Bulldogs Boys Win State Golf Championship (UPDATE)

The St. Anthony Bulldogs have won the Boys 1A State Golf Championship, and Joey Trupiano of the Bulldogs won the Class 1A Individual Championship.

St. Anthony finished the first day with a 321 team total, a score Coach Phil Zaccari said they were not satisfied with, but a number that still left them in second place, nine shots behind Chicago Latin School.

A team chat following Friday's round seemed to provide a spark. St. Anthony finished with a 297 team score on Saturday, and that propelled them to a 618 two-day total and the state title by a five-stroke margin over Latin.

(ST. ANTHONY'S JOEY TRUPIANO)

As for Trupiano, he shot rounds of 75-73=148, and then won on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to claim the 1A individual championship. Trupiano is the sophomore son of Joey and Nikki Trupiano.

Our Greg Sapp spoke with Trupiano Sunday about the accomplishment..

As far as the rest of the Bulldogs crew, here are the scores: freshman Coen Pennington tied for 11th with 81-74=155; senior Jonathan Willenborg tied for 16th with 84-73=157; junior Lane Ludwig tied for 25th with 81-77=158; senior Michael Martelli finished 64th with 87-83=170; and junior Preston Phillips finished tied for 71st with 84-90=174.

The team title is the fifth state championship for St. Anthony's boys golf. 

Greg also spoke with St. Anthony Coach Phil Zaccari at Sunday's Welcome Home...

Altamont senior Avery Jahraus finished tied for 61st with a score of 85-84=169. 

Effingham High School's girls golf team failed to advance to the second day of action at the state tournament at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur on Friday.

Effingham finished 10th with a 375 team total. Only the top eight teams qualified for the finals on Saturday. Effingham's total was only four shots off the qualifying score of 371.

Effingham's Marah Kirk was tied for 31st after the first day with an 82, but came back with a 77 on Saturday and tied for 21st place as an individual. As far as the other Effingham scores on Friday, Elena Niebrugge tied for 68th with a 95, Ella Niebrugge tied for 74th with a 97, Marissa Allie and Ella Tuman tied for 91st with 101s, and Anna Hirtzel tied for 97th with a 103.

St. Anthony's Addie Krouse, who was tied for 64th with a 94 atter Friday's round, shot an 82 on Saturday to finish tied for 53rd.