Only two area golfers survive sectional
Oak Creek seniors Adam Schumacher and Michael Fischbach have advanced to the WIAA Division 1 Golf State Tournament.
The remainder of the area golfers from Greendale, Franklin, Whitnall and Oak Creek had their seasons end at the Westosha Central Sectional at Brighton Dale on Tuesday.
Schumacher's 75 was one behind meet medalist Adam Vanderheyden of Racine Horlick and Fischbach was one stroke behind Schumacher. The two Knights will play at University Ridge in Madison in the two-day state tournament that begins at 7 a.m. Monday.
Schumacher and Fischbach are the first Knights to advance to state since 2000 when the entire team qualified.
"Adam has been one of the best players in the state for a couple of years now," Oak Creek coach Joe Cota said. "He was absolutely fearless with his driver on Tuesday, hitting some of the narrowest of fairways while other kids were hitting long irons and 3-woods.
"Michael is a little more of a late bloomer. From his sophomore year you could tell that he had a chance to be a real solid player - and he did. ... When he keeps his focus he is as good as anybody the state."
The top two teams and the top three individuals not on those teams moved on.
The Knights finished tied for sixth with a 343 at the eight-team sectional.
Franklin, led by senior Andy Schneider's 81 and senior Brian Hennen's 82, shot a 332 and finished third behind only Horlick's 311 and Burlington's 327.
Other area golfers included Greendale's Jordan Stachowski and Whitnall's Matt Ranta, both of whom shot 81s, and Whitnall's Michael Mathwick, who shot an 86. All three are juniors.
"Jordan's long game was good but his short game, a strength all year, was just not there this day," Greendale coach Lance Wenger said. "All in all the team and 'Stach' had a great year."
Greendale won the Woodland Conference South Division and the league's tournament, and Stachowski was the league's top player.
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