Three Hawken golfers finished among the top five individual placers to lead the Hawks to the team title with 308 strokes at the 2017 Badger Invitational on Tuesday.
Jack Gole took home medalist honors with a tournament-low and Vikash Modi and Jack Bonnes each carded a 76 to finish tied for third with Kirtland’s Michael Schnur and Garfield’s Derek Miller. Independence’s Andrew Teribery rounded out the top six with a 79.
Led by Schnur, Kirtland finished second with 338 and Lake Catholic was third with 345.
Schnur bounced back from a tough round at the Bronko Invitational on Monday.
“I felt like I was much better on and around the greens today, unlike Hemlock, as well as a few better iron shots,” Schnur said. “I don’t have much to complain about today, I’m just looking for a little momentum heading into (the Chagrin Valley Conference) preseason tournament on Thursday.”
Adam Mueller finished with an 83 for the Hornets and Jack Dever carded an 84. Isabel Anness closed out the scoring for the Hornets with a 95.
Independence finished fifth with 352 strokes.
Carson Bianco and Sam Spacagna both carded an 89 for the Blue Devils and Tyler Sagi finished with a 95.
“I liked the way we bounced back after struggling on Monday,” said Independence coach Mark Echstenkamper. “Teribery played well today with a 79. That was really solid play from him. Bianco also had a solid round as well and Spacagna too gave us a nice score. Our goal for yesterday and today was to prepare for the CVC tournament on Thursday and I think we are getting there.”
Cardinal finished eighth with 385 strokes but even more importantly the Huskies had three players finish with a score lower than 100.
“It was nice to get that first one under our belt and the team came in with three under 100, which is something we didn’t do last year,” said Cardinal coach Glenn Travers. “We had to take a 112 today but we’re trying to figure it out and that was our best 18 as a team, so that was real positive. We’re going to win some tournaments this year, I think.”
Virginia Travers led the way for the Huskies with an 88 while Kevin Hammitt carded an 89. Jonathan Heredos finished with a 96 and Daniel Heredos closed out the tournament with a 112.
“Virginia and Kevin played very well,” Coach Travers said. “Kevin stepped up and shot an 89. Virginia came in with an 88. Jonathan wasn’t too happy with his 96 because he’s been shooting better in practice, but that will come around.”
