Homestead Makes Most Of Miserable Day
SYRACUSE – It’s been a familiar tale in recent years at the Wawasee Golf Invite. Fighting biting wind, rain, cold and spongy ground, several of the finer teams in the area battled at South Shore Golf Club Saturday. Homestead made it look like a warm day in June, posting a fine 301 to win the Invite.
Matthew Hope of Homestead was the event medalist with a round of 71, one under par. Hope had the low score on the front nine, shooting a two-under 34. Garrett Willis shot 74, Ellis Yoder shot 76 and Nick Kocks finished at 80 for the Spartans team total.
Mitch Davis of Chesterton also shot 71 to tie Hope for medalist honors, helping his club to a 316 and third place overall. Columbia City finished as team runner-up with a 312, led by its big three of Tyler Green (78), Spencer Klimek (78) and Cameron Slavich (76).
The Northern Lakes Conference took the next three spots with Northridge (325), Plymouth (329) and Warsaw (332).
Sam Yeager led the Tigers with a 78 and Michael Jensen carded an 80. Luke Delp, Tommy Meier and Tim Rata all finished at 87 for Warsaw.
Wawasee’s Gold squad, made up of its varsity roster, shot a 354. Jeffrey Moore had the lone score near par at 78, otherwise its scores were well back of the leaders. Cal Heinisch shot 91, Cam Adams had a 92 and Kyle Weideman and Austin Shrack both had 93s.
Fairfield shot 344, NorthWood shot 347, Whitko shot 380 and Wawasee Green shot 382 among the 16 teams in the invitational. Grady Clingerman had an 85 and Tim Gensch a 93 for the Wildcats, Hayden Klotz an 85 for the Panthers, Anson Mullet and Michael Shetler each posted 85s for the Falcons and Trevor Haessig had an 88 for the Warrior second team.
Warsaw and Wawasee will regroup for Tuesday’s Joe Harris Shootout at Rozella Ford Golf Course while Whitko will continue on Tuesday against Manchester and Northfield.
Wawasee Invite Scores:
Homestead 301
Columbia City 312
Chesterton 316
Northridge 325
Plymouth 329
Warsaw 332
Culver Academy 337
Fairfield 344
NorthWood 347
Wawasee Gold 354
Lakeland 366
Whitko 380
Wawasee Green 382
Manchester 385
Elkhart Central 395
Goshen 398