St. A Wins Golf Regional, EHS, Area Teams, Players Advance

St. Anthony won its own Class 1A Regional and advances to sectional play. Members of the team are, first row, left to right, Dakota Flaig, Charlie Wegman, Michael Martelli and Ryan Schmidt. Second row, left to right, Assistant Coach Jacob Schmidt, Lane Ludwig, Jonathan Willenborg, Thomas Chojnicki, Joey B. Trupiano and Coach Phil Zaccari.

Effingham St. Anthony captured the championship of the Class 1A Boys Golf Regional at the Effingham Country Club Wednesday.

The Bulldogs shot a 297 team total followed by Oblong 315, Altamont 339, Mount Carmel 340, Marshall 361, Teutopolis 370, Robinson 396, Carmi-White 396, Casey-Westfield 398, Flora 399, Newton 416 and North Clay (Louisville) 605. Altamont also advances to sectional action as the top three teams qualify along with the top 10 individuals not members of qualifying teams.

The Bulldogs had all four scorers in the top five. Jonathan Willenborg was medalist with a 70. Thomas Chojnicki was third with a 75 while Dakota Flaig took fourth with a 76 and Lane Ludwig was fifth with a 76. Altamont's Kevin Hall took seventh with a 77. Oblong's Grant Kidwell was second with a 73.

St. Anthony's non-scorers finished 11th and 14th as Charlie Wegman shot an 80 and Joey Trupiano an 81.

Along with Hall, scoring for Altamont were Avery Jahraus ninth with a 79, Tyler Stonecipher 15th with an 82 and Max Runge 45th with a 101. Non-counters we reAJ Kopplin 55th with a 105 and Zeke Rippetoe with a 108.

T-town's top finisher was Hayden Jansen 23rd with an 88 and he qualifies as an individual. Also scoring were Adam Lustig 29th with a 93, Brody Thoele 32nd with a 94 and Peyton Tegeler 34th with a 95. Non-counters were Ethan Thoele 36th with a 96 and Bennet Thompson 39th with a 97.

Newton golfers competing were Gunner James 51st with 103, Evan Johnson 56th with 105, Marc Jansen 59th with 108 and Grant Fulton 65th with 116.

North Clay also had four golfers competing. Riley Poe finished 66th with 118, Enoch McCrary 69th with 128, Landen Michael Frye 71st with 133 and Hayden PIttman 73rd with 226.

St. Anthony and Altamont advance as teams to the Class 1A McLeansboro (Hamilton County) Sectional Monday, October 4 along with T-town's Hayden Jansen.

Altamont finished third at the Class 1A Regional at the Effingham Country Club and advances to sectional play. Left to right are, Coach Strange, AJ Kopplin, Zeke Rippetoe, Kevin Hall, Tyler Stonecipher, Avery Jarhaus and Max Runge.

Class 2A Olney Regional

Effingham competed in the Olney Regional and finished with its best round of the year but did not advance as a team but will be sending three individuals on to sectional action.

"We came up short but it was a real good effort," said EHS Coach Jeff Schafer. "We had Colby Haynes, Ryker Schneider and Ethan Ritz all qualify for the sectional and all finished their rounds off by parring four of the last five holes.

"Jett Volpi and David Splechter also came within two shots of being in the playoff for the 10 individual qualifier spot. Jett and Nick Burgess played their last matches today. Jett came in and did a great job for his first year playing and Nick has been a three-year starter for us. I really enjoyed those guys and the other new seniors that came out and played this year as well.

"We host at our home course Monday so we have to use that to our advantage."

Haynes finished with an 84 while Schneider had an 86, Ritz an 89, Volpi and Splechter a 93 each and Burgess a 106.

Paris won the team title with 328 strokes followed by Mount Zion 335, Mattoon 339, Charleston 350, Arcola 351, Effingham 352, Olney 360 and Lawrenceville 464. Paris, Mount Zion and Mattoon advance to the sectional as teams.

Haynes, Schneider and Ritz will compete in the Effingham Sectional Monday, Oct. 4 along with qualifiers from Mount Vernon, Taylorville and Salem regionals.

Class 1A Moweaqua Central A&M Regional

Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg competed in the Moweaqua  Central A&M Regional Wednesday.

Winning the regional was Bloomington Central Catholic with a 309 total followed by Sullivan 314, Bloomington Cornerstone Christian Academy 324, Decatur St. Teresa 325, Heyworth 353, Downs Tri-Valley 355, Pana 360, Stanford Olympia 361, Bethany Okaw Valley 361, Moweaqua Central A&M 363, LeRoy 380, Macon Meridian 382, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 384 and Shelbyville 414.

Bloomington Central Catholic, Sullivan and Bloomington Cornerstone Christain Academy advance as teams.