1999 IHSAA BOYS GOLF STATE FINALS

Prestwick Country Club, Avon

First-Round Results, June 16

Marion, Noblesville share first-round lead at 309

Defending champion Noblesville and Marion posted team totals of 309 to share the first-round lead in the 63rd Annual Indiana High School Athletic Association Boys Golf State Finals.

The 6,750-yard course played tough from the outset with a brisk breeze out of the north. In the afternoon, the wind markedly increased and scores rose significantly on the back nine.

Senior Jeff Chapman, who finished seventh individually in the 1998 state finals, led Noblesville with a 75. Todd Chin paced Marion with a wild 74 that culminated with an eagle on the par-five 18th hole with a 25-foot putt after hitting the elevated green from 215 yards out with a 3-iron. Chin also had four birdies and three double bogeys.

Noblesville was ranked No. 2 in the final coaches association poll of the season issued prior to the start of tournament play. Marion was ranked sixth. Top-ranked Center Grove shot a 321 and goes into the final day in eighth place. The top nine teams and ties, plus any team within 20 strokes of the lead qualified for the second round on Thursday. Only six teams in the original 21-team field failed to make the cut that came at 329.

Individually, Herbie Champlin, a freshman from Culver Military, took the early lead with a one-over-par 73. That score held for most of the day until sophomores Chad Cooper of Lafayette Jefferson and Jeff Overton of Evansville North matched it late in the round. For individuals from a non-advancing team, the top nine players and ties, plus any player within six strokes of the individual leader, qualified for the second round.

TEAM SCORES

*Missed cut

School

Score

Marion

309

Noblesville

309

Fort Wayne Concordia

313

Evansville North

316

Bloomington South

317

Terre Haute North

318

Lafayette Jefferson

319

Center Grove

321

Garrett

322

Glenn

324

Southmont

324

Columbus North

328

Floyd Central

328

Carmel

329

South Bend Clay

329

Greenfield-Central

330*

Terre Haute South

330*

South Vermillion

332*

Martinsville

333*

Warsaw

335*

Chesterton

337*

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Player

School

Score

Herbie Champlin

Culver Military

73

Chad Cooper

Lafayette Jefferson

73

Jeff Overton

Evansville North

73

Benjamin Fox

Fort Wayne Concordia

74

Todd Chin

Marion

74

Nathan Fritz

Greenwood

74

Brent Liter

Madison

74

Dan Neal

Martinsville

74

Jeff Chapman

Noblesville

75

Kevin Dean

Terre Haute North

75

Scott Kluesner

Terre Haute South

75

Ketan Patel

Anderson Highland

75

Aaron Bell

Anderson

76

Todd Cascino

Marion

76

Drew Hatton

Washington

76

Jason Johnson

Fort Wayne Concordia

76

Bryan Kohlmeier

Noblesville

76

Mike Schumaker

Columbia City

76

Andy Skodinski

Southmont

76

Justin Wenger

Warren Central

76

Luke Batman

Glenn

77

Ben Beatty

Seymour

77

Eric Brennan

Center Grove

77

Christopher Crouch

Bloomington South

77

Aaron Fields

Floyd Central

77

Travis Hampshire

Garrett

77

Matt Herron

Columbus North

77

Greg Krupinski

Munster

77

Mike Payne

Terre Haute North

77

Casey Burch

South Vermillion

78

Nick Falkenstein

Evansville North

78

Konrad Guernsey

Henryville

78

Brian Hinds

Noblesville

78

Jason Reddington

Evansville Central

78

Derek Sinclair

Blackford

78

Ryan Steele

Rochester

78

Aaron Walters

Bloomington South

78

Derek Bolling

Southridge

79

Mark Hirleman

West Lafayette

79

Justin Howell

Warsaw

79

Robbie Ivey

Floyd Central

79

Justin Jovanovich

South Vermillion

79

J.K. Keach

Columbus North

79

Scott Riggs

Greenfield-Central

79

Matt Varner

Marion

79

Mark Weghorst

Brebeuf

79

TEAM SCORING

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

317

 

Christopher Crouch

77

 

Tony Daniels

81

 

Charlie Dunn

81

 

Chad Stoute

84

 

Aaron Walters

78

 
     

CARMEL

329

 

Kyle Bush

82

 

Jeff Grant

81

 

Aaron Marks

87

 

Jeremy Sims

83

 

David Truesdell

83

 
     

CENTER GROVE

321

 

Eric Brennan

77

 

Michael Everson

84

 

Bobby Jordan

80

 

Jeff Knopka

88

 

Josh Oldham

80

 
     

COLUMBUS NORTH

328

 

Dan Burt

92

 

Matt Herron

77

 

J.K. Keach

79

 

Patrick Schneider

95

 

Mike Trueblood

80

 
     

CHESTERTON

337

 

Aaron Chandler

83

 

Brian Mannen

90

 

Scott VanLoon

83

 

Scott Vidimos

85

 

Mitch Zimmer

86

 
     

EVANSVILLE NORTH

316

 

Kyle Brinker

88

 

Nick Falkenstein

78

 

Jason Jones

80

 

Jeff Overton

73

 

Zachary Schuker-Smith

85

 
     

 

FLOYD CENTRAL

328

 

Aaron Fields

77

 

Robbie Ivey

79

 

B.J. Pierce

87

 

Ryan Waiz

85

 

Nathan Winstead

87

 
     

FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA

313

 

Benjamin Fox

74

 

Kyle Hallberg

82

 

Jason Johnson

76

 

Robert Roehm

84

 

Nathan Schroeder

81

 
     

GARRETT

322

 

Derrick Brinkerhoff

80

 

Travis Hampshire

77

 

Heath Peters

80

 

Brandon Schultz

90

 

Johnathan Sholl

85

 
     

GLENN

324

 

Luke Batman

77

 

Justin Daube

81

 

Shaun Davis

91

 

Brett Hulse

82

 

Bill Meyer

84

 
     

GREENFIELD-CENTRAL

330

 

Joseph Brookfield

87

 

Nathan Hyde

89

 

Nick Lee

80

 

Scott Riggs

79

 

Zack Worland

84

 
     

LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON

319

 

Richie Belange

80

 

Kyle Carter

85

 

Chad Cooper

73

 

Josh Culverhouse

87

 

Kevin Vaughn

81

 
     

 

MARION

309

 

Tony Cascino

76

 

Todd Chin

74

 

Phil Dodyk

80

 

Mark Erlewine

84

 

Matt Varner

79

 
     

MARTINSVILLE

333

 

Jason Horrell

81

 

Justin Kent

89

 

David Martin

89

 

Dan Neal

74

 

Dylan Seger

93

 
     

NOBLESVILLE

309

 

Jeff Chapman

75

 

Brian Hinds

78

 

Bryan Kohlmeier

76

 

Zack Mosnot

81

 

Chad Smith

80

 
     

SOUTH BEND CLAY

329

 

Dean Catanzarite

81

 

Adam Darrow

80

 

David Harsanyi

87

 

Casey Anderson

106

 

David Wilkinson

81

 
     

SOUTHMONT

324

 

Garrett Cook

83

 

Travis French

83

 

Jake Sandusky

82

 

Caleb Selby

83

 

Andy Skodinski

76

 
     

SOUTH VERMILLION

332

 

Casey Burch

78

 

Ryan Deakins

94

 

Joe Jovanovich

81

 

Dustin Jovanovich

79

 

Orin Reininga

96

 
     

 

TERRE HAUTE NORTH

318

 

Nate Baugh

88

 

Matt Cole

85

 

Kevin Dean

75

 

Kyle Miller

81

 

Mike Payne

77

 
     

TERRE HAUTE SOUTH

330

 

Josh Karnes

88

 

Scott Kluesner

75

 

Lance Seeling

81

 

Matt Stewart

87

 

Doug Wright

87

 
     

WARSAW

335

 

Jason Henthorn

88

 

Justin Howell

79

 

Adam Johnson

88

 

Ryan Slone

87

 

Aaron Turner

81

 

 

INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Players who advanced to the state finals as individuals

Player

School

Round 1

Ben Beatty

Seymour

77

Aaron Bell

Anderson

76

Derek Bolling

Southridge

79

Matt Campbell

Homestead

84

Herbie Champlin

Culver Military

73

Nathan Fritz

Greenwood

74

Konrad Guernsey

Henryville

78

Drew Hatton

Washington

76

Mark Hirleman

West Lafayette

79

Greg Krupinski

Munster

77

Brent Liter

Madison

74

Jeffery Moulder

Kokomo

82

Ketan Patel

Anderson Highland

75

Jason Reddington

Evansville Central

78

Mike Schumaker

Columbia City

76

Jason Schwerdt

Valparaiso

86

Derek Sinclair

Blackford

78

Ryan Steele

Rochester

78

Mark Weghorst

Brebeuf

79

Justin Wenger

Warren Central

76

Kevin Wiseman

South Bend Riley

80