The St. James High boys’ golf squad finished fourth in the Sullivan Invitational, held Friday, April 24 at the Sullivan Golf Course.

St. Francis Borgia easily won with 208 while host Sullivan was second with 228, Pacific third with 229 and St. James fourth with 239.

The tournament format had each school playing three, 2-man teams.

This week St. James was scheduled to compete in the Cuba Tri Monday, but that event was canceled due to the weather.

Sullivan Invitational

April 24 at Sullivan G.C.

Team Standings: 1. St. Francis Borgia 208, 2. Sullivan 228, 3. Pacific 229, 4. St. James 238, 5. Belle 242, 6. Owensville 246, 7. St. Clair 247, 8. Union 254, 9. Sullivan JV 278, Hermann NC, Linn NC, Cuba NC.

Top-5 Individual Teams - 66: Dudley/Black, Sullivan. 67: Tiefenbrunn/Kelly, Borgia. 68: Kelley/Roberts, Borgia. 69: Wideman/Zagarri, Union. 71: Daxton Weinbaum/Eli Davis, St. James; Ring/Short, Pacific.

St. James Scores: Daxton Weinbaum/Eli Davis 71, Noble Davis/Dom Giacolone 83, Owen Spurgeon/Skylar Mabrey 85.

Waynesville Invitational

April 20 at Piney Valley G.C.

Fort Leonard Wood

The Tiger golfers finished seventh in the 15-school Waynesville Invitational, held Monday, April 20 at Piney Valley Golf Course in Fort Leonard Wood.

Rolla dominated, winning the tournament by 29 strokes with 296 while Dixon was second with 325 and School of the Osage third with 327. St. James was seventh with 350.

The tournament featured a unique format, with each school using two individual players as well as two-man best-ball and scramble squads.

For St. James, individual scores were E. Davis with 13-over-par 85 and Spurgeon with 104 while the Best-Ball team of Weinbaum/Easton Huffman shot 88 and the Scramble team of N. Davis/Mabrey shot 73.

Team Scores: 1. Rolla 296, 2. Dixon 325, 3. Osage 327, 4. Waynesville A 338, 5. Lebanon A 341, 5. Belle 341, 7. St. James 350, 8. Stoutland 351, 9. Waynesville B 358, 10. St. Clair 377, 11. Lebanon B 382, 12. Newburg 387, 13. Laquey 420, 14. Cuba 459, 15. Crocker NC.

Individual Top-3 - 3-over-par 75: Colton Fidler, Waynesville A. 80: Waylon Chapman, Rolla. 81: Seth Duncan, Osage.

Best-Ball Winner - 68: Chancen Jordan-Wilson Giacomelli, Rolla.

Scramble Winner - 64: Dawson Caldwell-Canter Bahr, Rolla.

St. James Results - Individual: E. Davis 85, Spurgeon 104. Best Ball: Weinbaum/Huffman 88. Scramble: N. Davis/Mabrey 73.

FRC Match

April 22 at St. James G.C.

STJ 184, Union 199

The Tiger golfers defeated Union 184-199 in a Four Rivers Conference match Wednesday, April 22 at the St. James Golf Course.

Union’s Karter Wideman was medalist with 7-over-par 43 while St. James’ Noble Davis was runner-up with 44.

St. James (184): N. Davis 44, Weinbaum 45, Spurgeon 47, E. Davis 48, Mabrey 59.
Union (199): Karter Wideman 43, Joe Zagarri 47, William Adams 54, Taylor Freeze 55, Seth Pinnell 55.