Tri-Eastern Conference champion Union County added more hardware to its trophy case on Thursday, June 4, when it won the golf sectional.
Richmond freshman Wyatt Carter was the medalist, posting a score of 72.
The Patriots, playing on their home course, Liberty Country Club, posted a score of 328, five strokes better than Richmond and Franklin County. Richmond was awarded second place using its fifth golfer’s score to break the tie.
The top three teams advanced to the regional. Hagerstown fell one shot short, placing fourth with a score of 334.
The top three individuals who were not on one of the top three teams — Noah Searcy from Hagerstown, Trey Hughes from Connersville and Boston Beatty from Centerville — also advanced to the regional as individuals. Searcy and Hughes each posted scores of 80; Beatty shot 81.
It was the first sectional championship in golf for Union County since 1989.
The regional will be played on Thursday, June 11, at Champions Pointe Golf Club in Henryville, Indiana.
Final team standings: Union County 328 (Nick Watterson 78, Keegan Lathery 83, Landon Strait 83, Jackson McCashland 84, Kameryn Reuss 87), Richmond 333 (Wyatt Carter 72, Brody Mullins 83, Drew Brown 88, Alexander Caskey 90, Case Towns 95), Franklin County 333 (Max Foster 77, Carson Allen 81, Brady Foster 86, Camden French 89, Gavin Gilman 98), Hagerstown 334 (Noah Searcy 80, Alexander Tinkle 83, Collin Werking 85, Nicholas Hileman 86, Hayden White 88), Connersville 346 (Trey Hughes 80, Aiden Gibbs 84, Logan Young 84, Talon Sherwood 98, Levi Marszalek 113), Northeastern 349 (Landon Helms 84, Greyson Pennington 87, Jordan Dance 88, Ian Webb 90, Caden Retter 94), Centerville 361 (Boston Beatty 81, Collin Bowery 91, Ed Parker 91, Benjamin Anderson 98, Eli Brummett 116), Rushville 378 (Ryder Flannery 82, Tressler Owens 91, Landon Cain 98, Kanyon Sparks 107, Kyle Jacobs 110), Cambridge City Lincoln 436 (Johnny Fugate 95, Josiah Berry 96, Caden Alverez 113, Jackson Kuhn 132), Oldenburg Academy (incomplete team)
A version of this article will appear in the June 10 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.