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Hall seniors Noah Plym, Joseph Perez advance to state: NewsTribune/BCR sectional golf roundup · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Hall
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  seniors Noah Plym Joseph Perez Advanced to State. News Tribune BCR Sectional
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  Golf Roundup. Written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Boys Golf At
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  Peoria. For the second year in a row, Hall seniors Noah Plum
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  and Joseph Perez will end their seasons at the ISA Class 1A
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  state tournament. Plim shot a 75 to tie for fourth at the
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  Peoria Christian Sectional at Kellogg Golf Course, while Perez tied for ninth
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  with a 77. Fieldcrest senior Carter Senko tied for 12th with a
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  78, while St. Bede freshman Grady Mueller also earned a state berth
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  by tying for 14th with a 79. It feels really good, Plym
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  said. I've worked all year to be able
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  to play my best when it mattered most, and I was able
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  to do that. My driver was on point, I was finding fairways
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  all day and getting into good positions to make some good scores.
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  My putter was also solid as I didn't have a single three
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  put and made a few longer ones to save pars. Being able
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  to finish my career at State is amazing, Perez said. I think
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  what carried me today was getting from tea to green. I was
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  doing amazing on that today. My putter was up and down, but
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  my chipping was on point, and I had two amazing chip ins,
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  one for Birdie and one for Eagle. Plym and Perez led the
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  Red Devils to a fourth place finish with a 327, just three
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  shots shy of a return trip to state as a team. Illinois
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  West won with a 308, followed by Delavan and Brimfield 324.
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  It was definitely a heartbreaking way to end the season as a
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  team. Hall Coach Mason said, When you miss a state berth by
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  just three shots, everyone is probably Going to lose some sleep over
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  a shot or two that they wish they could have back. But
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  at the end of the day, the team should be proud of
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  the season the had and the resilience they showed. Mueller said he
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  entered the tournament nervous and confident, and knew he had to trust
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  my game. It means a lot to qualify for state, Mueller said.
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  Going into them season this was one of my goals. It's great
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  being able to make it. The keys to advancing were keeping the
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  ball in play, limiting three putts and not being caught up on
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  the score, but focusing on every shot. Saint Bede coach Rich Cummings
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  said Grady was Mr. Consistency on the course. When you get to
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  the sectional, you really can't give shots away, and you certainly can't
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  let the linger and stay with you, Cummings said. That's one thing
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  he didn't do. If Grady has an errant shot, he's over it
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  as soon as he hits it. Nothing rattles him. He kept it
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  in the fairway and was chipping and putting like he always does.
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  At Byron, Bureau Valley sophomore Chase Steer made a long putt on
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  hole number 8, his 17th hole, to give him a boost down
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  the stretch at the Class 1 Tila Byron Sectional at Prairie View
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  Golf Club. Steer carted an 8-1 then survived 4 hole.
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  Of playoff golf to claim a spot in the state tournament. The
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  playoffs started with seven golfers vying for the final three spots. It's
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  really surreal, Steer said. With all the work I put in during
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  the off season and to see how many people really support me
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  is a very great feeling. Steer shot a 40 on his first
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  9 and a 41 on the back. He had a birdie on
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  his 17th hole. Keeping my head up and keep moving forward, Stier
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  said.
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  About the key to advancing. My swing did not feel good for
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  around fourteen holes which put me outside of the cut line. Making
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  the thirty footer on hole eight, my second to last hole, definitely
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  gave me momentum into the last hole in playoff. Steer said he
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  tried to keep the same routine and stay confident during the playoff
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  holes. I naturally play very well when pressure is on, but staying
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  confident in your swing and putting is key, Steer said. Bureau Valley
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  coach Riley DeBrock said Steer was steady during the playoff holes. He
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  consistently put himself in good positions during the playoff holes and gave
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  himself a chance to score in advance, DeBrock said. I'm extremely proud
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  of Chase. Mendota placed ninth as a team and did not have
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  any golfers advance. Ashton Stamberger led the Trojans with an eighty five,
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  while Camden Polowski and Eston Otero each had an eighty nine and
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  Matos Rosales added a ninety. At Sycamore, LaSalle Peru finished 11th with
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  a 363 at the Class II a Sycamore sectional at Kishwaki Country
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  Club and did not have any golfers advanced to state. Mason Setchell
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  led the Cavaliers with an eighty six, while Adanshu and Jano Argobright
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  each had a ninety one and Evan McLaughlin had a ninety five.
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  Girls Golf At normal LaSalle Peru, Junior Maggie Bumgarner had her season
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  come to an end at the Class 2A Normal West Sectional at
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  Ironwood Golf Course. Bumgarner shot a 102. At Cambridge, Princeton's Illy Jones
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  and Hannah Claiborne, Saint Bede's Aliana Arteaga, Mendota's Camila Preciato, Bureau Valley's
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  Michaela Noder, and Henry Senequine's Isabel Nucki all wrapped up their seasons
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  at the Class 1A Cambridge Sectional at Valley View Club. Jones tied
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  for 34th with a 95, Claiborne carted a 98 to tie for
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  43rd, Artiaga and Preciato each had a 110 to tie for 74th,
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  Noder tied for 84th with a 112, and Nucky had a 126
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  to finish 106th.