St. A Fourth at Challenge at The Den, Altamont Fifth at Tuscola

Effingham St. Anthony's boys golf squad took fourth place at The Challenge at The Den Tournament at Fox Creek Thursday. Winning was Normal Community 7.5, St. Charles East 6, Neuqua Valley 5.5, St. Anthony 4,  Washington 3.5, Normal West 3, Bloomington 2 and Providence Catholic 1.5.

"This is a Ryder Cup style event," said St. Anthony Coach Phil Zaccari. "We are competing against the big 2A and 3A schools for this event and were able to hold our own. All the matches we lost were on the last hole of the match. We learned a lot about our players this year as we never gave up.

"Nate and Sam brought their first match to all square on the last hole and then came back and won their second match on the last hole. Jared and Garrett also played great getting points for us. Jeff and Connor did not win any points but the matches they lost were on the last hole and they were to the eventual championship teams. Connor discovered what he had been doing wrong and played with renewed confidence. Hopefully he has made the turn.

"This was a great experience for us and may serve as a trying point. We are back at it again tomorrow in Olney," concluded Zaccari.

Individual Matches

Gary King (St. Charles East) defeated Garrett Hixenbaugh (Effingham St. Anthony) - 1 up

Brock Hirn (Normal West) defeated Ian Langton (Neuqua Valley)  - 4 & 3

Gary King (St. Charles East) defeated Garrett Hixenbaugh - 1 up

Garrett Hixenbaugh (Effingham St. Anthony) defeated Brock Hirn (Normal West) - 3 & 2

Mike Shepard (Normal Community) defeated Tim McNally (Providence Catholic) - 1 up

Gavin Halsey (Bloomington) vs. Drew Pershing (Washington) - All Square

Tim McNally (Providence Catholic) vs. Drew Pershing (Washington) - All Square

Mike Shepard (Normal Community) defeated Gavin Halsey (Bloomington) - 2 up

Daniel Haugen (St. Charles East) vs. Brady Quakenbush (Normal Community) - All Square

Drew Rouches (Neuqua Valley) defeated Jarrett DeFields (Bloomington) - 4 & 2

Daniel Haugen (St. Charles East) vs. Jarrett DeFields (Bloomington) - All Square

Brady Quakenbush (Normal Community) defeated Drew Rouches (Neuqua Valley) - 2 up

Jared Hutchison (Effingham St. Anthony) defeated Tony Delise (Providence Catholic) - 2 up

Brandon Bulls (Normal West) defeated Matt Johnson (Washington) - 1 up

Jared Hutchison (Effingham St. Anthony) defeated Matt Johnson (Washington) - All Square

Brandon Bulls (Normal West) defeated Tony Delise (Providence Catholic) - 2 up

Best Ball Matches

Zach Thompson / Aaron Armstrong (Normal Community) defeated Connor Greene / Jeff Niebrugge (St. Anthony) - 1 up

Colin Johnson / Kyle McWeeney (St. Charles East) defeated Andre Bulls / Michael Moser (Normal West) - 2 up

Zach Thompson / Aaron Armstrong (Normal Community) defeated Andre Bulls / Michael Moser (Normal West) - 2 & 1

Colin Johnson / Kyle McWeeney (St. Charles East) defeated Connor Greene / Jeff Niebrugge (St. Anthony) - 1 up

Will VanAlsburg / Steven Grabowski (Neuqua Valley) defeated Ryan Miller (Providence Catholic) - 1 up

Hunter Watts / Dylan Leach (Washington) defeated Alex Pratt / Sam Giessenger (Bloomington) - 3 & 2

Ryan Miller / Jack Walsh (Providence Catholic) defeated Alex Pratt / Sam Giessenger (Bloomington) - 1 up

Will VanAlsburg / Steven Grabowski (Neuqua Valley) defeated Hunter Watts / Dylan Leach (Washington) - 5 & 3

Spencer Jackson / Brady Rogers (Bloomington) defeated Kyle Therman / Josh Hamilton (Normal West) -

Nick Walker / Mason Rippel (Neuqua Valley) vs. Sam Wortman / Nate Schmidt (St. Anthony) -

Sam Wortman / Nate Schmidt (St. Anthony) vs. Spencer Jackson / Brady Rogers (Bloomington) - 1 up

Nick Walker / Mason Rippel (Neuqua Valley) vs. Kyle Therman / Josh Hamilton (Normal West) - 1 up

Kyle Edwards / Rob Wuethrich (Normal Community) defeated Rudy Batis / Jake Lampert (Providence Catholic) - 2 & 1

Charlie Blood / Kevin Sobieski (St. Charles East) defeated Tyler Coughlin / Christan Deets (Washington) - 5 & 4

Kyle Edwards / Rob Wuethrich (Normal Community) defeated Tyler Coughlin / Christian Deets (Washington) - 5 & 3

Charlie Blood / Kevin Sobieski (St. Charles East) defeated Rudy Batis / Jake Lampert (Providence Catholic) - 3 & 2

At Tuscola

Altamont took fifth place in a seven-team meet at the Ironhorse in Tuscola Thursday. Tuscola won with 167 followed by Salt Fork 199, Tuscola JV 207, Mount Zion Girls 208, Altamont 210, Tuscola Girls 219 and Salt Fork Girls 54.

Seth Icenogle of Tuscola was medalist with a 37. Altamont's Adam Mayhaus took eighth place with a 48. Also competing for the Indians were Dylan Miller 16th with a 52, Luke Behl 21st with a 54, Cameron Jackman 25th with a 56, Logan Deadmond 28th with a 58 and Noah Kopplin 31st with a 62.