The Southsider Voice
Visit us at these places!
  • Home
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • Sports
    • Car Nutz
    • Stilley Goes Trackside
    • Southside Deaths
    • Personal Recollections
    • Reminiscing
  • About the Voice
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Classifieds

Center Grove golfers claim state title

6/21/2017

0 Comments

 
By Al Stilley
Senior Staff Writer

No longer a bridesmaid, Center Grove’s boys golf team dominated that state championship June 14 with a record-setting performance at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel.

Led by medalist Noah Gillard with a 36-hole 138, the Trojans fired a 3-under-par 573 (292-281), the lowest 18- and 36-hole scores in the tournament’s 81-year history. 

Center Grove’s 281 on the second day broke the 283 mark of state champion Columbus North in 2008. The 36-hole total bettered the 575 set by state champion Westfield in 2013.

The scores: juniors Gillard 72-66 – 138 and Sam Jean, 77-66 – 143; senior Ethan Shepherd 171-73 – 144; sophomores Logan Anderson 72-76 – 148 and Luke DeHaven 77-80 – 158.

Gillard earned medalist honors with a 6 under, two strokes better than Nick Osterburg of Perry Meridian, who fired a 70-70 – 140. Gillard, last year’s runner-up medalist, shot even-par 72 June 13 before shooting 6 under the next day. Jean was third in the medalist race; Shepherd, who heads to Indiana University in the fall, tied for fourth. 

The Trojans claimed the state title in their fourth straight trip to the finals after finishing third last year, second in 2015 and sixth in 2014. Center Grove’s three straight regional championships are the most consecutive in the state.

Center Grove again walked into the state championship ranked No. 1 in the final coaches poll. They also came in on a roll after recording this season’s lowest sectional championship score of 288 and regional title score of 278.

Center Grove, under first-year coach Matt Rodman, made its championship comeback one day after trailing Carmel by six strokes. The Trojans were eight strokes behind after five holes June 14. The Trojans went 1 under on the next three holes while Carmel soared to 8 over. Going into the final nine holes, the Trojans were only one stroke behind. Jean’s birdie on No. 12 pushed the Trojans into the lead that they never relinquished. 
​
Rodman expects to return with four players from this year’s state championship team along with a lot of depth hopefully to make a run at the 2018 state title. Rodman succeeded veteran coach Jim Williams, who stepped down for health reasons.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    February 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    RSS Feed

 DROP OFF: The Toy Drop 6025 Madison Ave., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN  46227  |  317-781-0023
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17187, Indianapolis, IN 46217

ads@southsidervoice.com | news@southsidervoice.com
Website by IndyTeleData, Inc.