Division One Regional Final Results Traverse City West, Rochester Adams, and Stoney Creek all move on

The first interview goes to TC West who talked about their victory and look forward to MSU West next weekend. All stories are available on the Oakland Press, Macomb Daily and Michigangolfscene.co

By Roy J. Akers
Team Video Story 2:50- Plenty of golf action and lots of players http://youtu.be/KfOn-Lw2lts
Medalist Video story- Interviews with top two and video highlights including a near hole-in-one.
http://youtu.be/GF5Aq3meJhk

    

        

     

   

    

TC West Interview.  http://youtu.be/URZ74EbV-qM
Rochester Adams/Coach Picot talk about moving to states: http://youtu.be/C6rArlbYwzE

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BOYS GOLF: Stoney Creek, Rochester Adams advance out of regional, qualify for state tournament

 County champion Lake Orion falls short of qualifying for third straight year

By KEITH DUNLAP
@kd2578

OXFORD – There was going to be sunshine on a cloudy, cool and wet day for three teams following a Division 1 boys golf regional at Boulder Pointe, and as it turns out, two of those teams feeling warm and happy were from Oakland County.

Stoney Creek and Rochester Adams might not have gotten much of the publicity leading up to Thursday in terms of recognition in the state rankings or significant tournaments won, but both stepped up at the best time possible to qualify for next week’s Division 1 state tournament at Michigan State University’s Forest Akers West.

Stoney Creek shot a score of 305 to earn second place, while Adams grabbed the third and final qualifying spot out of a brutal regional by shooting a 307, three shots ahead of fourth-place Midland Dow.

Traverse City West won the regional with a terrific score of 302.

“We won one tournament at the beginning of the year and then had a few hiccups or bumps in the road,” Stoney Creek head coach Ryan Slade said. “Clearly, deep down I knew they had the ability to go low, and that’s what they did today.”

It was a balanced effort by Stoney Creek, which got a 72 from Spencer Lendzion, a 76 from Richie Ingle, a 78 from Michael Doyle and a 79 from Connor McBride.

Adams had similar depth in terms of quantity of low scores, as no golfer shot higher than 82. Leading the way was senior Eric Busa, shot the second-lowest score of the day by coming in with a 71.

Brandon Barrows shot a 76 and Marcus Robinson and Greg Moran each shot an 80 for the Highlanders.

Adams head coach Dan Picot couldn’t have been happier for Busa, who missed last year’s regional with a back injury and watched helplessly as Adams barely missed out on qualifying.

“Eric has been my No. 1 all year,” Picot said. “He’s been a horse and has averaged in the 70’s all year. Today, he just put together a round. He started off 3-over and he kept battling back and got on a hot streak.”

Rochester took fifth with a score of 312 thanks to a 74 from Michael Busse, and 75 from Mike Murri and a 76 from Scott Difillippo, while it was more heartbreak for county champion and tournament host Lake Orion.

For the third straight year and second consecutive year on its home course, Lake Orion failed to qualify for the state tournament.

The Dragons came in sixth with a total of 314 with a set of solid scores, but totals that weren’t quite good enough to match what others did.

Alex Waelchli shot a 75, Mason Gorris had a 76, Griffin Beeler shot an 81 and Schuyler Werth added and 82 to comprise the four scores that counted for Lake Orion.

The three players on non-qualifying teams to advance to the state tournament and compete individually were Winston Munch of Traverse City Central, who shot a 70 to win medalist, Jack Weller of Swartz Creek (72) and Austin Dieters of Midland Dow (73), who won a playoff on the second hole against Grand Blanc’s Jack Haggin to earn the third and final qualifying spot.



Email Keith Dunlap at keith.dunlap@oakpress.com; Twitter @ kd2578



Division 1 boys golf regional

(at Boulder Pointe, par 72. Top 3 teams and top 3 players on non-qualifying teams advance to state tournament)

TEAM RESULTS – Traverse City West 302; Stoney Creek 305; Rochester Adams 307; Midland Dow 310; Rochester 312; Lake Orion 314; Grand Blanc 316; Swartz Creek 316; Traverse City Central 316; Clarkston 324; Midland 327; Saginaw Heritage 341.

QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS – Winston Munch (TC Central) 70; Jack Weller (Swartz Creek) 72; Austin Deiters (Midland Dow) 73

TC WEST (302) Cameron Murray 72; Brady Greenman 75; Alex Scott 75; Payden Myers 80; Keits Shoemaker 84.

STONEY CREEK (305) – Spencer Lendzion 72; Richie Ingle 76; Michael Doyle 78; Connor McBride 79; Michael Linihan 83.

ADAMS (307) – Eric Busa 71; Brandon Barrows 76; Marcus Robinson 80; Greg Moran 80; Zach Adams 82.

MIDLAND DOW (310) – Austin Deiters 73; Chris Dinh 76; Ben Roeder 76; Joseph Yarosh 85; Davis Milholland 90.

ROCHESTER (312) – Michael Busse 74; Mike Murri 75; Scott Difillippo 76; Jared Nylund 87; Ludovic Clavette-Lachapelle 90.

LAKE ORION (314) – Alex Waelchli 75; Mason Gorris 76; Cameron Beeler 81; Schuyler Werth 82; Alex Giwa 96.

GRAND BLANC (316) – Jack Haggin 73; Thomas James 79; Jake Marshall 80; Noah Troyer 83; Alex Finsterwald 84.

TC CENTRAL (316) – Winston Munch 70; Trey Pezzetti 81; Riley Boyd 82; Abe Lewis 83; Daniell Brott 88.

SWARTZ CREEK (316) – Jack Weller 72; Ben Zyber 76; Mike Kelley 84; Hunter Hull 84; Garrett Jewell 84.

CLARKSTON (324) – Brendan Graham 79; Alec Genter 79; Jack Alli 81; Lucas Nesbitt 85; Alex Dice 90.

MIDLAND (327) – Chaz Babin 75; Logan Wood 80; Mitchel Gardner 85; Drake Cergnul 87; Drake McClendon 93.

SAGINAW HERITAGE (341) – Jake Swartz 82; Eric Dehne 85; Brandon Kuhn 83; Adam Moretuzzo 91; Devin Howay 93

Last Updated: 6/6/2013 3:28:19 PM EST