St. Anthony Wins Own Boys Golf Invite

The St. Anthony Bulldogs Boys Golf Invitational Champions were, left to right,  Luke Flaig, Luke Ludwig, Nathan Schultz, Zach wortman, Ben Strullmyer, Jayden Rios and Coach Phil Zaccari.

The St Anthony High School boys golf team started its season off by winning its own invitational Thursday.

Played at Fox Prairie Golf Course in Windsor, the Bulldogs shot a team score of 308 which was one better than a very talented Hillsboro squad.

 "The team played very solid today," said Coach Phil Zaccari. "The seniors really stepped up and paved the way. Nathan Schultz shot his career best competitive round placing second with a 73, Zach Wortman placed fifth with a 77 and then Ben Strullmyer and Luke Ludwig each fired 79's to finish our scoring.

"This is a big confidence builder win for us. I believe we'll be battling Hillsboro all year. This should be fun. A big thank you to Chris and Kim and the entire staff at Fox Prairie GC. The course was in great shape and their hospitality was wonderful."

Finishing behind St. Anthony and Hillsboro were Sullivan 321, St. Anthony No. 2 357, Pleasant Plains 363, Vandalia 379, Greenville 382, Teutopolis 405, Flora 406, Effingham 408, Robinson 410 and Hillsboro No. 2 420.

Garnering medalist honors was Hillsboro's Alex Eichoff with a 71 followed in the top 10 by Nathan Schultz (St. Anthony) 73, Caden Ellis (Sullivan) 73, Alex White (Hillsboro) 75, Zach Wortman (St. Anthony) 77, Cooper Tullis (Pleasant Plains) 79, Ben Strullmyer (Hillsboro) 79,  Luke Ludwig (St. Anthony) 79, Leighton Huber (Sullivan) 80 and Dane Huber (Hillsboro) 80.

Scoring for the eighth place Teutopolis were Carter Jansen 94, Asa Hanson 103, Andy Niebrugge 103 and Derek Ozenkoski 105.

Scoring for 10th place Effingham were Aiden Beck 91, Tate Niebrugge 93, Colby Heaton 110 and Austin Waldhoff 114.

St. Anthony Invitational

St. Anthony (308) -- Nathan Schultz 35-38 -- 73, Zach Wortman 39-38 -- 77, Luke Ludwig 37-42 -- 79, Ben Strullmyer 37-42 -- 79, Luke Flaig 39-42 -- 81, Jayden Rios 43-41 -- 84

Hillsboro (309) -- Alex Eickhoff 37-34 -- 71, Alex White 38-37 -- 75, Dane Huber 35-45 -- 80, Owen Malloy 42-41 -- 83, Dominic Haggard 45-45 -- 90, Wilson Hamby 46-49 -- 95

Sullivan (321) -- Caden Ellis 35-38 -- 73, Leighton Burchar 41-39 -- 80, Drew Rogers 40-44 -- 84, Tim Lawyer 40-44 -- 84, Leyton Ellis 46-42 -- 88, Aiden Short 45-52 -- 97

St. Anthony No. 2 (357) -- Dylan Ferguson 39-43 -- 82, Ryan Schultz 44-45 -- 89, Thomas Chojnicki 42-48 -- 90, Alex Erickson 45-51 -- 96, Darin Hutchison 54-55 -- 109

Pleasant Plains (363) -- Cooper Tullis 39-40 -- 79,  Kyle Abraham 44-46 -- 90, Sean Derrick 43-48 -- 91, Tyler Koerner 49-54 -- 103, Justin Holding 54-53 -- 107

Vandalia (379) -- Chase Laack 43-41 -- 84, Hunter Boren 46-49 -- 95, Cameron Withers 48-50 -- 98, Bryce Dunn 48-54 -- 102, Riley Ruckamn 47-57 -- 104, Conner Satterthwaite 50-55 -- 105

Greenville (382) -- Sam Knebel 42-42 -- 84, Gaite Brauns 45-46 -- 91, Christian Bauer 47-48 -- 95, Ryan Heath 53-59 -- 112,  Gage Zykman 66-69 -- 135, Leno Calderairo 66-7 1-- 137

Teutopolis (405) -- Carter Jansen 50-44 -- 94,  Asa Hanson 49-54 -- 103,  Andy Niebrugge 50-53 -- 103, Derek Ozenkoski 51-54 -- 105, Drew Kerner 53-54 -- 107, Jacob Herd 54-58 -- 112

Flora (406) -- Will Lehman 42-52 -- 94, Carter Collins 48-54 -- 102, Rowdy Collins 51-52 -- 103, Holden Kauble 48-59 -- 107, Drake Hargis 53-63 -- 116

Effingham (408) -- Aiden Beck 45-46 -- 91, Tate Niebrugge 44-49 -- 93, Colby Heaton 46-64 -- 110, Austin Waldhoff 52-62 -- 114, Nick Burgess 54-64 -- 118, Ben Donsbach 55-63 -- 118

Robinson (410) -- Cole Johnson 48-50 -- 98, Nyah Schulte 50-52 -- 102, Levi  Middleton 49-54 -- 103, Nick Weber 52-55 -- 107, Will Prindable 55-63 -- 118, Maddie Byrley 66-55 -- 121

Hillsboro No. 2 (420) -- Tad Daniels 44-44-- 88, Gunner Micenheimer 45-54 -- 99, Hayden Fuller 52-62 -- 114, Dillon Smail 61-58 -- 119, Preston Lyerla 59-61 -- 120

Individuals -- Gavin Meyer 64-70 -- 134, Zach Ruholl 57-66 -- 123