Eastern’s Moss advances from golf sectional

Monday, June 3, 2019

By Terry Schwinghammer SPORTS WRITER

Eastern Greene golfer Devin Moss shot 76 Monday in the Phil Harris sectional and will advance to Thursday's Washington Regional at Country Oaks. Moss was one of three individual qualifiers.

By Terry Schwinghammer

Monday’s IHSAA boys golf sectional at Phil Harris Golf Course wasn’t a complete shutout for Greene County’s five high school golf teams. Eastern Greene linkster Devin Moss made sure of that.

Although none of the five teams will advance to Thursday’s regional, Moss will.

The Thunderbird senior turned in a fine round of 76, second among the three qualifying individuals not on an advancing team. Moss will be teeing it up Thursday in the Washington Regional at Country Oaks Golf Club near Montgomery.

The group of Cole Orman, Shakamak (left); Devin Moss, Eastern Greene; and Trey Carpenter, WRV (right) waits its turn on the 18th tee at Phil Harris.

By Terry Schwinghammer

“I’m exhilarated,” Eastern’s No. 1 golfer said. “I’m actually surprised I made it through here. I haven’t been playing too well lately. But it seems like this round went pretty well for me.”

When asked what part of his game was working for him, Moss replied, “Honestly I think it was my putting. The greens were rolling fine and I got my putts on line pretty well.”

Moss went out in 39, then bogeyed the first two holes on the back nine. He responded with a birdie at the par-5 12th, then played the last six holes in even par.

“I’m pretty pleased with the way I played,” he said. “I could have saved par on a few shots but overall I feel like I did pretty well.”

Moss’ 76 tied for third overall individually with Terre Haute North golfer Andrew Granda. Granda was awarded third place based on a reverse-order playoff on the scorecard. Granda birdied the 18th hole and Moss parred it.

The Northview Knights edged the Terre Haute North Patriots by four strokes, 315-319 to claim the team championship. Terre Haute South finished third with a team score of 335. West Vigo was 11 back of South in fourth.

Three golfers broke 80 for the winning Knights. Ben Goshen fired a 74 to claim medalist honors. Collier Fredrick posted 78 and Chase Nuckols carded 79.

The top three teams and the top three individuals not on an advancing team qualify for the regional.

Clay City’s Justin Hopkins was the low individual qualifier. The two-time Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference champion shot 75. West Vigo’s Alex Baker (78) will join Hopkins and Moss at Country Oaks.

For the SWIAC team champion Linton Miners Monday’s sectional was a complete reversal of fortunes from the conference tournament three weeks ago on the same course.

Linton's Brady Smith watches his tee shot sail down the fifth fairway. Smith's 85 paced the Miners.

By Terry Schwinghammer

On a chilly, rainy day Linton won the SWIAC in a runaway besting Eastern Greene by 24 strokes, 362-386. But in near-perfect weather and playing conditions Monday – warm, sunny and dry – the Miners didn’t fare nearly as well while their conference foes fared better.

The sectional hosts were 12 shots off their conference-winning pace and placed eighth in the 11-team field. The Clay City Eels were 30 strokes better collectively, finishing in a tie for fifth in the team standings with Sullivan at 361. The Thunderbirds were two shots behind the Eels in seventh.

Shakamak improved its conference showing by 18 strokes, edging Bloomfield 402-404 for ninth. White River Valley (456) finished well back of the others.

Bloomfield's Turner Royal lines up his putt on the sixth green. Royal shot 87 to lead the Cardinals.

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Tee times for the regional at Country Oaks begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday for the first wave of golfers.

And Devin Moss is looking forward to his first regional experience.

“I haven’t played there (at Country Oaks) yet. But it’s going to be a pretty fun time I think.”

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IHSAA BOYS GOLF SECTIONAL

At Phil Harris

TEAM SCORES

1) NORTHVIEW 315, 2) TERRE HAUTE NORTH 319, 3) TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 335, 4) WEST VIGO 346, 5 (tie) CLAY CITY 361, 5 (tie) SULLIVAN 361, 7) EASTERN GREENE 363, 8) LINTON-STOCKTON 374, 9) SHAKAMAK 402, 10) BLOOMFIELD 404, 11) WHITE RIVER VALLEY 456.

TOP TEN INDIVIDUALS

1) *Ben Goshen (Nv) 74, 2) **Justin Hopkins (CC) 75, 3) Andrew Granda (THN) 76, 4) **Devin Moss (EG) 76, 5) Trey Steadman (THN) 77, 6) **Alex Baker (WV) 78, 7) Collier Fredrick (Nv) 78, 8) Chase Nuckols (Nv) 79, 9) Caleb Maris (THS) 80, 10) Sam Bowen (THN) 80.

AREA RESULTS

EASTERN GREENE (363) – **Devin Moss 76, Wyatt Birch 89, Brayden Schelske 95, Parker Gillespie 103, Brandon Johnson 112.

LINTON-STOCKTON (374) – Brady Smith 85, Andy Clark 90, Braylen Perkins 99, Eli Poe 100, Sammy Robbins 102.

SHAKAMAK (402) – Cole Orman 90, Carl Miller 97, Jayce Rehmel 98, Bron Lambermont 115, Matt Thomasson 116.

BLOOMFIELD (404) – Turner Royal 87, Baylin Graf 102, Christopher Royal 106, Graysen Medina 109, Eli Cumming 109.

WHITE RIVER VALLEY (456) – Trey Carpenter 100, Addison Wall 103, Luke Powers 125, Sam Russell 128.