Page 10/The Sun and News, Saturday, June 5, 2021Bulldogs win team and individual golf titles
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Hastings’ Will Jensen andByron Center’s Jack
Marzolinio already had their
state finals spots securedafter 18 holes at Yankee
Springs Golf Course
Tuesday, but there was still a
championship to chase.
Jensen finished as the run-
ner-up at the Division 2
Regional Tournament hosted
by Thornapple Kellogg on
the gold and white nines at
Yankee Springs. Jensen and
Byron Center’s Jack
Marzolinio each scored a
one-under-par 71, and then
went into a playoff for the
individual regional champi-
onship.
Marzolinio birdied the
par-5, number five on the
gold nine to close out his 18
holes and pull even with
Jensen, and then the two
went to their playoff. Both
guys went bogey, par, par on
their first three playoff holes,
but Jensen snap hooked his
drive on the fourth playoff
hole and ended up having to
play a provisional after the
first ball was declared lost.
“His provision drive was
excellent along with the shot
after that, but it wasn’t
enough to win the hole,”
Hastings head coach Kristen
Laubaugh said.
Marzolino parred the hole
to win the playoff.
“The atmosphere during
the playoff was unlike any-
thing Will had ever played in
before,” Laubaugh said.
“There were about 60 kids
following these two guys
during the entire playoff. It
was fun and exciting, but puta lot of pressure on both of
the players. Will handled it
all very well.”
The top three teams and
top three players not on those
teams Tuesday earned spots
in the June 11-12 Division 2
Lower Peninsula State Finals
which will be held at Bedford
Valley Golf Club. Jensen
was one of the three individ-
ual state qualifiers and
Marzolino earned his state
finals spot by helping his
Byron Center Bulldogs win
the team regional champion-
ship. The Bulldogs put
together a team score of 310.
Grand Rapids Christian was
second with a 318 and
Plainwell third with a 326. It
was a fierce fight for that
third and final state qualify-
ing spot. Unity Christian was
fourth with a 327 and
Hamilton fifth at 329.
Behind those top five
teams, Holland Christian
scored a 335, Wayland 335,
South Christian 336,
Hastings 340, Thornapple
Kellogg 346, Zeeland West
364, Holland 369, Allegan
380, Ionia 389, Otsego 389
and Zeeland East 399.
Sophomore Eli
Timmerman from Hamilton
and senior Isaiah Lowe from
Holland Christian were the
day’s other two individual
state qualifiers. Timmerman
shot a 73. Lowe scored a 74.
They were third and fourth
overall and Grand Rapids
Christian’s AlexVandenBerge was the tour-
nament’s fifth-place medalist
with a 76.
Senior CJ Crabtree led
Thornapple Kellogg, finish-
ing 21st with a score of 84.
Behind Crabtree for TK,
Drew Nathan shot an 87,
Connor Newland an 87 and
Trevor Hummer an 88.Sophomore Austin Pitsch
wasn’t far behind the TK top
four, shooting a 91.
The regional champion-
ship team from Byron Center
got a 78 from Brayden
Elzinga, an 80 from Brayden
Woudstra and an 81 from
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Thornapple Kellogg’s Drew Nathan rolls a putt towards
the cup on gold number nine during the Division 2
Regional Tournament hosted by the Trojans at Yankee
Springs Golf Course Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Thornapple Kellogg’s Connor Newland chips his ball
up towards the green on gold number nine during the
Division 2 Regional Tournament hosted by the Trojans
at Yankee Springs Golf Course Tuesday. (Photo by Brett
Bremer)
Scots beat Centerville twice
to close out regular season
The Caledonia varsity
baseball team swept a dou-
bleheader with visiting
Centerville Tuesday to head
into the state tournament on a
high.
The Fighting Scots took
9-3 and 7-2 wins over the
Centerville boys.
Caledonia will open post-
season play in the Division 1
District Semifinals against
OK Red Conference foe East
Kentwood at noon today,
June 5, at Byron Center High
School. Wyoming and Byron
Center are scheduled to face
off at 10 a.m. in the district’s
first semifinal match-up. The
district championship game
is planned for 2:30 p.m.
The Scots had just four
hits in the 9-3, five-inning
win over Centerville to start
the day Tuesday. Joseph
Coble, Drew Klomparens,
Nicholas Bender and Camden
Raffler each singled once.
Raffler, Michael Geelhoed,
Ryan Brown and Austin
Deller each had an RBI.
Keaton Hernden walked
twice and scored two runs.
Geelhoed scored twice as
well, walking once.
Bender got the win on the
mound, strikeout three three
and walking two in two
scoreless innings. Geelhoed
and Aidan Kowatch threw in
relief for the Scots.
In the 7-2, game two win,
the Scots smacked nine sin-
gles, including two each by
Nikolas Clark and Aidan
Grinstead. Brown singled
and drove in two runs.
Clayton Senti and Hernden
both singled and drove in a
run.
Grady Schneider and
Zachary Elsbrie had the other
two Caledonia hits.
Brown got the win in game
two. He threw tow scoreless,
hitless innings, striking out
two. Clark and Coble both
pitched as well for the Scots.