Two Advance For St. Anthony, One For EHS From Boys Golf Regionals

The Bulldogs missed by one stroke of advancing as a team. Winning was Oblong with 329 followed by Carmi-White County 330, St. Anthony 331, Mount Carmel 334, Robinson 356, Fairfield 361, Altamont 364, Flora 385, Casey-Westfield 392 and Teutopolis 395.

Carmi's KaCee Fulkerson earned medalist honors with a 74. St. Anthony's Jonathan Willenborg tied for second with Oblong's Jake Smothers with a 78 each. Fourth was a three-way tie between Cole Johnson of Robinson, Kaden Carter of Carmi and Jarrett West of Mount Carmel with a 79 each.

St. Anthony's Thomas Chojnicki finished with an 81 and will advance as one of the four not a member of a qualifying team.

Willenborg and Chojnicki advance as individuals to the Class 1A Ziegler-Royalton Sectional Tuesday, October 13 along with Johnson of Robinson and West of Mount Carmel.

Competing for the Bulldogs were Willenborg 42-36 -- 78, Chojnicki 38-43 -- 81, Lane Ludwig 42-43 -- 85, Aidan Tegeler 45-42 -- 87, Charlie Wegman 46-42 -- 88 and Michael Martelli 48-41 -- 89.

Competing for Altamont were Kevin Hall 85, Tyler Stonecipher 87, Avery Jahraus 91, Tyler Stuckemeyer 104, Max Runge 115 and Alec Jahraus 121.

Teutopolis competitors were Gabe Schlink 97, Zac Niebrugge 98, Andy Niebrugge 100, Hayden Jansen 100, Jack Poelker 103 and Ethan Thoele 103.

Class 2A Paris Regional

Effingham Coach Jeff Schafer said his team almost shocked teams in the Paris Regional Tuesday.

"We almost shocked the regional today," said Schafer. "With six holes to play, we were actually looking like we had a real shot to advance. Paris just outplayed us the last six holes and ended up beating us by nine shots. We were right there. We ended up with our best score of the year."

Mattoon won the regional with 330 strokes followed by Paris 348, Mount Zion 356, Effingham 357, Charleston 360, Arcola 361, Lawrenceville 366, Olney 377 and Meridian 428.

Scoring for the Hearts were Max Woelfer 82, Colby Haynes 87, Ryker Schneider 90 and Nick Burgess 98. Non-counting scores were Ethan Ritz 99 and Preston Latch 109.

Woelfer advanced as one of the top four individuals while Mattoon and Paris advanced as the top two teams.

"Congrats to Max who shot his best round of the year and will be advancing to the sectional. Only four individuals advanced so that was very tough to do," said Schafer. "This group was a lot of fun to coach and we showed a lot of improvement from Day 1 to today. I'm really proud of them all. We are going to miss Max and Preston next year. They both did a great job and my other seniors were awesome to have out this year."

Woelfer will head to the Centralia Sectional Tuesday, October 13.