Detroit Catholic Central made it back-to-back state titles by winning the Division 1 championship held Friday and Saturday at Michigan State’s Forest Akers West Golf Course.
The Shamrocks got the win in large part thanks to their Round 1 score of 283, and finished with a two-day total of 587, seven strokes better than runner-up Rochester Adams (594 total).
Catholic Central junior Jack Whitmore combined to score a 139, the second-best total of any individual at Forest Akers West over the weekend other than Okemos senior Ian Masih, who was just one stroke better.
Also representing the champions were Dillon Che (146), David Krusinski (151), Collin Davis (151) and Luke Slankster (159).
Nick Smith led the way for the Highlanders with a 143 total, the sixth-best score of the D1 finals. Not far behind for Adams were seniors Jack Vogel (146) and Daniel Lee (148), followed by Drew Rzeppa (157) and Austin Kaczocha (160).
Also among the top-10 team finishers were Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (sixth place, 617 total), Lake Orion (ninth, 628) and Bloomfield Hills (10th, 631). South Lyon East took 17th place with a 654. The Warriors were without a top-10 individual scorer but led by junior Bennett Boyle, who was just stroke outside of that threshold, finishing with a 147.
Lake Orion’s Connor Fox duplicated his fifth-place individual landing from last year’s final as the Dragons senior shot a 142.
An individual qualifier, Birmingham Groves senior Alex Lustig also made the top-10 leaderboard, tying other locals like Che and Vogel with a 146. Another lone representative from his school, Oxford senior Brady Fox also ended inside the top-50, carding a 158 to tie for 44th place.
Senior Leo Bugajewski led Bloomfield Hills with a 152 and junior Ben Laskoff paced South Lyon East with a 159.
In his first year as head coach, former assistant Mike Fras continued the winning tradition set by Catholic Central’s Mike Anderson, under whom the Shamrocks had won a handful of titles dating back to 2015, including a three-peat (2015-17).
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DIVISION 4
Clarkston Everest Collegiate won its third D4 state championship in a row and its fifth under head coach David Smith with Saturday’s triumph at Katke Course on the campus of Ferris State University.
Last year’s individual D4 champion, Everest senior Will Pennanen, came runner-up this time around and finished with a total of 142 (71-71), four strokes behind Maple City Glen Lake’s Michael Houtteman. Mountaineers senior Parker Stalcup improved upon his individual placement of fourth last spring by one spot, taking third with a score of 143.
Along with junior teammates Nolan Alban and Dominic Walker, who combined to shoot 190, Everest’s Mark Cross shot a 181 and Isaac Cross carded a 170.
Auburn Hills Oakland Christian finished in 12th place and ended with a total of 706. The Lancers were led by a 171 from Silas Combs, just a freshman.
Among individual qualifiers who ended in the top-50, Roeper senior Sam Salinas finished with a 162 (14th place), Novi Christian Academy junior Nate Spaude carded a 166 (26th) and Royal Oak Shrine junior Caden Whitbeck ended with a 167 (28th).
Junior Robbie Fedlman had the top score from West Bloomfield Frankel Jewish Academy with a 171.
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DIVISION 2
Last year’s runner-up, Grand Rapids Christian won its second D2 title in three years by beating out Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood at Bedford Valley Golf Course.
The Eagles scored a 584 in Battle Creek, a nine-stroke advantage over the Cranes’ team score of 593.
Defending D2 champion Orchard Lake St. Mary’s took fifth place with a two-day total of 611.
Cranbrook junior Andrew Chang recorded a team-best 141 and tied for third place, while teammate and classmate Henry Delzer took fifth with a score of 143.
The Eaglets were led by a pair of seniors in Ethan Mukhtar (150) and Tim Humes (151).
