Bulldogs, Hearts, Shoes Advance As Teams From Golf Regionals

Effingham St. Anthony captured the championship of the Class 1A Robinson Boys Golf Regional Tuesday at Quail Creek Country Club.

The Bulldogs tallied a 329 followed by Teutopolis 334, Robinson 358, Altamont 366, Centralia Christ Our Rock Lutheran 381, Flora 387, Oblong 401, Vandalia 403, Ramsey 409, Marshall 411 and Casey-Westfield 426.

"We claimed our 10th straight IHSA Class 1A Regional," said St. Anthony Coach Phil Zaccari. "Senior Jared Hutchison shot a steady 78 to claim second place individually followed by junior Niko Dust whose 80 was good enough for third place.

"We played a pretty decent round of golf today. Jared had one bad hole but recovered very well to lead us. Niko just played solid, staying out of trouble. Jeff and Luke also struck the ball well and were real close to breaking 80 as well if a couple of putts fall instead of hanging on the lip. We are very happy with this result but are far from satisfied. We know we left a lot of strokes on the course today, so hopefully, our best golf is still ahead of us."

Hutchinson tallied a 40-38 -- 78 while Dust had  38-42 -- 80.  Also scoring were Jeff Niebrugge 42-43 -- 85 and Luke Ludwig 43-43 -- 86. Non-counting scores were Mitchell Sager 47-50 -- 97 and Jacob Schmidt 49-50 -- 99. Niebrugge finished tied for eighth while Ludwig was 12th.

Robinson's Tom Goodman was medalist with a 76.

Advancing as a team was Teutopolis with scores coming from Christian Deters 37-44 -- 81, Dylan Buenker 40-42 -- 82, Keegan Meyer 41-44 -- 85 and Mat Weber 45-41 -- 86. Non-counters were Brayden Bushue 45-44 -- 89 and Austin Weber 53-54 -- 107. Deters captured fourth place in the individual standings while Buenker was sixth and Meyer tied for eighth.

The top three teams along with the top 10 individuals not members of qualifying teams will head on to the Anna-Jonesboro Sectional Monday at the Union County Country Club in Anna.

Altamont scores were Adam Mayhaus 43-46 -- 89, Dylan Miller 48-41 -- 89, Cameron Jackman 45-48 -- 93, Grant Schmidt 48-47 -- 95, Logan Deadmond 51-59 -- 110 and Luke Behl 56-59 -- 115. Mayhaus and Miller advance as individuals. 

Also advancing were Lucas Wessel (CORL), Scott Shulman (Vandalia), Aven Kimmell (Flora), Eli Palm (CORL), Brady Reiss (Ramsey), Nick Trotter (Flora), Garrett Bates (Sandoval) and Cameron Johnson (Oblong)

At Effingham

The Hearts took second place in the Class 2A Effingham Regional at the Effingham Country Club Tuesday.

Mattoon won the regional with a 320 followed by Effingham 333, Lawrenceville 335, Charleston 340, Mount Zion 341, Decatur Lutheran 341, Olney 369 and Paris 381.

Mattoon's Nicholas Nguyen was medalist with a 67. The next spot went to Lawrenceville's Zach Breault with a 71. Effingham's Callaway Smith finished third with a 77.

Effingham, Mattoon and Lawrenceville advance as teams. Scoring for the Hearts, along with Smith, were Ryan Sandifer 84, Reed Schafer 86 and Jacob Sigg 86. Non-counters were Matt Linders 93 and Michael Woltman 101. Sandifer finished tied for 10th place.

Also advancing as individuals were Danny Miller (Mount Zion) 78, Benjamin Cleveland (Mount Zion) 80, Ben Lanman (Charleston) 82, Mitch Cremer (Decatur Lutheran) 83, Tanner Hout (Olney) 83, Keegan Gowin (Charleston), Aidan Gist (Decatur Eisenhower), Robert Rardin (Charleston), Austin Brown (Decatur Lutheran) and Dylan Ground (Decatur Lutheran).

The teams and individuals advancing will head to the West Frankfort Sectional Tuesday at the Franklin Country Club.

At Windsor

Sullivan and Arcola tied for first place at the Class 1A Windsor Regional Tuesday. Both teams tallied a 346. Following were Bethany Okaw Valley 362, Shelbyville 369, Pana 371, Decatur St. Teresa 371, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 389, Oakland 393, Tuscola 405, Macon Meridian 417 and Villa Grove 430.

Medalist was Arcola's Clayton Miller with a 76. Advancing are Sullivan, Arcola and Bethany Okaw Valley.

The top three teams and top individuals not members of teams advance. Tristan Warner from Windsor/Stew-Stras scored an 80 and will advance to the El Paso-Gridley Sectional Monday at the El Paso Golf Club.