By Staff
BATTLE CREEK – The Niles varsity golf team finished fifth at the Battle Creek Lakeview Invitational held at Cedar Creek on Friday.
The first five finishers were separated by a mere three strokes and two of the positions had to be decided by the fifth and sixth man tiebreakers.
Marshall edged out Lakeview and Grand Ledge due to the fifth man tiebreaker after all three teams shot 308.
Niles and Holt tied at 311, but needed the sixth man's score to decide who would get fourth place.
Chris Noble and Alex Welch both won medals as they finished in the top 10.
Nobel shot 73 to take fourth place, while Welch tied for seventh with his round of 76. Niles also got a 79 from David Neumann, an 83 from Nick Musser, an 84 from Jeff Jurgonski and an 86 from Brett Phillips.
Lakeview Invitational
Team Scores
Marshall 308, Battle Creek Lakeview 308, Grand Ledge 308, Holt 311, Niles 311, Lakeview JV 321, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 324, Portage Northern 328, St. Joseph 331, Battle Creek Harper Creek 339, East Kentwood 341, Coldwater 341, Kalamazoo Central 350, Sturgis 365, Lansing Sexton 373, Lansing Everett 381, Battle Creek Central DNF