Miners shoot 325 at invitational; Bradbury fires a 70

Linton-Stockton senior Jordan Bradbury carded a round of 70 at the Northview Invitational at Forest Park Golf Course on Saturday. (By Carey Fox/The Brazil Times).

The Linton-Stockton High School boys golf team shot a 325, which tied them for eighth place at the Riddell National Bank Invitational, which took place Saturday at the Forest Park Golf Course in Brazil.

"I believe we shot better than we did last year," said Linton-Stockton coach Bart Beard, whose Miners were seventh with a round of 329 at the same tournament in 2008. "I was very pleased with the way the guys played, especially considering this was our first match and the conditions.

"It was very wet and very windy. We were playing lift, clean and place and we were not even playing out of the bunkers because of all the water. You got to lay it out."

Edgewood won the event with a four-over-par 289, snapping Terre Haute South's five-year winning streak.

Edgewood's Harrison Carmichael was low medalist with a four-under-par 67.

Linton-Stockton senior Jordan Bradbury finished one-under-par 70. He carded a 32 on the front and a 38 on the back to finish tied for second low-medalist with Zach Hosking of Terre Haute South.

"Jordan got off to a great start," said Beard. "He struggled just a bit down the stretch.

"But nobody plays a round where they don't hit a bad shot or two. But what impressed me the most was the way Jordan stayed focused. That is the best round I have seen him play. He is capable of playing like that all year."

Derrick Barker shot 80, Chase Rhoten 85, Stefan Sparks 90 and Luke Jerrells 97.

"Derrick really stepped up and had an excellent round," said Beard. "Chase played really well on 14 holes. He had two or three double bogeys and a triple. It was still a great round for him.

"Stefan and Luke played really well for their first matches. Stefan had not played before, even in junior high. They both played well."

Beard said there still is a lot of competition within the team to see who can break into the top five.

"We have about four kids that are within three strokes of qualifying," said Beard. "I think that is going to create a lot of competition and should make us a better team.

"We hung tough with teams that we are going to be competing with at the sectional. And our ultimate goal is to get out of the sectional. We have the physical talent. We have to continue to work on our mental game."

The Miners will host Cloverdale Thursday.

Saturday

Riddell National Bank Invitational

At Forest Park, Brazil

Team scores -- Edgewood 289, Terre Haute South and Northview 303 (South second on fifth score), Turkey Run 308, Greencastle 322, South Vermillion 324, Terre Haute North, Northview B and Linton 325, Cloverdale 350, Sullivan 359, Clay City 366

Edgewood (289) -- Josiah Ashba 71, Harrison Carmichael 67, Mitch Oard 72, Kyle Pace 79, Jack Cowden 81

Terre Haute South (307) -- Zach Hosking 70, Thomas Goss 72, Shelby Stewart 79, Brock Welch 82, Cory Gertz

Northview (303) -- Kade Baker 73, Drew Snyder 777, Ryan Turner 76, Daniel Eaglin 77, Josh Hoskins 86

Turkey Run (308) -- Austin Cook 77, Jarrod Wrightsman 89, Nathan Smith 78, Jason Millikan 78, Eric Newton 75

Greencastle (322) -- Brad Haussen 75, Wade Huber 83, Luke Crimmins 82, Jimmy Wheeler 82, Tyler Hopkins 85

South Vermillion (324) -- Brandon Bekkering 72, Logan Burdick 91, Jordan Lowry 75, Spencer Dunham 86, Jordan Suddoth 91

Terre Haute North (325) -- James Kaperak 80, Nick Parham 85, Will Pollock 77, Ryan Sneddon 88, Walker Smith 80

Northview B (325) -- Jacob Musgrave 85, Byron Felchlia 80, Brad Smith 81, Jarrod Short 79, Mason Short 89

Linton (325) -- Jordan Bradbury 70, Chase Rhoten 85, Derrick Barker 80, Stefan Sparks 90, Luke Jerrells 97

Cloverdale (350) -- Mike Wellington 88, Chris Arnold 75, Sam Jordan 102, Keith Hathorn 89, Gary Williams 98

Clay City (366) -- Zach Boggs 82, Nick Johnson 99, Braxton Griffith 93, Austin Sinders 92, Darius Farmer 102

Top 10 Individuals

1. Harrison Carmichael (EW) 67, Jordan Bradbury (Ln) 70, Zach Hosking (THS) 70, Josiah Ashba (EW) 71, Brandon Bekkering (SV) 72, Thomas Goss (THS) 72, Mitch Oard (EW) 72, Kade Baker (Nv) 73, Brad Haussin (GC) 75, Chris Arnold (CL) 75, Eric Newton (TR) 75