2019 MHSAA Boys Golf Finals | STATE CHAMPS! Michigan

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champion Sports Network Studios for another edition of

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championships covering the state championships this, of course, always brought to you by Lawrence Technological University I'm your host Loren Plant this week it's

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and the weather gods cooperated , the weather was beautiful and these

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definitely did not disappoint. We begin our kids'

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archive coverage with the vision of The Meadows Golf Course on the campus of Grand Valley State University and begin with Sutton's Bay High School looking to win its first state title in four years. Ethan senior's summer camp on the 13th got the putt down, finished fourth individually and Sutton's Bay finished seventh as a team.

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart came into the final day in fifth place, it's sophomore Michaelson Oney who starts the downhill. He finished in third place with a two-day score of 148. The Irish team took fifth place. Clarkston Everest Collegiate is looking to win its first state title in two years. We head to the 8th hole and it's senior Kevin Meehan who gets the 8 footer. To get down to par Everest has a girl on the team who makes a great contribution. This is senior Mia Corns hitting the three-foot putt playing consistently over the two days. Mitch Lowe knelt on Everest here draining the putt on the eighth. he would be their division 4 medalist winning by one stroke the Mountaineers would finish in fourth place Leland came in tied for second going into the final day seventh is a senior Justin Barden Hagan has the short to go in for par so he would be the teammate Senior Nate Ball made the par save in the eighth as Leland finished third as a team.

Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett as a team had the best score Saturday afternoon as the Knights finished runners-up in this tournament. would belong to the Kalamazoo prep Hackett looking for his first state crown in six years this is the junior Verduzco will make the short putt uphill shot a 4-over 76 on the final day to finish tied for fifth individual group continued making the crucial putts, the Senior Aiden Gillen gets this one to go in, as the Irish would shoot a score of 652 in two days and go on to win by 11 strokes to claim their first Gulf State Championship of 2013.

It feels surreal to finally get one where been working. three sports to get one can advance her and come in second twice and finally have one. It's amazing, it feels great. You know, I've been doing this for three years. It's nice to have one with Aiden and hopefully we'll have another one next year. I'm a real problem because of how young we are, we have a senior on the team with three sophomores that really stepped up when we needed them as my first title and as a head coach so I couldn't be proudest of the key cat course on campus. from Ferris State University, the site of the Division Three state golf

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and we start on the seventh hole Sheboygan's Zach Gildner finished tied for second place individually and will advance to the tournament along with the eighth hole Grand Rapids Salt Christians Chad Vanderhorst for the birdie just misses, would have taken advantage of the team-best par shot of 162 for two-day tournament sailors who ended the night Jackson lumen christi seeking another state title on the par-4 9 Connor Spencer fresh off the green for his third shot the The delicate pitch moves forward for birdie.

He shot one more on Saturday. He finished eighth. Individually tightened. He finished seventh back. A couple of holes now at seven. Elk Rapids' Joshua Lavely had this birdie putt from 12 feet out of town for a two-day total of 149. Rapids with a sixth-place finish Grand Rapids West Catholic trying to make up some ground on day two Jonah Bhaskar in the 40s for birdie in eight just before he makes par Bhaskaran shoots 80 on both days The Falcons would finish the tournament in the fifth place Napoleon high school entered the second day 21 strokes from leader Evan Brisky in eight the short par putt finished seven overall 152 Napoleon finished in fourth Hannah Horton did not make it as a team, but Jack Brockie qualified individually and was in second place to start Saturday had a day to knock down this 30-footer for birdie, the junior gill 3-under par 69 on the second day, would go on to be his medalist by moving to under par in the d3 final.

I'm happy to have won, that's how it was. The main goal when I came here just when I was sad that my team didn't come with me, but it's been 16 years since the last time Brazil lifted the d3 state Hardware back to the ninth hole, left-hander Evan Johnson and 18 footers and is tied with birdie for fourth place individually. The Red Devils were third among the top finishers. Big Rapids entered the final date with a five-stroke lead and, playing on their home course, they have a golfer committed to Michigan State, Pierce Morrissey, in eight, settling for par. 5 18 by leaving the cooler so an eagle could get a good look, but just before hitting the putt, Byrd shot a total score of 149 and also finished tied for fourth individually back at 8, Pierce's teammate , Owens, saved the par putt for the third year in a row.

Big Rapids would finish Division three runners-up Grand Rapids North Point Christian won the d4 title last year until d3 Eric fallin entered the defending d4 reigning medalist reached the green in two on the par-5 16th had this opportunity Eagle just off the mark, but he would take advantage for birdie on 18 this senior with this uphill putt for birdie knocks him down tied him for second place individually with a two-point scorer in the tournament this is his fallen teammate Lance Bannerman also on 18 needed this putt for par Yes North Point Christian shoots a two-day 624 beats Big Rapids by three strokes for second straight state title.

He feels amazing, especially being a senior and being able to do it back to back and have this be my last high school tournament. It's a great feeling, we've worked very hard and trained a lot, we play a lot of golf, you know we train in the spring, we don't come home during the dark nights because we go out on the golf course practicing and I got a new young team, three of the guys They were never in the state finals. before, so I'm really happy they handled the pressure heading into the final day of the Division Two state golf finals at Michigan State University's Forest Acres West course in Grand Rapids.

Forest Hills North was up by 10 strokes on the other teams. to go deeper and climb the rankings, the Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook cranes when they finished in 13th place behind Hayden Chapman shooting under 80 on both days in the finals, Marshall's team would finish in 11th place, the portfolio of second year Edwardsburg's Pierce and team-best score of 157 as top-10 ranked Swirls East Grand Rapids had the third-best team score Saturday with a 320 and finished ninth overall Pontiac go to name prep has not won a state golf title in ten years, this is brian marks on the 12th making the short putt as the Fighting Irish finished the tournament in eighth place.

Byron Center just won two reloads a couple of weeks ago on the 12th and it's Alex Lock making the par putt as the Bulldogs finished in sixth place Whalen hit the tube last session in fourth Tyler Omnes had that touch for par on the 12th as the Wildcats dropped one spot to finish in fifth place Richland go Lake has the second-best score of 309 on the final date as they finished and fourth in pursuit of their first state title since 2015, Charlie DeLong for the Panthers was consistent throughout the entire tournament and finished in second place for medalist with a score of 145 in two days, then it is the title of Charlie's teammate, Parker. the 12th with the four foot for par as DeWitt finished third overall, it was a battle between Forest Hills Eastern and Forest Hills Northern for the team title, we go to the eighth hole and it's Brad Smithson four.

Forest Hills Eastern had that three footer. To make birdie, the senior arrived at his last hole of the day leading by three strokes. He made this 15-foot downhill birdie putt to close it out and made it. He shot the only even-par round on Saturday with a 72 B. Division two medalist Forest Hills Eastern has a team that finished runner-up. My goal throughout high school since freshman year was to win a state vault champion, either individually or as a team, so today I did it because Stills Northern was runner-up last year and I wanted nothing more than to win this one.

I am the twelfth. Andrew's senior caller for the Huskies hits it for par and then on the 18th he has this 7-foot birdie to finish his ground and drops it. He was shooting a two. The day's score of 150 as Forest Hills Northern beats Eastern by 8 strokes to claim its first Gulf Boys State Championship means a lot that it was second last year. I mean, a lot of people would consider a second place a good finish, but we were there to win it's disappointing to lose, so when this year it feels really good, it's the culmination of a lot of work over a number of years.

I'm talking about those guys who have been playing several years before, got to this level and raised the bar for this group. to be able to get to this stage of golf and last year when we finished in second place, it was one of those things where we should be savoring the sweetness of victory and it's great that we finished in second place, we really wanted the victory, so coming back this year and being able to put together the kind of year that we expected to win every time we went so we came here and hoped that expectation would be met for the first time at Fortress Golf Club in Frankenmuth, home of Division One MHSA a.

Friday's

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golf finals saw a series of low scores, Mother Nature made her presence known a little as the wind picked up on Saturday making the course a little more challenging for the top high school golfers, let's see who made it to the top, we begin. with Caledonia High School on the seventh hole, the senior course tee shot and reached the eighth fairway, however, the lemonade that comes out of this lemon hits from 130 yards, puts it three feet from the cup and gives him the birdie putt, the Fighting Scots. finished 10th, Birmingham's brother Rice had worked his way into third place in the team standings heading into Day 2 of the final, par-4, second hole, sophomore Sam Yano, fresh off the green, chips his third shot near the pin and nails the par putt moving forward. to the par 5, fellow sophomore No. 15 Colin O'Rourke will also parry this hole.

The Warriors went home with a seventh-place finish. There was another team sitting in third place heading into the final day. The Clarkston Wolves' second hole. Wolves senior Patrick. Dierdorf saved the short par putt opportunity on six. Clarkston puttted six, following the Hartland Eagles, senior Dylan Huck on this putt is down for par a couple of holes later on the par 3. The fourth sinks another for Hartland par, the second-best team. score of 309 on Saturday and finished fifth at Detroit Catholic Central, won three state titles from 2015 to 2017 and was within striking distance of second place entering Saturday on the first hole.

Caleb Weisner will putt for Lawrence Tech next fall the five foot par the par 5 15th had junior Carter drive for CC and this interesting third shot from the side of the perfect green course as it rolls 8 feet from the cup had this attempt cost up for birdie makes it central Catholic finished in fourth the Rockford Grahams looked to make noise, senior Kevin Helion and the touch on the saving pair. Healy again saved par at 9 and finished eighth individually with the two-day score. 149 Rockford went home with a third place finish. Grosse Pointe South reached the defending state. champions we go back to the 6th, the Wisconsin commitment Colter Smith full of Blue Devils his third shot a couple of feet from the cup and he would go ahead and score it for the par 7 hole Smith with this 20 from right to left her for birdie Diving shot a two-under 72 and led the clubhouse for the medalist Blue Devils as the team finished as state runner-up, another person in contention for medalist honors Lake Orion's Justin Sui, the junior, lands this 8-footer feet for birdie at 18 Sui needed this clutch 3-foot putt to tie Smith for the medalist lead yes, we would need a play off next to individual state champion Colter Smith from the women's points and Justin Sweet from the first playoff hole of Lake Orion Smith the four feet for par and goes sweet, he needs to make this short putt to extend the playoff and he does it to the second playoff hole, ninth green sweet from 8 feet away for par and win the individual state championship and is in a bomb Justin sweet, your

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division 1 medalist, a 3-under 141,the final school dropped out of the game Oh, it meant a lot to me.

I felt like Tiger Woods going far away, every crowd walking behind me. It felt great that she exhausted those lips on the law, so she felt great. The whole team cheering me on. A great experience esp. It's my first year here as for team honors, Lake Orion made it to the final day of 16 shots back to the par 3. Fourth, the senior pulled out cobal with the tee shot puts him 15 feet from the pin and kept going for birdie and drop finished tied for fourth place individually a score of 145 over the weekend, Dragons senior Andrew Reamer played travel hockey all Gulf season, returned just to time for the playoffs and got this shorty for par in 16.

Lake Orion sweeps it, they win individual honors and in their first boys team Gulf state championship, we knew we could compete for the state championship this year and you know, get in like we weren't highly ranked or anything, but that made us more like trying to win the state title. you know, we tried harder in practice, we practiced harder, we just had a pretty good tournament, it's just unreal, it's unreal, I'm speechless, that's why I couldn't find a word because it's something I've been dreaming about. You know, we talked about it as long as we knew we could and we've finally been proven right.

You know, we won the county championship. We won the regional championship. Now we are state champions. Justin Sweet went on to become individual champion, so those are unreal words, you can't describe my emotions right now, congratulations to all the individual and team state champions, it was a great season, you've dealt with a lot of adversity this year and again, congratulations if you want . watch any other state championship coverage, calmly visit our State Champs Network website and follow us on all social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. See you next time for another edition of the state opportunity at the state finals.