Springport squeezes past Union City in fourth Big 8 Golf Jamboree of 2024
BRONSON – The race for the Big 8 golf conference title just got a little bit tighter, as the whole of the conference traveled to Bronson’s Bella Vista Golf Course, one of the more difficult courses the teams have faced this season.
After winning the first two jamborees of the season, the Union City Chargers have finished in second place two straight times, as Springport eked out a two-stroke victory Thursday, winning with a score of 195 compared to Union City’s final score of 197.
Quincy finished in third place with a 200, followed by Bronson in fourth at 231 and Maple Valley in fifth at 269. Neither Reading nor Concord field a full golf team in 2024, meaning neither squad is eligible for the team standings.
The race for the individual Big 8 championship remains a two-horse race, heading to the fifth jamboree of the year, as Union City’s Landyn Crance and Springport’s Brody Baum continue to face off in a back-and-forth battle. The two tied for medalist honors on Thursday, with both carding identical scores of 45.
Springport’s Maximillian Argumedo finished in third with a score of 46, followed by Quincy’s Keegan Neely and Union City’s Carter Krummrey tied for fourth at 47. Quincy’s Brydan Wible finished in sixth place with a 49, followed by a three-way tie for seventh between Quincy’s Braylon Estlow, Springport’s Stone Overweg, and Union City’s Logan Mears all with a 51. There was a four-way tie for tenth place with Concord’s Lleyton Bauman, Quincy’s Grant Carter, and the Springport duo of Braydon Hawes and Gibson Overweg who rounded out the top 10 with a score of 53.
Finishing out the Union City scoring was Jeremy Zehr in fourteenth place with a score of 54, followed by Max Bigelow in sixteenth with a 55, and Blayne Crance in nineteenth with a score of 58.
Quincy’s scoring was finished out by Caleb Bostic in fourteenth place with a 54 and Isabelle Neely in twenty-third place with a score of 60.
Bronson was led on the night by Aiden Whitaker in seventeenth place with a score of 56; Carson Norton in eighteenth with a score of 57; and Clayton Shortridge in nineteenth with a score of 58.
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The Big 8 conference will meet for the fifth jamboree of the season next Tuesday when teams head to Centennial Golf Course in Vermontville, a jamboree hosted by the newest member of the Big 8, Maple Valley. Tee-off time is scheduled for 4 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Coldwater Daily Reporter: Race for Big 8 Golf title heats up as Springport nips Union City
