Two weeks ago, Guerin Catholic’s Ty Gingerich made a second-round surge at the IHSAA boys golf state finals, and that gave him a third-place finish.
Gingerich followed the same script on Tuesday at the Indiana Golf Association’s Boys State Junior Championship, which is taking place this week at Purdue University’s Kampen Course. The Golden Eagles senior-to-be shot a three-under par 69 to pull into a tie for fourth place in the second round of the 36-hole stroke play contest. Gingerich made five birdies in his round.
Overall, Gingerich finished stroke play with a two-over par 146 over two days. As a result, he will be seeded fourth for the match play portion of the championship, which begins today. Gingerich will play Chase Claymier of Evansville in the first round.
Noblesville’s Nels Surtani, a junior-to-be at Park Tudor, also carded a 146 during stroke play. Surtani is seeded fifth in match play and will take on Benjamin Burgan of Westfield, a sophomore-to-be at Guerin Catholic, in the first round.
Two more Hamilton County players finished in the top 10 as part of a five-way tie for seventh. Noblesville’s Danny Paris, a recent Cathedral graduate, carded a 148 and earned the ninth seed. He plays Connor Proudman of Crown Point in the first round of match play.
Nick Dentino, a senior-to-be for state champion Carmel, drained four birdies as part of his second round effort, a one-under par 71. Dentino finished stroke play at 148 and earned the 10th seed; he plays Sam McWilliams of McCordsville to open match play.
In all, 21 golfers with Hamilton County ties are participating in the match play portion of the Boys State Junior Championship.
Complete results for all county golfers now follow:
STROKE PLAY
T4. Ty Gingerich, Russiaville/Guerin Catholic 77-69=146; Nels Surtani, Noblesville 73-73=146, T7. Nick Dentino, Carmel 77-71=148; Danny Paris, Noblesville 74-74=148, T13. Stephen Kochera, Carmel, 81-70=151; Nick Frey, Carmel, 76-75=151, T16. Jacob Deakyne, Noblesville, 77-75=152, T20. Luke Prall, Carmel, 79-74=153; Jack Crawford, Carmel, 78-75=153; Cole Harris, Carmel, 77-76=153, T28. Clay Strisman, Carmel, 83-72=155, T34. Drew Pickering, Westfield, 77-79=156, T36. Andrew White, Westfield, 79-78=157, T42. Keaton Modleski, Noblesville 81-77=158, T50. Ethan Lutz, Carmel, 78-81=159, T53. Andrew Harvey, Carmel, 82-78=160; Sam Booth, Carmel, 82-78=160; Caleb Bopp, Fishers 85-75=160, T58. Benjamin Burgan, Westfield, 80-81=161; Bryce Robertson, Fishers, 83-78=161; Sam Smith, Fishers 77-84=161.
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
Eli Beaverson, Fishers, 83-78=161, Shoji Fujita, Carmel, 84-78=162, Luke Mattingly, Fishers, 88-76=164, Daivic Akala, Fishers, 84-82=166, Spencer Howe, Westfield, 84-85=169, Drake Biggs, Carmel, 82-88=170.
MATCH PLAY SCHEDULE (involving county golfers)
(1) Nicholas Hoffman, Lafayette vs. (64) Sam Smith, Fishers
(32) Nick Katsis, Carmel vs. (33) Caleb Tidd, Greenwood
(8) Joey Wiseman, Corydon vs. (57) Andrew Harvey, Carmel
(9) Danny Paris, Noblesville vs. (56) Connor Proudman, Crown Point
(4) Ty Gingerich, Russiaville/Guerin Catholic vs. (61) Chase Claymier, Evansville
(29) Clay Stirsman, Carmel vs. (36) Kyle Sanders, Kokomo
(13) Stephen Kochera, Carmel vs. (52) Jonathan Filler, Fort Wayne
(20) Cole Harris, Carmel vs. (45) Keaton Modleski, Noblesville
(5) Nels Surtani, Noblesville vs. (60) Benjamin Burgan, Westfield
(12) Ben Szklarek, Granger vs. (53) Caleb Bopp, Fishers
(21) Jack Crawford, Carmel vs. (44) Tyler Nickol, Avon
(31) Grant Norman, Fort Wayne vs. (34) Drew Pickering, Westfield
(15) Nick Frey, Carmel vs. (50) Ethan Lutz, Carmel
(10) Nick Dentino, Carmel vs. (55) Sam McWilliams, McCordsville
(23) Luke Prall, Carmel vs. (42) Zach Hale, Granger
(19) Jacob Deakyne, Noblesville vs. (46) Camdyn Cobler, Fort Wayne
(6) Lucas Beck, Zionsville vs. (59) Bryce Robertson, Fishers
(27) Matt Jordan, Franklin vs. (38) Andrew White, Westfield
(11) Peyton Snoeberger, Williamsport vs. (54) Sam Booth, Carmel
Guerin Catholic senior-to-be Ty Gingerich, shown here after winning the Lafayette Jefferson regional, surged to a fourth-place result at the stroke play portion of the Boys State Junior Championship Tuesday at Purdue’s Kampen Course. Gingerich is now the fourth seed in the match play, which begins today. Also pictured is GC golf coach Mark Mathews. (File photo)