Northeastern easily won the Richmond golf sectional played on Thursday, June 5, at the Elks Country Club, but there was a log jam for second, third and fourth place. The Knights fought through ever-changing weather conditions to post a school record score of 311 and claim the sectional trophy by 12 strokes. It was the first sectional championship in golf for Northeastern, and their team score was the lowest winning score in the sectional since 2013.
The top three teams advanced to the regional round, as well as the top three individual golfers not on an advancing team. Only one stroke separated the second through fourth-place teams.
Hagerstown tied with Connersville for second and third with a score of 323. Hagerstown was awarded second place using the score of the fifth-place golfer as a tiebreaker. Centerville just missed a regional trip as a team with a score of 324, but will send Brady Moore (69) and Boston Beatty (78) to the regional as individual qualifiers. Kameryn Reuss from Union County (80) was the third individual regional qualifier.
Moore, a Centerville senior, earned medalist honors with a one-under-par round of 69. Landon Helms tied the Northeastern school record for both nine holes (33) and eighteen holes with a score of 71 to place second in the individual standings, and teammate Hayden Chalfant posted a score of 74 to place third.
The teams and top three individuals advance to the regional round to be played at the Champions Pointe Golf Club in Henryville, Indiana, on Thursday, June 12.
Final team standings: Northeastern 311 (Landon Helms 71, Hayden Chalfant 74, Landon Scarrette 80, Brady Geis 86, Connor Burk 105), Hagerstown 323 (Brock Senese 75, Noah Searcy 78, Collin Werking 84, Mason Rhoades 86, Drew Williamson 87), Connersville 323 (Joseph Hughes 79, Cody Thomas 79, Aiden Gibbs 82, Logan Young 83, Talon Sherwood 88), Centerville 324 (Brady Moore 69, Boston Beatty 78, Gavin Robertson 87, Jayden Cornett 90, Aiden Hoelscher 97), Union County 340 (Kameryn Reuss 80, Landon Strait 85, Jackson McCashand 87, Nick Watterson 88, Keegan Lathery 88), Rushville 340 (Aiden Philpot 83, Ryder Flannery 84, Griffin Norris 84, Mason Mosburg 89, Olek Jarosz 90), Franklin County 342 (Gavon Gillman 82, Carson Allen 85, Brady Foster 87, Hayden Rolfes 88, Max Foster 89), Cambridge City Lincoln 374 (Gunner Newton 93, Braydon Munchel 93, Josiah Berry 94, Will Cameron 94, Johnny Fugate 114), Richmond 377 (Connor Chamberlain 85, Fred Mendenhall 93, Brody Mullins 99, Yuvraj Prajapati 100, Jayse Jordan 104), Oldenburg Academy 377 (Augie Hillenbrand 89, Henry Wanstrath 90, Cale Johanigman 95, Bryce Crane 103, Hayden Blair 107).
A version of this article appeared in the June 11 2025 print edition of the Western Wayne News.