EHS Claims St. Anthony Boys Golf Invitational

Effingham holds the trophy from placing first at the St. Anthony Golf Invitational.

Effingham High School edged Effingham St. Anthony to claim the championship of the St. Anthony Boys Golf Invitational Wednesday at Fox Prairie Golf Course.

The Hearts tallied 330 followed by St. Anthony No. 1 333,  Teutopolis 341, Sullivan 366, St. Anthony No. 2 372, Champaign St. Thomas More 389, Flora 392, Tuscola 399, Decatur St. Teresa 426 and Altamont 437.

Effingham's Calloway Smith was medalist with a 71 followed in the top 10 by Caden Ellis (Sullivan) 73, Seth Icenogle (Tuscola) 75,  Mitch Cremer (LSA) 76, Luke Ludwig (St. Anthony No. 1 77), Dayton Pate (LSA) 78, Niko Dust (St. Anthony No. 1) 79, Dylan Ferguson (St. Anthony No. 2) 79, Lucas Tay (St. Thomas More) 80 and Matt Linders (EHS) 81.

"Well, I will have to say this was a very pleasant surprise and I mean that in a good way," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "When you have a special player like Callaway that can go low, it gives you a chance to win. Callaway played just a solid round of golf, he didn't really make any putts. It was just a great ball striking round of golf. He finished second last year and was excited to take home first and more importantly lead our team to the title.

"Matt Linders also had a good start to his senior year with an 81 that included an eagle and a birdie. Ryan and Jacob did what they needed to do to help us win today. We got Tate, Tommy and Nate some valuable experience today. I am really happy for our kids as they did a great job."

Scoring for the Hearts were Callaway Smith 36-35 -- 71, Matt Linders 37-44 -- 81, Ryan Sandifer 42-46 -- 88 and Jacob Sigg 43-47 -- 90.

Scoring for St. Anthony No. 1 were Luke Ludwig 39-38 -- 77, Niko Dust 42-37 -- 79, Trey Koester 45-42 -- 87 and Zach Wortman 46-44 -- 90.

Teutopolis took third as Christian Deters tallied 44-37 -- 81, Dylan Buenker 40-45 -- 85, Keegan Meyer 44-42 -- 86 and Braydon Bushue 47-42 -- 89.

St. Anthony Invitational

Team Scores -- Effingham 330, St. Anthony  No. 1 333, Teutopolis 341, Sullivan 366, St. Anthony No. 2 372, Champaign St. Thomas More 389, Flora 392, Tuscola 399, Decatur St. Teresa 426, Altamont 437

Altamont (437) -- Grant Schmdit 48-48 -- 96, Noah Kopplin 52-52 -- 104, Harrison Fitzjarrell 58-60 -- 118, Dylan Miller 54-65 -- 119, Logan Sims 67-58 -- 125, Austin Wendling 74-78 -- 152

Effingham (330) -- Callaway Smith 36-35 -- 71, Matt Linders 37-44 -- 81, Ryan Sandifer 42-46 -- 88, Jacob Sigg 43-47 -- 90, Tate Niebrugge 45-49 -- 94, Tommy Hortenstine 56-59 -- 115

Flora (392) --  Aven Kimmell 39-43 -- 82, Holdan Kauble 42-58 -- 100, Ty Warren 51-53 -- 104, Drew Woodrow 50-56 -- 106, Trenton Brown 54-56 -- 110, Ryder Collins 47-64 -- 111

LSA (154) -- Mitch Cremer 40-36 -- 76, Dayton Pate 39-39 -- 78

Murphysboro (199) -- Jordan Williams 41-44 -- 85, Jackson Knop 60-54 -- 1114

St. Anthony No. 1 (333) -- Luke Ludwig 39-38 -- 77, Niko Dust 42-37 -- 79, Trey Koester 45-42 -- 87, Zach Wortman 46-44 -- 90, Nathan Schultz 46-46 -- 92, Jacob Schmidt 52-50 -- 102

St. Anthony No. 2 (372) -- Dylan Ferguson 37-42 -- 79, Ben Strullmyer 50-46 -- 96, Ethan Rozene 45-53 -- 98, Jayden Rios 48-51 -- 99, Will Willenborg 47-52 -- 99, Augie Heal 54-56 -- 110

Decatur St. Teresa (426) -- Cayden Brilley 43-42 -- 85, Taeil Kim 51-54 -- 105, Kyle Anselmo 55-58 -- 113, Braden Doyle 58-65 -- 123, Nichols Bowers 61-71 -- 426

Champaign St. Thomas More (389) -- Lucas Tay 40-40 -- 80, Jack Peifer 51-51 -- 102, Spencer Burgin 50-52 -- 102, Wade Baillon 47-58 -- 105

Sullivan (366) -- Caden Ellis 36-37 -- 73, Tom Schibur 41-48 -- 89, Leighton Burcham 44-49 -- 93, Tim Lawyer 53-58 -- 111, Luke Delong 57-75 -- 114, Bretton Crouse 63-61 -- 124

Teutopolis (341) -- Christian Deters 44-37 -- 81, Keegan Meyer 44-42 -- 86, Dylan Buenker 40-45 -- 85, Braydan Bushue 47-42 -- 89, Will Schlink 48-52 -- 100, Jacob Herd 51-52 -- 103

Tuscola (399) -- Seth Icenogle 35-40 -- 75, Cole Thomas 47-53 -- 100, Logan Grace 47-64 -- 111, Ethan Stumier 52-61 -- 113, Cordale Kerns 53-62 -- 115, Coady Kerner 65-79 -- 144