Niles golfers 11th at Blue Devil invite

Published 11:16 pm Thursday, May 5, 2011

BATTLE CREEK — The Niles golf team finished 11th out of 22 teams at the Gull Lake Blue Devil Invitational on Thursday at Bedford Hills.

The Vikings shot 342, as did St. Joseph, which finished 10th.

Battle Creek Lakeview won the championship with a 308. Gull Lake No. 1 finished second at 321, while Battle Creek Harper Creek was third with a 326, Mattawan fourth with a 332 and Battle Creek Harper Creek B fifth with a 334.

Lakeview’s Corey Roberts earn medalist honors with a 72. Niles’ Chris Noble earned an individual medal for finishing 10th with a score of 79.

The Vikings also got an 87 from Brett Phillips and Jared Langemeyer, an 89 from John Schrader, and a 98 from Dominic Wyland.

Niles will play in the first of two days of competition in the Big 16 Conference Tournament on Monday at Island Hills.

Gull Lake Blue Devil Invitational

Bedford Hills, Battle Creek

Medalist

Corey Roberts, Battle Creek Lakeview 72

Team scores

Battle Creek Lakeview 308, Gull Lake No. 1 321, Battle Creek Harper Creek 326, Mattawan 332, Battle Creek Lakeview B 334, Marshall 336, Vicksburg 337, Kalamazoo Christian 338, St. Joseph 342, Niles 342, Kalamazoo Central 347, Lakeshore 348, Kalamazoo Hackett 352, Wayland Union 352, Portage Central 355, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 356, Plainwell 367, Portage Northern 372, South Haven 376, Gull Lake No. 2 397, Three Rivers 397, Gobles DNF