NLC GOLF: Raiders win with balance

May 24, 2009 10:31 pm

— Northridge had the most balance and captured the Northern Lakes Conference high school boys golf team championship Saturday at Plymouth Country Club.
Junior David Long had a 74 for the Raiders, junior Colin Roberts 75, freshman Logan McBride 84 and sophomore Andy Morrison 85.
NorthWood senior Brady Klotz nipped Long for medalist honors by firing a 73. That included back-to-back birdies on the par-three 7th hole and the par-five 8th.
Klotz, Long anr Roberts are on the all-NLC team with Memorial senior Mike Stutz, Goshen senior Collin Chapman, Wawasee’s Curtis Coverstone, Concord junior Scott Ladehoff and Plymouth’s Doug Booth.
Honorable mention goes to Tyler Ostrom of Warsaw, Eric Tandy of Warsaw, Matt Diller of Goshen and John Kirkwood of Wawasee.
Ben Barkey of Warsaw is “Coach of the Year.”
Round-robin standings were Concord 7-0, Wawasee 6-1, Warsaw 5-2, Goshen 3-4, NorthWood 3-4, Northridge 2-5 and Plymouth 1-6.
The local sectional is Friday, June 5, at Spring Meadow Farm in Middlebury.

Tourney Summary

Northridge (318) — David Long 35-39—74, Andy Morrison 49-36—85, Collin Roberts 39-36—75, Logan McBride 45-39—84, Rhett Holaway 54-45—99.
NorthWood (326) — Brady Klotz 34-39—73, Austin Burkholder 40-42—82, Mike Bough 41-45—86, Jon Christofeno 45-45—90, Jesse Morganthaler 43-42—85
Warsaw (326) — Tyler Ostrom 38-40—78, Eric Tandy 41-40—81, Kal Denlinger 44-49—93, Mitchell Gauger 41-42—83, Scotty Boyle 39-45—84
Memorial (338) — Mike Stutz 38-37—75, Mitch Sailor 42-51—93, Brad Douglas 42-48—90, Sam Girten 51-50—101, Kyle Ritchie 42-38—80
Plymouth (339) — Doug Booth 41-41_82, Mitch Holloway 41-45—86, Calvin Hoeffler 47-45—92, Cody Bennett 43-39—821, John Ruff 42-47—89
Wawasee (339) — Ryan Koble 48-45—93, John Kirkwood 41-43—84, Curtis Coverstone 38-38—76, George Adamaitis 48-49—97, Ben Jackson 46-40—86
Goshen (343) — Collin Chapman 42-39—81, Eric Peters 46-44—90, Steven Koronkiewicz 50-44—94, Matt Diller 42-40—82, Brandon Doss 44-46—90
Concord (350) — Scott Ladehoff 40-40—80, Matt Lower 46-45—91, Nate Newcomer 42-48—90, Al Kelly 48-42—90, James Williams 45-45—90