Hinsdale Central Places First in Boys Golf Regional

Given its first-place finish at Tuesday's Wheaton Warrenville South boys golf regional, one would never guess that Hinsdale Central came into the 2010 season basically starting from scratch after losing five of its top six players from 2009 to graduation.

But there's no such thing as a rebuilding year for the Red Devils, whose 317 edged second-place Wheaton Warrenville South (319) for the title. Meanwhile, Glenbard West qualified for sectionals as a team for the first time since 2007 by placing third.

The Red Devils had solid performances throughout their lineup, as Kyle Jeske carded a team-best 77, followed by Trevor Jay (79), Harry Boling (80), Jeff Yoo (81), David Whinery (82) and Jarrett Kreger (83).

However, Hinsdale Central coach Jess Krueger was hoping for some lower scores overall from his team as he looks to next Monday's Naperville Central sectional tournament, which will be held at the Naperbrook Golf Course in Plainfield.

We've been good," he said. "I hope that we would have dropped [our scores] a little bit. We had a real nice [West Suburban] conference tournament. I was real happy with that. Now that we're switching to fall golf, the competition changes. I guess we'll have to wait and see what we do."

Team standings (top 3 teams qualify for sectionals)

1. Hinsdale Central, 317

2. Wheaton Warrenville South, 319

3. Glenbard West, 320

4. Lyons Township, 321

5. Wheaton North, 340

6. West Chicago, 353

7. Willowbrook, 360

8. Downers North, 365

9. Glenbard East, 389

Top 5 Individual Scores

1. Tee-K Kelly, Wheaton Warrenville South—75 (won a one-hole playoff)

2. TJ Silvey, Lyons Township—75

3. Kyle Kochevar, Glenbard West—76

4. Kyle Jeske, Hinsdale Central—77

5. Trevor Jay, Hinsdale Central—79

At-large Individual Sectional Qualifiers

1. TJ Silvey, Lyons Township—75

2. Robby Windisch, West Chicago—80

3. Doug Miceli, Willowbrook—80

4. Charlie Netzel, Lyons Township—80

5. Adam Onorato, Wheaton North—82

6. Ryan Hudson, Lyons Township—83

7. Kevin Carlson, Lyons Township—83

8. Andrew Shadid, Wheaton North—84

9. Sam Otto, Wheaton North—84

10. Kyle Martens, West Chicago—88 (won a two-hole playoff)