CARMEL – Columbia City posted a very respectable 305 for its first round team total at the IHSAA Boys Golf State Finals. But everyone is chasing Westfield and it’s masterful 285, six strokes ahead of Hamilton Southeast and leaving City in sixth place in the two-day tournament at Prairie View Country Club.
Tyler Green and Spencer McCammon each shot 75 to lead the Eagles, McCammon’s back nine going one-under after three birdies on the side and four total in his round.
Spencer Klimek shot a 77 and Cameron Slavich had a 78 to round out the scoring Eagles. Nick Decker’s 91 was the fifth score for City.
Westfield’s rounds were sparkling, with Thomas Lewis finishing an incredible day with six birdies and just two bogeys for a first-round score of 68. Johnny Deck had a 71, Andrew Lewis had a 72, and Noah Shanteau had a 74 for the Shamrocks, which had a scoring tally of six-under from its top four on the front nine.
Hamilton Southeast’s Cedric McAree had the low round of the day, keeping the Royals in the team hunt. McAree’s five-under 31 on the front nine combined with his two-under on the back left the senior at 65 to lead the entire championship field.
Fort Wayne Dwenger, winner of the Warsaw Regional, is tied with Center Grove for third at 296. Callahan Elzey shot a two-under 70 to lead the Saints. Center Grove’s Noah Gillard also shot a 70, landing the two in third place in the individual standings.
Others from the area on the individual circuit at the state finals include South Bend St. Joseph’s Tate Heintzelman-Dee at 76, tied for 25th, Plymouth’s Micah Calhoun at 80, tied for 51st, and Mishawaka Marian’s Augustin Hartnagel at 82, tied for 70th.
The final round of the state championship will take place Wednesday at Prairie View Country Club in Carmel.