Bulldogs Win Windsor Invitational, EHS Boys Fourth at Paris Invite

WINDSOR -- Effingham St. Anthony finished with a 325 total to win the Windsor Boys Golf Invitational Saturday at Fox Prairie Golf Course. It was the 11th time in the past 13 years the Bulldogs have won the invite.

The Bulldogs were followed by Greenville 338, Maroa-Forsyth 344, Hillsboro 344, Shelbyville 354, Arcola 359, Teutopolis 372, St. Anthony JV 382, Altamont 392, Mattoon JV 392, Okaw Valley 397, Casey-Westfield 426, Sullivan 431 and Windsor 436.

"We played okay today," said Coach Phil Zaccari. "Fox Prairie was in great shape and the weather was great. It was a good day to score well. Connor Greene played solid, a couple putts burnt edges or it could have been real low. Garrett Hixenbaugh had a couple bad holes but he kept grinding to finish tied for four individually.

"Nate Schmidt really stepped up today and had a solid 82. If he can continue that, he will help us be deeper as we wind up our season over the next couple of weeks. From a junior varsity side, Niko Dust has been showing great improvement and played a solid round. Overall we still need to putt better as we left a lot of short putts out there. Hopefully, our best is still to come."

Windsor's Tristan Warner was medalist with a 75. Neoga's Luke Baker took second with a 75. St. Anthony's Greene was third with a 76. Teutopolis' Christian Deters and St. Anthony's Hixenbaugh were fourth with an 80 each.

Also scoring for the Bulldogs were Schmidt with an 82 and Jared Hutchison 87. Non-counting were Jeff Niebrugge 87 and Sam Wortman 91.

Scoring for the junior varsity squad were Dust 84, Gus Koester 99, Jacob Schmidt 99 and Mitchell Sager 100. Non-counting scores were Augie Heal 113 and Ethan Rozene 128.

At Paris

Effingham captured fourth place out of 12 teams at the Paris Invitational Saturday. Winning was Mattoon with 319 followed by Robinson 340, Mount Zion 347, Effingham 348, Oakwood 365, Bismarck-Henning 371, Charleston 374, Judah Christian 381, Urbana 382, Paris 406, Tri-County 417 and Salt Fork 420.

"The Eagle played very difficult today," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "Even with Jackson visiting Nebraska, we should have done much better. Reed Schafer did a nice job today leading us. I was very happy with Ryan Sandifer's round. He started off terrible, but played very well his last 17 holes."

Scoring for the Hearts were Jake Linders 85, Callaway Smith 88, Schafer 84 and R. Sandifer 91. Non-counting were Sean Sandifer 94 and Matt Linders 107.

In Friday action, Effingham competed in the Mount Zion Invitational and finished fourth. Winning was Champaign Centennial 219 followed by Mattoon 223, Mount Zion 229, Effingham 237, Champaign Central 247, Charleston 253, Maroa-Forsythe 257, Okaw Valley 267, Decatur St. Teresa 280, Meridian 286 and Clinton 293.

"I am very pleased with our results today," said Coach Schafer. "Jake and Reed came within one shot of repeating as scramble champions, Callaway and Ryan did a great job in best ballfinishing second and Sean and Matt Linders played a great front nine today. It is a different format today and the kids did great."

Callaway Smith & Ryan Sandifer.  Shot 74 in  best ball, second place

Reed Schafer & Jake Linders. Shot 69 in Scramble, second place

Sean Sandifer and Matt Linders shot 94 in alternate shot

At Windsor

In action Friday at Fox Prairie Golf Course, Shelbyville won a triangular golf meet with a 172 followed by Altamont 191 and Cumberland 218.

Medalist was Shelbyville's Tyler Schanks with a 40. Also scoring for the Rams were Taylor Schanks 42, Bart Kennell 44 and Brett Peiffer 46. Non-counters were Ryan Stenger 47 and Wil Bolinger 51. Shelbyville is now 16-6.

Scoring for Altamont were Adam Mayhaus 44, Logan Deadmond 48, Dylan Miller 48 and Noah Kopplin 51. Non-counting scores were Cameron Jackman 52 and Luke Behl 62. Altamont has a 3-10 record.

Scoring for Cumberland were Austin Light 53, Nick Kimble 54, Reilly Mathenia 55 and Hayden Kanizer 56. Others were Patrick Utter 60 and Dexter Carlin 63. Cumberland is now 3-7 on the season.