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Local Golf Teams Wrap Up Regular Seasons In Roundup

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BATTLE GROUND — The Warsaw boys golf team finished seventh and Triton was 14th at Saturday’s Lafayette Jefferson Classic at Battle Ground Golf Club.
Sixth-ranked Carmel won the 21-team tournament with a 311 on the par-72 course, followed by No. 1 Hamilton Southeastern (314), No. 4 Zionsville (315), No. 13 Lebanon (316) and Cathedral (318), rounding out the top five.
Led by Will Petro’s 79, the Warsaw Tigers finished the course with a 326, as Jonny Hollar posted an 81, Brandon Eckert carded an 82, Ryan Cultice had an 84 and Michael Jensen had a fifth-player score of 89.
Shooting a 349, the Triton Trojans had three scores of 86, posted by Tanner Shepherd, Lucas Shafer and Jordan Anderson, while Greg Music had a 91 and Braden Kreft shot a 94.
Both area teams will be at Friday’s Warsaw Sectional, which will be held at Rozella Ford Golf Club, beginning at 8 a.m.
LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON CLASSIC
Team Scores – 1. Carmel 311, 2. Hamilton Southeastern 314, 3. Zionsville 315, 4. Lebanon 316, 5. Cathedral 318, 6. Guerin Catholic 322, 7. Warsaw 326, 8. Crown Point 328, 9. Lake Central 329, 10. Brownsburg 336, 11. Fishers 336, 12. Franklin Central 345, 13. Lafayette Central Catholic 348, 14. Triton 349, 15. Columbus North 351, 16. Ben Davis 353, 17. Fremont 360, 18. Twin Lakes 362, 19. Lakeland 364, 20. Rochester 373, 21. Lafayette Jefferson 373.
(Battle Ground G.C., Par 72)
Top 10 – 1. Jake Brown (Carmel) 73, 2. Graham McAree (HSE) 75, 3. (tie) Matt Meneghetti (LC), Zach Schroeder (Lebanon), Clark Tiller (Zion), Adam Wood (Zion), Johnny Watts (HSE) 76, 8. (tie) Matthew Godfrey (GC), Andrew Derringer (Cathedral), Nolan Lissman (Cathedral), Jon Hicks (Carmel) 77.
(Top 3 Teams, Local Results)
Carmel – Brown 73, Hicks 77, Kevin Stone 80, Michael Walters 81, Jeff doty 83.
HSE – McAree 75, Watts 76, Campbell 81, Cedric McAree 82, Nick Kuster 83.
Zionsville – Tiller 76, Wood 76, Clark Hypes 79, Trent Pancake 84, Michael Sollman 90.
Warsaw – Will Petro 79, Jonny Hollar 81, Brandon Eckert 82, Ryan Cultice 84, Michael Jensen 89.
Triton – Tanner Shepherd 86, Lucas Shafer 86, Jordan Anderson 86, Greg Music 91, Braden Kreft 94.

Saturday in Wabash
In its last tuneup before sectional, the Manchester boys golf team finished third out of five teams at Saturday’s Wabash Invitational. Shooting a 392 on the par-71 Honeywell Golf Course, the Manchester Squires finished behind Northfield’s 338 and Blackford’s 378. A 79 by Northfield’s Austin Trump was the low score of the day, while Manchester’s best was Connor Eichenauer's 86. The Squires will be at Friday’s Warsaw Sectional, which begins at 8 a.m. at Rozella Ford Golf Club.
WABASH INVITATIONAL
Team Scores – 1. Northfield 338, 2. Blackford 378, 3. Manchester 392, 4. Wabash 404, 5. Caston 445.
(Honeywell G.C., Par 71)
Top 5 – 1. Austin Trump (N) 79, 2. Braydon Schindler (N) 81, 3. Blake Thiery (B) 82, 4. Connor Eichenauer (M) 86, 5. Josh Provance (W) 87,
Northfield – Schindler 81, Andrew Eckerley 90, Trump 79, Caleb Kroh 88, Austin Burns 90.
Manchester – Eichenauer 86, Noah Cain 96, Xzaiver Whitaker 100, Rainer Borgmann 110, Eli Shaum 124.

Saturday in Culver
LaVille Invitational – 5. Warsaw (JV).
(Mystic Hills G.C.)
Warsaw JV – Reid Cameron 82, Josh Ahlersmeyer 83, Luke Johnson 95, Andrew Gauger 87, Robbie Sullivan 86.