Niles’ Schrader earns all-conference

Published 8:46 am Tuesday, May 22, 2012

CENTREVILLE — John Schrader of Niles earned Big 16 All-Conference golf honors at Island Hills Monday.

Schrader tied for second overall following the two-event league golf tournament.

Matt Zerbel of St. Joseph took overall medalist honors with a total of 147. Schrader finished two shots back, along with Matt Garland of Battle Creek Lakeview and Bryan VandenBerg of Gull Lake.

That trio shot 147.

Monday, Lakeview won the second of two conference tournaments with a score of 303. Gull Lake finished second with a 312 and Portage Central third with a 314. Niles was eighth with a 331.

Lakeview won the overall conference championship with a 610. Marshall finished second with a 619 and Portage Central third with a 623. Niles finished 12th with a total score of 683.

Big 16 Golf Tournament

At Island Hills

Medalist

Landon Osborne, Lakeview – 71

Team scores

Battle Creek Lakeview 303, Gull Lake 312, Portage Central 314, Battle Creek Harper Creek 316, Marshall 319, St. Joseph 327, Sturgis 329, Niles 331, Lakeshore 335, Kalamazoo Central 336, Mattawan 339, Coldwater 343, Portage Northern 355, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 379, Battle Creek Central DNF, Benton Harbor DNF

Combined scores

Lakeview 610, Marshall 619, Portage Central 623, Harper Creek 641, Gull Lake 641, St. Joseph 657, Mattawan 664, Sturgis 644, Kalamazoo Central 673, Coldwater 678, Lakeshore 678, Niles 683, Portage Northern 722, Loy Norrix 762, Benton Harbor DNF, Battle Creek Central DNF

Top 12

(All-Conference)

Matt Zerbel (SJ) 145, John Schrader (N) 147, Matt Garland (BCL) 147, Bryan VandenBerg (GL) 147, Matt Dolfi (PC) 149, Tanor Blowers (M) 150, Landon Osborne (BCL) 150, Jake Flight (PC) 151, Connor Dwyer (C) 152, Aaron McCoy (M) 154, Nate Brownlee (HC) 154, Christian Griffioen (S) 156, Jared Multer (BCL) 156