By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
Lansing Catholic Central needed its fifth man Monday afternoon at Hampshire Country Club to win the Division 3 Regional Golf Tournament title.
Lansing Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian tied for the top spot with a score of 319. Using the fifth man tiebreaker, Catholic Central left with the team title, while Kalamazoo Christian and Parchment had to settle for qualifying for the state finals at Forest Akers West on the campus of Michigan State University this weekend.
With the two teams tied at 319, it was Mike Murray's 80 that was three shots better than Nathan Young's 83.
Parchment finished third with a score of 321.
Also advancing to the state finals were the top three individuals who were not a member of a qualifying team.
Those three individuals were Josh Newhouse of Delton-Kellogg, Jason Walberer of Grand Rapids West Catholic, and Sheldon Keyte of Kalamazoo Hackett.
All three golfers finished at 77.
Aaron Cox of Parchment was the medalist as he shot 76 on the day.
The state finals will be played in East Lansing on Friday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, Oct. 21.
Dowagiac was led by senior Richie Hutchinson's 81. The Chieftains also got a pair of 86s from senior Mike Hoff and junior Nick Krizinski. Sophomore Tanner Melvin shot 100, while junior Kevin Proshwitz shot 101.
Buchanan's Adam Houin finished with a 99.
Edwardsburg was led by Ryan Stoneburner and Mike Fantetti, both of whom shot 85. The Eddies also got a 90 from Curtis Holmes, a 93 from Khris Merrill and a 96 from Tanner Leininger.
Division 3 Regional Tournament
At Hampshire Country Club
Team results
Lansing Catholic Central 319, Kalamazoo Christian 319, Parchment 321, Otsego 324, Kalamazoo Hackett 324, Grand Rapids West Catholic 333, Delton-Kellogg 343, Portland 347, Edwardsburg 353, Dowagiac 353, Godwin Heights 366, Schoolcraft 378
Individual results
Allendale
Cody Buczek 85
Bangor
John Walen 81
Berrien Springs
Matt Shull 90
Buchanan
Adam Houin 99
Calvin Christian
Steve Krommendyk 84, Matt Vanryn 90
Coloma
Eric Leach 96, Patrick Brinnehl 99
Constantine
Spencer Kaylor 90
Delton-Kellogg
Josh Newhouse 77, Kyle Purdum 91, Bobby Fisher 87, Robert Wendell 92, Devin Desgranges 88
Dowagiac
Nick Krizinski 86, Kevin Proshwitz 101, Mike Hoff 86, Richie Hutchinson 81, Tanner Melvin 100
Edwardsburg
Ryan Stoneburner 85, Mike Fantetti 85, Tanner Leininger 96, Curtis Holmes 90, Khris Merrill 93
Godwin Heights
Dustin Brown 88, Ron Bush 89, Brandon Johnson 96, Matt Miller 98, Alex Shore 93
Grand Rapids West Catholic
Jason Walberer 77, Josh Bouwhuis 82, Ryan Manser 87, Dave Wierenga 88, Jon Frantz 87
Kalamazoo Christian
Marcus Brussee 80, Chet Vandenberg 77, Austin Vandermeer 79, David Sarkepato 87, Nathan Young 83
Kalamazoo Hackett
Sheldon Keyte 77, George Kudwa 84, Brandon Marshall 85, Jon Christ 81, Ryan Emery 91
Kelloggsville
Cameron Dearmond 93
Kent City
Alex Mason 89, Aaron Austin 95
Lansing Catholic Central
Ben Setas 78, Sean Courtney 79, Pat Staudt 82, Aaron Nichols 84, Mike Murray 80
Otsego
Charlie Smith 80, Adam Milbocker 85, Elliot Lemley 81, Jerry Westoff 81, Jay Cook 82
Parchment
Scotty Sulka 79, Justin Minor 96, Aaron Cox 76, Josh Pressley 83, Ross Durren 83
Portland
Ryan Danielson 85, Brad White 89, Michael Margraf 89, Derek Roe 85, Mitchell Hoppes 88
Schoolcraft
Mike Prior 86, Keith Alrick 95, Noah Chambers 99, Scott Bales 107, Justin Nichols 98