NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊAfter nearly a week of rain and stormy weather, Thursday was clear, sunny and warm for the three-way boys golf match between Tippecanoe Valley, Manchester and Whitko.

Although the Vikings finished the night a few strokes above their normal performance, they took home a win with 159. Manchester had a 165 and Whitko had a 179.

"The 165 is our second-best 9-hole score of the season," said Manchester coach Gary Goshert.

Valley's Drew Shafer was the medalist of the meet, shooting a 1-under-par 35. Shafer birdied hole No. 11 and parred every other hole on the back nine.

Manchester's Evan Shenkel and Valley's Andy Martin shot 37s. Schenkel parred eight holes and bogeyed No. 17. Martin had one birdie on hole No. 11 and pars on No. 10, 11, 14, 15, 17 and 18.

nice 1-2 punch," said Valley coach Roger Moriarty. "We are always happy with a win, but we shot a little high tonight. Our fourth player had a 45, and we need for our fourth-man to score a 40 if we want to do well."

Brian Love parred four holes and finished the night with a 42, while Anthony Domenico bogeyed each hole and had a 45. Aaron Zolman had a 46.

"Domenico played steady, but he was not on his normal game," said Moriarty. "He had nine bogeys, one on every hole. He usually had four or five or six pars, and tonight that would have brought him right back down to 40. Brian had a tough night and finished with a 42. He is averaging right at 40 as well, so he was a bit high tonight."

Joey Zapf, Manchester's No. 1 golfer, finished the night with a 38. Zapf birdied holes No. 11 and 12, while parring No. 13, 14 and 18.

"I think the last couple weeks we have had pretty solid performances from our No. 1 and No. 2 golfers," said Goshert. "Now we are trying to find the three, four and five men to go along with it."

Kyle Williams (44), Tim Clark (46) and Aaron Taylor (47) finished out the Manchester lineup.

Levi Krider led the Whitko squad with a 39, 3-over par. Krider birdied hole No. 16 and parred Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 18. Mike Hollar had a 46, while Bart Loe and Nick Sprunger followed with 47s. Jason Brown had a 52.

The wins improve Valley's overall record to 12-2. Manchester is 8-6, and Whitko is 3-7.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 159, MANCHESTER 165, WHITKO 179

Tippecanoe Valley scores -ÊDrew Shafer 35, Andy Martin 37, Brian Love 42, Anthony Domenico 45, Aaron Zolman 46

Manchester scores -ÊJoey Zapf 38, Evan Shenkel 37, Kyle Williams 44, Aaron Taylor 47, Tim Clark 46

Whitko scores -ÊLevi Krider 39, Bart Loe 37, Nick Sprunger 47, Jason Brown 52, Mike Hollar 46 [[In-content Ad]]