Hoskins earns IHSAA golf honors for eighth-place Warsaw; Penn finishes 12th at state

CARMEL – Warsaw senior golfer Cal Hoskins closed out his high school career with a three-under-par 69 Wednesday that helped him earn all-state honors as the 85th Indiana High School Athletic Association boys state golf championships came to a close at par-72 Prairie View Golf Club.

Hoskins, who opened with a 5-over 77 Tuesday at the difficult Robert Trent Jones Jr. course that played from over 7,000 yards, finished tied for seventh individually with a 2-over 146 total. The Top 10 golfers earn all-state honors. Fairfield High School freshman Brayden Miller just missed earning all-state honors, shooting a final-round 72 that left him tied for 12th at 5-over 149.

No. 1 Guerin Catholic held off No. 3 Westfield – which uses Prairie View as its home course – by one stroke, 602-603, to earn its first team championship a season after finishing second to Center Grove. Jacob Modleski shot 71-145 and Leo Wessel 72-148 for Guerin Catholic to earn all-state honors. Westfield was led by Jake Cesare’s 74-148 total.

Coach Jack Carpenter’s Warsaw Tigers made a run at a top-five finish but fell short, shooting 318 (one stroke better than Tuesday) and finishing eighth in the field of 15 teams with a 637 total, 35 strokes behind Guerin Catholic but just four strokes behind seventh-place Valparaiso. The Vikings were led by sophomore Aidan Gutierrez, who carded a 5-under 67 and tied Indianapolis Cathedral senior Ryan Ford at 2-under 142. Gutierrez then won a playoff to capture medalist honors.

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“For the most part I was very pleased,” Carpenter said. “Through 14 holes today the kids were battling, and we were within four shots of fourth place. We just did not close it out; we really struggled down the stretch. The 18th hole absolutely killed us today.”

Only Hoskins managed to birdie the par-5, 547-yard hole. It was his third birdie on a back-nine 33. He played the front side in even-par 36 with a bogey at No. 2 and a birdie at No. 7. Junior No. 5 Jaxson Gould shot 82 for 163 and senior Ben Brander shot 81 for a two-day total of 165.

“I don’t know if the kids got mentally fatigued from the heat – we don’t like to use that as an excuse because it was the same for all of the kids,” Carpenter said. “But I’m proud of their effort. It was a tough two days with the weather and the heat, but they battled well. Ben was very disappointed yesterday shooting 77, but he came back strong today.”

Miller, who started his round on the back nine, doubled the par-4 11th hole and bogeyed the par-4 17th to turn in 3-over 39. But birdies at Nos. 3, 6 and 7 enabled the Fairfield freshman to finish at even-par for the day.

Coach Tony Polizzotto’s Penn Kingsmen managed to shoot eight strokes better Wednesday, finishing with a 326 total that left them in 12th place at 660. Junior No. 3 Jack Urbanski and sophomore No. 4 Dylan Mounts shot closing 80s to lead the Kingsmen Wednesday, and another junior, No. 5 Jack Stewart, shot 85 to give Polizzotto optimism going forward.

“Jack and Dylan were pretty tight the first day,” Polizzotto said. “They came back today and played pretty good. Their scores didn’t really reflect the way they hit it. And Jack (Stewart) hit it pretty good, too. He shot 46 going out but 39 coming back.”

Mounts had an eagle and two birdies in his round, while Urbanski made one birdie.

Senior Ryan Hahaj, who shot a final-round 82, and senior Maddox Snyder (84) led the Kingsmen with totals of 163 and 164, respectively, one stroke ahead of Urbanski and four ahead of Mounts.

IHSAA STATE BOYS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

CARMEL – Results after Wednesday’s final round of the 85th Indiana High School Athletic Association state boys golf tournament at the par-72, 7,073-yard Prairie View Golf Club. DNP-did not play.

Team scores: Guerin Catholic 60Ev2, Westfield 603, Hamilton Southeastern 615, Indianapolis Cathedral 627, Silver Creek 627, Bloomington South 631, Valparaiso 633, Warsaw 637, Leo 638, Noblesville 641, Evansville North 642, Penn 660, Jasper 665, Covenant Christian 679, Evansville Memorial 717.

TEAMS

1. GUERIN CATHOLIC (299-303—602) (+26): Jacob Modleski 74-71—145, Connor McNeely 71-80—151, Leo Wessel 76-72—148, Zach Thieme 78-80—158, Scotty Smith 84-80—164

2. WESTFIELD (303-300—603) (+27): Alec Cesare 79-71—150, Jake Cesare 74-74—148, Will Harvey 74-77—151, Cam Kooi 76-78—154, Nolan Hall 81-79—160

3. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (311-304—615) (+39): Cole Stames 78-75—153, Lane Zedrick 78-72—150, Tyler Marcinko 78-78—156, Jordan Huxford 77-79—156, Tyler Lacy 80-84—164

4. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (323-304—627) (+51): Ryan Ford 74-68—142, Rocco Browning 79-77—156, Jake Cerar 86-80—166, Max McGinley 99-79—178, Aiden Storms 84-80—164

5. SILVER CREEK (312-315—627) (+51): Carter Smith 78-80—158, Cody Coleman 72-77—149, Samuel Harris 84-90—174, Seth Hooe 85-76—161, Luke Graston 78-82—160

6. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (308-323—631) (+55): Happy Gilmore 76-75—151, Nickolas Bellush 79-85—164, Connor Byon 77-76—153, Jacob Paine 76-87—163, Dylan Barkley 84-87—171

7. VALPARAISO (321-312—633) (+57): Aidan Gutierrez 75-67—142, Rob Politza 80-80—160, Colin Danzi 79-81—160, Liam Utesch 87-85—172, Brady Hudson 96-DNP, Jacob Gaghan DNP-84.

8. WARSAW (319-318—637) (+61): Cal Hoskins 77-69—146, Ben Brander 84-81—165, Aidan Bowell 77-DQ, Jack Yeager 86-86—172, Jaxson Gould 81-82—163

9. LEO (329-309—638) (+62): Justin Hicks 74-72—146, Wes Opliger 81-78—159, Isaac Rorick 85-77—162, Patrick Judd 89-82—171, William Nussbaum 95-104—199

10. NOBLESVILLE (323-318—641) (+65): Will Perkins 77-68—145, Brady Mangin 81-82—163, Drew Decker 94-88—182, Alex Peck 83-81—164, Rory Bushong 82-87—169

11. EVANSVILLE NORTH (323-319—642) (+66): Daymian Rij 77-76—153, Peyton Butler 83-82—165, Brody Sorrell 86-84—170, Luke Johnston 77-77—154, Griffin Sohn 87-DNP, Luke Price DNP-90

12. PENN (334-326—660) (+84): Ryan Hahaj 81-82—163, Maddox Snyder 80-84—164, Jack Urbanski 85-80—165, Dylan Mounts 88-80—168, Jack Yewchuk 95-DNP, Jack Stewart DNP-85

13. JASPER (329-336—665) (+89): Caleb Schnarr 73-81—154, Luke Shappard 89-81—170, John Kemker 87-91—178, Daniel Moore 80-87—167, Levi Welp 91-87—178

14. INDIANAPOLIS COVENANT CHRISTIAN (332-347—679) (+103): Preston Broce 80-79—159, Jake Davis 81-87—168, Garrett Koch 96-92—188, Jeremiah Halderman 83-90—173, Brenner Lampton 88-91—179

15. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (366-351—717) (+141): Thomas Broshears 76-75—151, Evan Hudak 87-93—180, Brayden Wynn 94-93—187, Nico Brougham WD-DNP, Jack Brackett 101-90—191, Adam Swiz DNP-106

TOP 16 INDIVIDUALS

142 (-2): Aidan Gutierrez, Valparaiso, 75-67; Ryan Ford, Indianapolis Cathedral, 74-68 (Gutierrez won playoff for medalist honors)

143 (-1): Derek Tabor, New Castle, 76-67; Hunter Melton, Fort Wayne Carroll, 72-71

145 (+1): Will Perkins, Noblesville, 77-68; Jacob Modleski, Guerin Catholic, 74-71

146 (+2): Cal Hoskins, Warsaw, 77-69; Justin Hicks, Leo, 74-72

147 (+3): Adam Melliere, Zionsville, 73-74

148 (+4): Leo Wessel, Guerin Catholic, 76-72; Jake Cesare, Westfield, 74-74

149 (+5): Brayden Miller, Fairfield, 77-72; Peyton Blackard, Gibson Southern, 73-76; Cody Coleman, Silver Creek, 72-77

150 (+6): Lane Zedrick, Hamilton Southeastern, 78-72; Alec Cesare, Westfield, 79-71

INDIVIDUALS (NON-TEAM)

143 (-1): Hunter Melton, Fort Wayne Carroll, 72-71; Derek Tabor, New Castle, 76-67

147 (+3): Adam Melliere, Zionsville, 73-74

149 (+5): Brayden Miller, Fairfield, 77-72; Peyton Blackard, Gibson Southern, 73-76

153 (+9): AJ Agnew, Borden, 79-74; Isaac Embry, Crown Point, 80-73

155 (+11): Brock Reschly, Northridge, 78-77

156 (+12): Dillon Bergum, New Castle, 76-80; Andrew Rowen, Center Grove, 78-78; Ian Reed, Greenwood Christian Academy, 80-76

157 (+13): Owen Sander, Carmel, 76-81; Ian Perry, Plainfield, 79-78; Connor McMillan, Fishers, 79-78

159 (+15): Ray Filter, Crown Point, 73-86

160 (+16): Luke Schneider, Columbus North, 79-81

161 (+17): William Pruitt, Indianapolis Chatard, 79-82

162 (+18): William Davis, Columbus North, 79-83; Ryan Islam, Gibson Southern, 82-80

165 (+21): Owen Kruschwitz, Manchester, 81-84

171 (+27): Vince Villanueva, Avon, 86-85

172 (+28): Karson Parrott, Kokomo, 89-83

173 (+29): Owen Pilarski, Chesterton, 87-86; Riley Bratton, Delta, 88-85

178 (+34): Jason Clark, Linton-Stockton, 84-94

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: IHSAA boys golf state finals at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel, Ind.