SANDWICH – Eighteen holes weren’t sufficient to find out a person winner on the Division 1 golf state championship at The Ridge Membership.
Xaverian had already wrapped up the staff championship with a cumulative rating of 313 (+29), however three particular person golfers, Owen Shea (Arlington), Connor Henrey (Longmeadow) and Chris Morrow (Xaverian), completed tied for first with 74’s (+3).
This necessitated a one-hole playoff, which Morrow gained after sinking a par putt to offer Xaverian the person state champion as properly.
“It’s a tricky gap into the wind and also you want tee shot,” Morrow stated of the playoff gap. “I knew if I hit a par I had an opportunity, and I used to be in a position to hit tee shot, observe it with a terrific wedge shot and two-putt for the victory.”
This was Xaverian’s first staff championship since 2018 and head coach Gerald Lambert stated that have and robust depth on the staff led to the clinching victory.
“We’ve knocked on the door for a few years now,” Lambert stated. “It was a centered mindset from the start. The matches we had early within the 12 months felt business-like. The problem is that we have been constructing to at the present time and you need to get it completed on at the present time. I credit score the fellows for with the ability to handle that.”
The Hawks completed seven strokes forward of runner-up St. John’s Prep, and each golfer completed inside the high 42. Lambert stated totally different gamers contributed within the sectional match final week and this match, which confirmed the “next-man-up” mentality the group possesses.
“Generally it’s your day and generally it’s not your day,” Lambert stated. “The idea we now have in one another and the general depth we now have was an enormous key right this moment.”
The Eagles shot a cumulative 320 (+36) within the second-place effort. Braintree completed third at 324 (+40), Saint John’s (Shrewsbury) completed fourth with a 325 (+41) and Longmeadow rounded out the highest 5 with a 328 (+44).
Morrow’s 74 featured three bogeys, one double bogey, three birdies and 11 pars. He stated the robust nature of the course made him take a extra conservative strategy.
“It’s a tricky course, particularly with the wind,” Morrow stated. “You need to keep away from large numbers and know that loads of pars wins the match.”
Henrey and Shea tied for second on account of the playoff.
Maxx Zides (North Attleboro), Tommy Murphy (Haverhill), A.J. Piatek (Braintree) and Kyle Put up (SJS) completed tied for fourth with 75’s (+4), Ryan Kelley (Shrewsbury) completed eighth with a 77 (+6), whereas Jack Carew (St. John’s Prep), Aaron Lavu (Wellesley), Ryan Hart (Arlington), Luke Edgar (Xaverian) and Jason Silva (King Philip) completed tied for ninth with 78’s (+7).
The Hawks (16-0) finish the season with an ideal document, one thing Lambert stated mirrored the staff’s intense perspective this season.
“All enterprise proper from the bounce,” Lambert stated of the staff’s mentality. “It was that manner from when tryouts began in August. They have been simply on a mission they usually actually executed that all year long. That’s two months of taking part in golf at an actual centered degree they usually did that. Hats off to them.”
