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GOLF: Valentine advances at Tamarack

Posted October 04, 2011 11:00 pm

Doug Daniels

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Pinckneyville's Adam Valentine will be the lone Perry County representative at next week's IHSA Class A Boys Golf Sectional in Carlyle after shooting 80 on the par-71 Tamarack Golf Course in Shiloh, good for a seventh-place tie as an individual in Tuesday's Regional.

"(Valentine) came out of the gates struggling a little bit, but he started to calm down and then hit a streak of pars," said Panthers' head golf coach Nolan Kellerman of his number one boys golfer. "He didn't have any big numbers today. All in all, I think it was a solid round. Sometimes the birdie putts don't fall, and you're going to have that, this was a difficult course."

Valentine's Panthers finished eighth out of the fourteen teams with a total of 387 at Tamarack with conference mate Nashville (315) steamrolling to a 21-stroke victory over the rest of the field. Marissa (336) and Red Bud (343) join the Hornets as teams advancing to Governer's Run on Monday for the Sectional.

Nashville's Kyle Mueller took home the medalist honor with a 74, four strokes better than runner-up Jacob Miller (Red Bud).

Other Pinckneyville golfers participating at Tamarack were Kyle Brocaille (98), Lee Wittenauer (104), Alec Brand (104), Michael Siefert (106) and Patrick Kovic (131).

In addition to the three advancing teams, Valentine and nine other individuals will move on to Monday's Class A Sectional at Governor's Run in Carlyle.

Other advancing individuals were Sam Range (Waterloo Gibault), Dalton Moore (Trico), Klayton Coop (Sparta), Brandon Rickenberg (Trico), David Burns (Trico), Bennett Brown (Okawville), Jared Blumhorst (Okawville), Jacob Brammeier (Okawville) and Grant Weber (Trenton Wesclin).

The Pinckneyville boys wrapped up their season with a head-to-head record of 18-38, notching 13 of those wins in the final week and a half.

The Lady Panthers play host at Red Hawk on Wednesday for the Class A Girls Golf Regional, which tees off at 9:00 a.m. PCHS will look to defend its' title from 2010, which was the first golf Regional win in school history.

<u>Indians' golf season ends at Crab Orchard</u>

At Crab Orchard, Hamilton County, Carmi-White County and Goreville advanced as the top three teams and will head to Governor's Run next Monday.

Du Quoin placed twelfth out of the fourteen teams and did not qualify an individual for the Sectional Tournament.

The Indians combined to shoot 396 as a team on the par-70 course, with Jacob Fisher's 96 leading the way. Bradon Woodside (97), Nolan Graham (99), Howard Kelly (104) and Joel Vancil (136) also participated for DHS.

The Foxes (308) out-paced Carmi (326) by 18 strokes to claim first overall with Goreville (345) claiming their first trip to a golf Sectional in third.

Landon Vaughan (Hamilton County) was the Regional medalist at Crab Orchard with a 73, one stroke better than Goreville's J.T. Russell.

The top ten individuals not on Hamilton County, Carmi or Goreville's teams also move on to Carlyle. The list includes Brent Goforth (Anna-Jonesboro), Trenton Easley (West Frankfort), Allen Montgomery (Johnston City), Jacob McGill (Vienna), Daniel Allen (Carterville), Tyler Vaughn (Anna-Jonesboro), Derek Smith (Johnston City), Blake Karnes (NCOE), Lucas Wright (Vienna), and Dillon Street (Eldorado).

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