Boys Golf: Bulldogs place 11th at Carbondale tourney
The Highland High boys golf team finished in 11th place out of 16 teams at the Carbondale Terrier 2-Man Challenge, which was held Saturday at the Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Carbondale.
The tournament format was each two-man team would play best ball on the front nine holes followed by a scramble on the back nine.
Columbia won the tightly contested field with a three-team score of 217. Belleville East followed close behind at 219 with Waterloo (221), Marion (223) and Mascoutah (224) rounding out the top five.
Completing the 16-team field were: Benton (226), Collinsville (228), Carbondale Harrisburg (229), O’Fallon (230), Highland (236), Granite City (237), Mount Vernon (241), Salem (244), Belleville West (248) and Carterville (250).
The top-two winning duos were Carterville’s pairing of Kyle Ettling and Joe Eckhard, who teamed up to win match medalist honors with a sterling round of 65; and the Waterloo tandem of Colin Whelan and Ryan Sites, who ranked second with a 67.
Highland’s top team was that of Brandon Munie and Ben Brauns, who carded a decent round of 75.
Also scoring for the Bulldogs were the duos of Brode Portell and Will Michael (78) and Stephen Schniers and Braden Rehkemper (83).
This story was originally published September 14, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Boys Golf: Bulldogs place 11th at Carbondale tourney."