EHS Fourth at Charleston, SA Boys Seventh at Centralia

Effingham's Callaway Smith was first while Ryan Sandifer took 15th at the Charleston Invitational.

CHARLESTON -- Effingham High School nabbed fourth place in the Charleston Boys Golf Invitational Friday.

Champaign Central won the championship with 305 followed by Charleston Gold 312, Mattoon 326, Effingham 330, Danville 337, Monticello 345, Champaign Centennial 346, Robinson 352, Rantoul/PBL 356, Charleston Red 366, Paris 380, Olney 385 and Bloomington 388. Decatur and Urbana did not have team scores.

Effingham's Callaway Smith was medalist with a 73. Charleston's Ben Ianman took second with 75.

"This was a very positive result for us today," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "We tied our low score for the year for 18 holes and are starting to play better.

"Callaway had another great event, winning the tournament of 80 players with a one-over-par 73. He struck the ball really well today and I'm real happy for him. Ryan Sandifer had his best round of the year as well with an 81 and he had one bad hole but overcame it, really stayed focused and kept his round going. Jacob and Ryan were good today as well. We are going to be back here Monday for conference and in two weeks for regionals so we just have to keep working on how we have to play the holes beter and hope we keep improving."

Effingham's Ryan Sandifer was 15th with an 81. Also scoring were Matt Linders 88 and Jacob Sigg 88. Non-counters were Tate Niebrugge 96 and Aiden Beck 101.

Smith had the longest drive on No. 3.

At Centralia

Effingham St. Anthony competed in the Centralia Better Ball Invitational Saturday and finished seventh.

Centralia won its own invitational with a 224 followed by O'Fallon 225, Breese Mater Dei 229, Belleville East 230, Salem 231, Herrin 232, St. Anthony 233, Nashville 243, Belleville West 244, Highland 245, Carbondale 246, Mascoutah 252, Granite City 255, Mount Vernon 259, Alton 263 and Marion 269.

Ben Brauns and Brandon Munie of Highland claimed first place with a 71.

Teams for St. Anthony were Luke Ludwig/Nathan Schultz 36-38 -- 74, Niko Dust/Trey Koester 40-41 -- 81 and Jacob Schmidt/Dylan Ferguson 40-38 -- 78.

In action Friday, St. Anthony's junior varsity boys squad claimed a 168-189 win over Hillsboro at Fore Way Golf Course.

The Bulldogs' Ethan Rozene was medalist with a 39. Ryan Schultz, Luke Flaig and Jayden Rios scored a 43 each. Non-counting scores were Zach Wortman 44 and Ben Strullmyer 47.

At Effingham

The Effingham girls squad took a triangular win over Effingham St. Anthony and Teutopolis with a 164 total. The Bulldogs followed in second with a 171 and T-town was third with a 215.

Effingham's Alex Brummer was medalist with a 36. She was followed in scoring by Keira Hirtzel 40, Abbi Burgess 41 and Jade Depoister 47. Non-counters were Lindsey Stephenson 49 and Kennedy Collier 52.

Scoring for St. Anthony were Abbie Schmidt 38, Ava Wegman 39, Claire McHugh 43 and Regan Koester 51. Non-counters were Jessica Coffin 53 and Abby Repking 62.

T-town was led by Madeline Hoene 50, Ally Niebrugge 50, Mattie Thoele 55 and Madison Magee 60. Non-counter was Macy Vogt 65.