Published: July 16, 2008 10:59 pm            

Juniors duke it out at city golf meet

TERRE HAUTE — Close finishes could be in order in two divisions of today’s final round of the city junior golf tournament.

The final totals were set following second-round play Wednesday in warm conditions at Hulman Links. The final 18 holes will be played today at Rea Park.

Three shots separate the three leaders in the girls 15-17 group, while Zach Hosking has a four-shot lead over Thomas Goss in the boys 15-17 totals.

Three Terre Haute South girls are at the top of the girls 15-17 leaderboard. Sloane Engle leads with 165 followed by Kelsey Fuqua at 166 and Katelyn Gosnell at 167.

Rachel Welker is the leader in the girls 13-14 division with 170 and has a chance to take the overall girls championship with a good final round.

Hosking had the best 18-hole score at Hulman Links with 1-under-par 71, duplicating his first-round score, and he stands at 142 going into the finals. Goss’ total is 146; he has the only other sub-par 18-hole score with 69 at Rea Park.

Jackson Jarvis is third with 151 followed by James Stewart at 152 and Shelby Stewart with 153. Tyler Schrohe and Brandon Bekkering both are at 154 to round out the top six.

Hosking is going for a repeat in the older boys division. Goss has won his age group the past three years in the tournament.

Two of the young players continued their fine play at Hulman Links.

Jaron Hutsom, who is from Chillicothe, Ill., has shot 37 both days for 74 and has an eight-shot lead over Luke Dugger in the 10-and-under division.

Hutson earlier won his age group in the Rea Park Junior Classic when he carded his best score, a 36. “I have been playing about a year,” he said.

Nathan Pirtle shot 38 at Rea Park and followed it with par-36 at Hulman Links for 74. He has a 10-shot lead over Adam LaGrange in the 10-and-under bracket.

Pirtle has the record nine-hole score in the city, shooting 30 at Rea Park, and is going for his fourth title in the city. He also plays on the Pepsi Tour and is in first place in the championship totals.

He will be in the sixth grade at Carlisle Elementary School and has been playing competitively since he was 6 years of age.

LaGrange will be in the 7th grade at St. Patrick’s School. He also competes on the Pepsi Tour and ranks 11th after playing in two events.

He has had rounds of 43 and 41.

Sam Pollock followed his 75 at Rea Park with an 83 at Hulman Links and leads Ryan Bahr by 11 shots in the boys 13-14 division. Welker has a 12-shot lead over Bailey Craft in the girls 13-14 totals.

The younger boys will tee off earlier today, playing the back nine at Rea Park, to avoid playing in the heat of what is expected to be another warm day.



City Junior 36-hole scores

Boys 15-17

Championship flight

142 — Zach Hosking

146 — Thomas Goss

151 — Jackson Jarvis

152 — James Stewart

153 — Shelby Stewart

154 — Tyler Schrohe, Brandon Bekkering

156 — Jordan Gaskill

157 — Drew Snyder

158 — Brock Welch

159 — Cory Gertz

First flight

166 — Ryan Turner

167 — Eric Gertz

168 — Sam Harbaugh

169 — Will Pollock, Jarrod Short

172 — John Pollock

173 — James Kaperak

174 — Josh Hoskins

175 — Nick Vrabic

176 — Walker Smith, Logan Valentine

184 — Mason Short

188 — Logan Bucy

191 — Jake Exline

200 — Cody Kosinski, Dave Vanover

215 — Patrick Dighton

Boys 13-14

158 — Sam Pollock

169 — Ryan Bahr

170 — Ryan Baker

173 — Sam Kigin

177 — Jon Payne

179 — Kent Sato

182 — Luke Peoples

188 — Andrew Behnke

198 — Sam Mimms

203 — A.J. Buis

Boys 11-12

74 — Nathan Pirtle

84 — Adam LaGrange

91 — Jack Harbaugh

101 — Andrew Weisheit

106 — Gunar Alumbaugh, Ted Minnett

108 — Dominic DeSantis

115 — Jack Thomas

118 — Jacob Givens

121 — Josh Ford

137 — Luke Bailey

Boys 10-under

74 — Jaron Hutsom

82 — Luke Dugger

84 — Justin Wilson

85 — Cameron Lewellyn

108 — Kyler Wallace

110 — Jaylen Minnett

Girls 15-17

165 — Sloane Engle

166 — Kelsey Fuqua

167 — Katelyn Gosnell

187 — Abby Colwell

191 — Katie Thomas

198 — Bre Opremchak

200 — Emily Adams

203 — Cecelia Gray

205 — Mary Roberts, Brittany Edmondson

218 — Hayley Miller

219 — Rachel Helt

220 — Samantha Greasor

239 — Lauren Hutchison

253 — Emily Wheatfill

255 — Hannah Curlay, Erica Myers

Girls 13-14

170 — Rachel Welker

182 — Bailey Craft

275 — Miranda Dammann

Girls 10-under

94 — Erica Sato

114 — Kyla Jarvis

Today’s tee times at Rea Park

Boys, girls 10-under, back nine 9 holes

8:30 a.m. — K. Jarvis, J. Minnett

8:38 — K. Wallace, E. Sato, C. Llewellyn

8:45 — L. Dugger, J. Wilson, J. Hutsom

Boys 11-12

8:54 — L. Bailey, J. Ford

9:02 — J. Givens, J. Thomas, D. Santis

9:10 — T. Minnett, G. Alumbaugh, A. Weisheit

9:18 — J. Harbaugh, A. LaGrange, N. Pirtle

Boys 15-17

First flight

9:30 — P. Dighton, C. Kosinski

9:38 — D. Vanover, J. Exline, L. Bucy

9:46 — M. Short, W. Smith, L. Valentine

9:54 — N. Vrabic, J. Hoskins, J. Kaperak

10:02 — J. Pollock, J. Short, W. Pollock

10:10 — R. Turner, E. Gertz, S. Harbaugh

Championship flight

10:18 — C. Gertz, B. Welch

10:26 — J. Gaskill, B. Bekkering, D. Snyder

10:34 — T. Schrohe, S. Stewart, J. Stewart

10:42 — J. Jarvis, T. Goss, Z. Hosking

Girls 13-14/15-17

10:50 — S. Engle, K. Fuqua, K. Gosnell

10:58 — R. Welker, B. Craft, A. Colwell

11:06 — K. Thomas, B. Opremchak

11:14 — C. Gray, E. Adams

First flight

11:20 — B. Edmondson, M. Roberts

11:26 — R. Helt, H. Miller

11:32 — S. Greasor, L. Hutchinson

11:38 — E. Myers, H. Curlay

11:44 — M. Dammann, E. Wheatfill

Boys 13-14

11:54 — Sam Pollock, R. Bahr, R. Baker

12:02 p.m. — S. Kigin, J. Payne, K. Sato

12:10 — L. Peoples, A. Behnke

12:18 — A. J. Buis, S. Mimms

        

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