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BCR roundup for Saturday, Sept. 16: Hall’s Landen Plym wins Princeton Invite

Tigers finish second in own event

By Kevin Hieronymus
Hall sophomore Landen Plym is the 2022 BCR Male Golfer of the Year.

Hall sophomore Landen Plym is the 2022 BCR Male Golfer of the Year. (Mike Vaughn)

Hall’s Landen Plym won Saturday’s Princeton Invitational golf meet at Wyaton Hills Saturday.

The Red Devils junior ace shot a 2-over par 72, edging Newman’s Logan Palmer by two strokes. Bureau Valley’s Wyatt Novotny (78) was third.

Rock Falls tool the team title, beating out the host Tigers, 344-348. Bureau Valley and Mendota tied for third at 350 with Hall (355) placing fifth.

Princeton’s Tyson Phillips tied for seventh place with an 86 and Luke Smith and Jackson Mason tied for ninth place with 87s. Also scoring for PHS was Jayden Fulkerson (88) while Kaiden Coomer added a 101, Cayden Benavidez a 104 and Nolan Kloepping a 107.

Also scoring for Hall were Noah Plym (92), Jake Diaz (94) and Joe Perez (97).

Joining Novotny on the Storm care were Atticus Middleton (89), Collin Stabler (91), Landen Birdsley (92), Landon Smith (94) and Logan Philhower (95).

CROSS COUNTRY

At Walnut: Princeton’s Augustus Swanson (30th, 17:42.9) was the top area boys finisher in Saturday’s Bureau Valley’s Dale Donner Invitational.

Hall’s Eri Martinez-Prado (44th, 18:26.5).

Elmwood’s Isaiah Hill won in 16:11.9 to lead the Trojans to the team title with 77 points.

Other runners for Princeton were Dawson Lambert (114th, 20:57) and Kamden Wahlgren (139th, 23:30).

For St. Bede, Greyson Marincic was 102nd (20:25).

Nathan Siri led Bureau Valley by placing 103rd (20:31), joined by Landon Hulsing (108th, 20:41) and Kaleb Workman (138th, 23:30).

In the girls race, Sandwich’s Sunny Weber won the individual title in 17:53.4 and Williamsville took the team crown with 86 points.

Princeton finished 14th (356), led by freshman Payton Frueh, who placed 40th in 21:45.8. Also running for the Tigresses were Ruby Acker (59th, 22:10), Alexandra Waca (98th, 24:40), Avery Waca (98th, 24:40) and Ella Grey (155th, 28:14).

Other area runners were Bureau Valley’s Leah House (130th, 26:27), St. Bede’s Sierah Shaver (133rd, 26:37), Hall’s Jade Wangelin (141st, 27:05) and Evelyn Castelan (151st, 27:53).

Princeton’s Tyler VandeVenter placed seventh (15:20) and Bureau Valley’s Maddox Moore eighth (15:11) in the F/S race.