aidan Wilson of Lancaster, and Cole Herbst of Platteville. Nate Blalock from Dodgeville finished with a score of 79.
There was excitement on the 15th hole during the Invitational when Platteville’s Ty Simmons recorded a hole-in-one.
Of the 14 competing schools, area schools saw Argyle/Pec finish in 7th, Barneveld 8th, River Valley 9th, and Iowa-Grant finished last. 2026 Dodge Point Invitational Area Scores
(Team scores based on top four golfers)
Cuba City/SW – 322 (1st Place Team)
- Ben Thill 35-40-75
- Isaac Wiegman 40-41-81
- Levi Johns 36-42-78
- Hudson Kieler 41-49-90
- Landon Loeffelholz 40-48-88
Dodgeville-325 (2nd Place Team)
- Connor Hottmann 40-41-81
- Nate Blalock 38-41-79
- Luke Bender 41-41-82
- Jaden Mallon 44-44-88
- Owen Wiegel 41-42-83
Mineral Point-332
- Drew Aschliman 35-35-70 (Medalist)
- Gaige Godfrey 41-39-80
- Gage Federman 49-43-92
- Suttyn Weinbrenner 43-52-95
- Brady Haas 42-48-90
Argyle/Pec – 355
- Avari Steiner 37-41-78
- Cohlman Schlimgen 42-44-86
- Caleb McKenna 43-52-86
- Blake Ferrell 48-48-96
- Barrett Ferrell 52-57-109
Barneveld – 364
- Jud Poad 43-48-91
- Noah Doescher 41-49-90
- Chase Hurlbert 42-48-90
- Will Pechan 47-46-93
- Konnor Jasinski 47-51-98
River Valley-370
- Dayne Moser 42-53-95
- Lucas Klein 42-47-89
- Jess Sanftlehen 43-41-84
- Payton Meili 50-56-106
- Blake Brickl 49-53-102
Iowa-Grant-482
- Graham Brown 56-51-107
- Braden Vacha 61-63-124
- Colton Williams 55-63-118
- Wyatt Aide 67-66-133
- Daniel Wetter 75-83-158
Individual Low Scores
- Drew Aschliman 70
- Ben Thill 75
- Avari Steiner, Aidan Wilson, Cole Herbst, Levi Johns 78
- Nate Blalock 79