Edwardsburg golf team wins crown
Published 8:27 pm Wednesday, May 20, 2009
By Staff
BUCHANAN – The Lakeland Conference golf season was wrapped up on Monday at Orchard Hills with Edwardsburg officially being crowned the champion.
The Eddies won the make-up match hosted by Buchanan as they shot 173.
Coloma finished second with a 183, while Berrien Springs was third with 189.
Rounding out the top five were the host Bucks (199) and Cassopolis (202).
Bridgman was sixth (206) and River Valley seventh (219). Brandywine did not have enough golfers to post a team score.
Edwardsburg won the league championship by nine points. The Eddies finished with 69 points compared to 60 by runner-up Coloma.
Cassopolis and Berrien Springs tied for third for 45 points. Bridgman finished fifth with 43 points.
Rounding out the order of finish were Brandywine (24), Buchanan (19) and River Valley (19).
River Valley's Matt Collins grabbed medalist honors on Monday with a 40.
Chris Eaton and Cameron Barber both shot 42 for the Eddies, who also got a 43 from Brody Baucus and a 46 from Dominic Razzano. Max Habicht shot 56.
The Bucks were led by Josh Witfield's 47. Derek Blank finished with a 50, while Jeff Jerue and Brent Brown both shot 51.
Kole Griffey and Jordan Perkins shot 59 and 77 respectively.
Blaise Suseland shot 48 to lead the Rangers, who also got 50s from Landon Wright and Kim Vaughn.
Aaron Goodrich and Tim Coates finished with a 54 and 55, while Chris Coates shot 57.
Brandywine's two golfers were Nate Balent and Jason Andrews who shot 53 and 56.
Eaton finished a league best stroke average of 38.889.
Brandywine's Dillon Bailey finished fourth with a 41.375 and Cameron Barbor fifth with a 41.778. Edwardsburg's Curtis Holmes was eighth (42.875) and Blaise Suseland ninth (44.556).
Lakeland Conference Jamboree
At Orchard Hills
Medalist: Matt Collins , RV – 40
Team Scores
Edwardsburg 173, Coloma 183, Berrien Springs 189, Buchanan
199, Cassopolis 202, Bridgman 206, River Valley 219
Individual Results
Edwardsburg 173
Chris Eaton 42, Cameron Barbar 42, Curtis Holmes 50, Brody Baucus 43, Dominic Razzano 46, Max Habicht 56
Cassopolis 202
Landon Wright 50, Kim Vaughn 50, Chris Coates 57, Blaise Suseland 48, Aaron Goodrich 54, Tim Coates 55