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Fieldcrest’s Carter Senko, Hall boys claim golf titles at 1A Woodland Regional · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Fieldcrests Carter Senko Hall Boys claim golf titles at one a woodland
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  regional. Written by Brian Hoxsey This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Despite a round played almost
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  completely in a mix of mist and light rain, Fieldcrest Carter Senko,
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  other than one setback, shot a 1-par 73 to claim the individual
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  championship of Wednesday's Class 1, a Woodland Boys Golf Regional, at Wolf
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  Creek Golf Club in Pontiac. The key for me for most of
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  the day was putting my chip shots close and the making those
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  short putts, Senko said. I holed one out on No. Eleven from
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  about thirty four yards for Bertie, and had a couple of chips
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  in the range that almost snuck in. The only stumble for the
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  Knight's senior was quickly followed with a solid finish. On number sixteen
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  I didn't make as much time as I should have to dry
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  off my grip, and I ended up topping the ball off the
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  T into the water, Senko said, shaking his head. Then I made
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  a couple crappy shots right after that to make things a little
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  worse. But then I was able to bounce back to par number
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  seventeen and nearly eagled number eighteen, but still scored a birdie. For
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  the conditions the way they were, I'm pretty happy with my score
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  and how I played. It was a tough day to play golf,
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  no doubt about that. Senko's teammate Drew Overauker tied for third with
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  an 81 and also advanced as an individual. In the team standings,
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  Hall posted a 335 to win the championship, with Seneca 337, finishing
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  a close runner-up and St. Bede 345, placing third to earn the
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  last advancing team spot to next week's Peoria Christian sectional at Kellogg
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  Golf Course. Fieldcrest, 345, finished fourth on a fifth score
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  tiebreaker with St. Bede. Marquette, 376th. Finished 10th, Putnam
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  County, 378, 15th.
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  Woodland, 390 12th, Henry Senequine, 391 13th, and Flanagan Cornell,
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  448 15th. Senior Joseph Perez led the Red Devils with an 81,
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  good for a tie for third individually, followed by counting scores from
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  Noah Plim, 83 tied for 7th, Luke Bryant, 85 tied for 12th,
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  and Chaz Thrasher, 86 tied for 15th. Playing in these conditions was
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  horrible. I hated this, Perez said. We all had to play in
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  it, but it was truly awful. I had a good day with
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  my putter and with the rain the greens weren't easy to read.
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  I didn't have even one three-put today, so I'm really happy about
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  that. Today was a day where pars felt like birdies and bogeys
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  like pars. I
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  just felt like even if I was able to string a bunch
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  of bogies together, I'd still be pretty high up on the leaderboard
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  at the end. Seneca Sr. Cody Mallach led his team with an
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  81, followed by Cooper Thorsen 84 11th, Trenton Powell 85 tied for
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  12th and Ethan Hasselbring tied for 17th. I actually shot right around
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  what I wanted to, even with the conditions the way they were,
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  Malak said. I thought knowing it was going to be rainy most
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  of the round might be extra challenging, but I was able to
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  get through it pretty well. It was a tough round with the
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  weather, but I was mentally able to not let it bother me.
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  I
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  feel like I've chipped and putted pretty well all season, and that
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  was the case again today. I was able to put the ball
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  close to the pin around the greens, and then really just putted
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  the ball well. I had a lot of ups and downs, which
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  was confidence building. St. Bede's sophomore Gavin Lambley carted a 79 to
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  finish in second place. I feel like
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  I was able to stay mentally tough and stay composed despite the
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  conditions, Lambolie said. It was a tough situation. You're trying to keep
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  everything as dry as you can, but eventually everything getting as wet
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  and it becomes really tough to grip your clubs as well as
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  you want to. Everyone had to play in the same conditions, so
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  you just had to battle through it. I felt like I played
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  mostly steady. I hit a high percentage of my fairways, put a
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  good amount of approach shots close to the pin and had a
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  a bunch of two putts. Putting was tough because some areas were
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  very slow because of the water, but then other parts were normal.
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  The Bruins also had counting scores from Ty Carls 82, Grady Mueller,
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  88, while Jacob Flaven, A.J. Bartow and Dax Manicki all recorded 96s.
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  Marquette's Griffin Doberstein, ninety, and Braxton Nell, ninety two, as well as
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  Putnam County's Davis Cowerson, ninety one, and Riley Doling, ninety two, all
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  just narrowly missed the cut to advance as individuals.