The Niles golf team finished fourth at the SMAC West jamboree it hosted at Orchard Hills Country Club Monday.

The Vikings shot 217, as did Portage Central, but earned the fourth place spot based on the fifth-player tiebreaker.

The Mustangs only had four players at Orchard Hills Monday.

St. Joseph continued to dominate the West Division as the Bears shot 174 as a team to easily outdistance runner-up Portage Northern, which shot 206.

St. Joseph now has an eight-point lead over the Huskies in the overall standings, 30-22.

Niles is fourth with 10 points.

“For the first time all year we had all six of the golfers break 60,” Niles coach Dan Brawley said. “We are improving each week. We have spent a lot of time working on our short game, but we still have too many three putts plus.”

Cailey Rooker of St. Joseph shot a one-over par 36 to earn medalist honors.

Elizabeth Clark shot 51 to lead the Vikings.

 

SMAC West Division Jamboree

At Orchard Hills Country Club, Niles

Medalist

Cailey Rooker, St. Joseph – 36

 

Team scores

St. Joseph 174, Portage Northern 206, Lakeshore 216, Niles 217, Portage Central 217.

 

Current standings

St. Joseph 30, Portage Northern 22, Lakeshore 20, Niles 10, Portage Central 8.

Individual top 10

 

Cailey Rooker (SJ) 36, Kaylee Sharai (SJ) 44, Grace Beam (PN) 46, Christina Cincilla (PC) 46, Katie Schmidt (SJ) 47, Maddie Wright (SJ) 47, Claire Stebbins (SJ) 48, Lydia Aungst (L) 49, Lindsay Hall (PN) 50, Avery Adams (L) 50.

 

Niles results

Elizabeth Clark 51, Madison Schneider 54, Aynslee Myer 55, Brooke Timm 57, Zoe Brawley 59, Skylar Brawley 59.