By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
Six teams qualified for the Division 3 regional tournament next week, however, the Buchanan Bucks and Brandywine Bobcats will have to settle for sending three individual players between them.
Buchanan missed qualifying by eight strokes Friday afternoon at Hampshire Country Club.
The top six teams in the inaugural district tournament move on to the regional meet.
Kalamazoo Hackett was the district champion with a team total of 320.
Kalamazoo Christian was second with a 324, while Schoolcraft finished third with a 336. Coloma was sixth with a 349. Parchment and Edwardsburg rounded out the top six teams as they shot 350 and 364 respectively.
Buchanan was seventh with a 372, while host Dowagiac was eighth with a 378.
Rounding out the order of finish were Berrien Springs (380), Brandywine (384), Constantine (387), Paw Paw (414) and Watervliet (445).
Schoolcraft's Lee Keselowski was the medalist with a six-under par 66.
Kasey Weber of Coloma finished second with a 76.
The top six teams, plus the top six players who were not on a qualifying team advanced to the regional tournament.
Moving on as individuals were Constantine's Tanner Smoker (83), Buchanan's Adam Houin (84), Brandywine's Justin Ely (88), Buchanan's Matt Adams (89), Dowagiac's Nick Krizinski (89) and Paw Paw's Alex Hessler (89).
Dowagiac also got a 95 from Zach Russom, a pair of 97s from Adam Carlson and Kevin Proshwitz, and a 100 from Jared Schinske.
Edwardsburg's squad was led by Ryan Stoneburner and Khris Merrill, both of whom shot 83.
James Hentz shot 94, while Tanner Leininger shot 104. Mike Fantetti was disqualified.
Buchanan also got a 99 from Brian Lembke and a 100 from Jeremy Bachman.
Brandywine also got a 92 from Chris Rose, a 94 from Billy McDonald, a 110 from Chris Casey and a 116 from Shane Bankston.
Krizinski will compete in the Division 3 regional on Friday at Thornapple Creek Golf Club.