Hinsdale South Golf Teams Taking Shots at Success

The boys golf team lost to Downers Grove South 152-157 Tuesday at Village Greens of Woodridge in a key showdown for first place in the regular-season West Suburban Conference Gold Division standings.

The Hornets’ Chris Kopp was medalist with a 2-under-par 34, including an eagle, followed by Mike Bronsteader (40), Jon Murtaugh, Matt Reschke and Dan Ormiston (41), David Basa and Mike Schulz (42), Zach Pielet (45), Eric Baumbach (46), Rob Ressa (47), Alex Karbon (49) and Mike Mangiatini (51).

The results left the Hornets, Mustangs and Addison Trail tied for first place in Gold dual results with 4-1 records.

Since the overall Gold title is a combination of results from duals and the Gold Meet, this year’s Gold Meet Tuesday (Sept. 27) at Willowcrest will essentially be winner take all. The Hornets have not won an outright conference title since 2002.

On Saturday, the Hornets (307) took second at the Naperville Central Quad at Naperbrook, beating Glenbrook South (322) and Naperville Central (325) while finishing behind Providence (303). Kopp was medalist with a 1-under-par 71 behind three birdies and Basa (76) was fifth. Other top scorers were Reschke (81) and Schulz (88).

In other Gold duals, the Hornets beat Willowbrook 141-172 Sept. 15 at Sugar Creek, Leyden 147-177 Sept. 13 at Village Greens and Morton 156-187 Sept. 8, both at Village Greens.

Against Willowbrook, Kopp shot a 1-under-par 31 against to finish first. Other key scores came from Karban (34), who had a hole in one the previous day in practice, Basa and Ormiston (38), Murtaugh and Reschke (39) and Baumbach (40).
 
Basa’s 1-under-par 35 earned medalist honors against Leyden, followed by Murtaugh (36 with 3 birdies), Kopp (37), Schulz (39) and Reschke (40). Kopp and Ormiston were medalists against Morton with 1-over-par 37s, followed by Schulz (40) and Murtaugh and Basa (42).

On Sept. 10, the Hornets were ninth (328) of 28 teams at the Providence Invite at The Sanctuary. Kopp tied for first place with a par-72 and two birdies but lost out on the individual title after shooting par on the playoff hole. Also competing for the Hornets were Basa (80), Reschke (83), Murtaugh (86) and Ormiston (87).

Hinsdale South girls golf

The Hinsdale South girls golf team posted a program-record score in beating Addison Trail 174 to 225 in West Suburban Conference action Sept. 19 at Village Greens of Woodridge.

Medalist Sam Buddig (39), Brittany DeClouette and Jessica Sachs (41) and Jackie Brogdon (53) had the counting scores for the Hornets (4-4 in WSC). The previous record was 175 in a dual loss to Lyons Township Sept. 20, 2010 at Village Greens, in which DeClouette contributed to the total.

The Hornets’ final WSC dual is against York Wednesday (Sept. 21). The WSC Meet is Wednesday (Sept. 28) at Village Greens in Glen Ellyn.

On Saturday, the Hornets finished sixth (382) of 26 teams at the Providence Invite Saturday and were sixth at the Bishop McNamara Invite Sept.  10 (361), just five strokes from a third-place trophy. Buddig’s 83 earned 11th individually at Bishop McNamara, followed by Sachs (89), Anisha Pal (92) and Brogdon (98).

In other WSC action, the Hornets beat Oak Park-River Forest 189-213 Sept. 7 and Willowbrook 190-213 Aug. 31 and lost to Glenbard West 169-190 Sept. 12, Downers Grove South 175-175 Sept.  9 on a fifth-score tiebreaker and Hinsdale Central 159-180 Aug. 29.

In beating OPRF, Buddig (40), who was a first-time medalist, and Pal (45) both shot personal bests, followed by DeClouette (45) and Brogdon (56).

Against Willowbrook, Sachs (45) was the medalist, followed by DeClouette  (47), Brogdon (48) and Pal (50).