St. A, EHS, T-town Nab Boys Golf Wins, St. A Girls Victorious

Effingham St. Anthony played host to Champaign St. Thomas More in a boys golf match Tuesday at the Effingham Country Club.

"We played a team better ball match just to change things up," said Coach Phil Zaccari. "It was our Senior night and it was nice to get a great win for our seniors. They have all had good careers and contributed to the St. Anthony golf tradition.

"Connor Greene has been playing really well to finish his career. He topped it off tonight by driving #18 and making
the 10 foot eagle putt. Garrett Hixenbaugh has also developed into a solid golfer who, like Greene, has been a member of three state final teams. Gus Koester never really cracked our top six, but he will get his second varsity letter this year and has consistently improved over his career.

"Nate Schmidt has shown the most improvement over his career and it has been a pleasure watching him grow into a fine golfer. Sam Wortman is our final senior who has recently emerged as one of our most consistent scorers this year. All of these guys have represented St. Anthony very well and will be missed. Hopefully we will be able to send them out the way they deserve," concluded Zaccari.

The St. Anthony girls golf team won a match against Champaign St. Thomas More, 177-240. Individual medalists were Madison and Mariah Bushue with a 42 each.

Other scorers were Abbie Schmdit 46 and Kyla Burton 47. Scoring for St. Thomas More were Emily Roth 50, Veronica Burton 59, Br. Hege 64 and Emma Ashlund 67.

Results

Match 1 -- Hixenbaugh/Wortman (STA)  vs. Tate/Kramer (STM) 1 UP    

Match 2 -- Greene/Hutchison (STA) 3 Up over Kehl/Vodacek (STM)    

Match 3 -- Niebrugge/Schmidt (STA) 2 Up over Lee/Tay (STM)        

Match 4 -- Dust/Koester (STA) 5 & 4 over Peifer/Keck (STM)

At Decatur

Effingham won a fouir-team boys golf meet at Red Tail Run in Decatur Tuesday.

The Hearts tallied 160 followed by Mount Zion 171, Shelbyville 195 and Taylorville 196. The Hearts are now 4-0 while Mount Zion is 5-4, Taylorville 6-6 and Shelbyville 14-5.

"This was a good win for us, beating Mount Zion," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer.

Effingham's Jackson Wendling and Mount Zion's Danny Miller were medalists with a 36 each.

Also competing for the Hearts were Jake Linders 40, Callaway Smith 41, Reed Schafer 43, Ryan Sandifer 45 and Sean Sandifer 48.

Mount Zion scores included Ben Cleveland 39, Austin Cox 40, Lucas Lamb 56, Alex Bjerke 58 and Kevin Kapperman 66.

Competing for Shelbyville were Brett Peifer 43, Tyler Schanks 48, Taylor Schanks 50, Ryan Stenger 54, Bart Kennell 55 and Payton Howell 59.

Taylorville scores were Eric Dust 44, Conner Black 47, Ben Dorchinecz 49, Evan Klaves 57, Kaycee Robinson 58 and Logan Harris 68.

At Teutopolis

Teutopolis claimed a 168-196 victory over Pana in boys competition Tuesday.

Christian Deters and Dylan Buenker tallied a 39 each for the Shoes and were co-medalists. Also competing for the Shoes were Braydan Bushue 45, Mat Weber 45, Will Schlink 53 anda Keegan Meyer 55.

T-town hosted Charleston in a girls match but the Shoes forfeited due to not having enough players. Playing for T-town were Casey Willenborg 43, Madison Magee 52 and Ellie Ruholl 53.