THREE RIVERS — The Dowagiac golf team put the finishing touches on a tremendous Wolverine Conference season by winning the league tournament on Thursday and securing the undisputed league championship.

After completing last Friday’s league jamboree hosted by Three Rivers, the golfers took a break for a bite to eat and headed back out on the Sauganash Country Club course to compete in the 18-hole conference tournament.

The Chieftains were no match for the other nine teams, winning the tournament by 11 strokes over runner-up Gull Lake. Dowagiac shot 301 compared to 312 by the Blue Devils.

Dowagiac won the final regular season jamboree by a stroke over both South Haven and Vicksburg, 157-158. Dowagiac’s score of 301 in the league tournament is a new conference record according to Chieftain coach Van Johnson.

“We played really well,” he said. “That score of 301 is a really good score and the rest of the coaches tell me that’s a new record.”

Defending league champion Vicksburg placed third with a score of 329. Otsego (336) and Three Rivers (351) rounded out the top five.

Dowagiac senior Chris Craft earned medalist honors for both the league tournament and overall as he shot a two-under par 70. It was the second time in three years that Craft earned that honor.

The Chieftains actually placed four of its five golfers in the top 10 on Thursday as Max Howe shot 75, while Jordan Juday and Kyle Ward both finished at 78. Cody Fairleigh finished with an 86.

Dowagiac so completely dominated the league this year it landed all five players on the all-conference squad and it won 119 of a possible 120 points.

Wolverine Conference Tournament

At Sauganash Country Club

Par 72

Medalist

Chris Craft, Dowagiac 70

Team scores

Dowagiac 301, Gull Lake 312, Vicksburg 329, Otsego 336, Three Rivers 351, South Haven 354, Comstock 358, Plainwell 362, Paw Paw 367, Allegan 396

Top 10

Chris Craft (D) 70, Bryan VandenBerg (GL) 72, Cooper Quartermaine (GL) 74, Max Howe (D) 75, Scott Manski (V) 76, Jordan Juday (D) 76, Kyle Ward (D) 76, Jon Freese (TR) 80, John Westhoff (O) 81, Evan Krohn (GL) 81

Individual results

Dowagiac 301

Chris Craft 70, Max Howe 75, Jordan Juday 78, Kyle Ward 78, Cody Fairleigh 86

Wolverine Conference jamboree

At Sauganash Country Club

Team scores

Dowagiac 157, South Haven 158, Vicksburg 158, Otsego 160, Gull Lake 162, Paw Paw 177, Three Rivers 177, Plainwell 184, Comstock 193, Allegan DNF