Logan golfers win five-team tourney

MARION – The John A. Logan College men’s golf team finally had a perfect day to play and took advantage of the opportunity with a win at its own two-day Spring Invitational Sunday afternoon at Kokopelli Golf Course in Marion.

The Vols “A” team consisting of Tucker Guisewite, Steve Souchek, Andrew Mitchell, Connor Graves and Thomas Simpson shot a combined score of 642 (331 on Saturday and 311 on Sunday). The Vols “B” team of Michael Mencaccy, Brock Bolton, Tanner Werner and Jack Wilson was second at 674. Rend Lake finished third. Vincennes was fourth and Mineal Area was fifth.

Medalist honors went to Guisewite, a sophomore from Mount Carmel. He carded a 156 (83, 73). Souchek was second overall at 158 (81, 77) and Mencaccy was third best at 160 (83, 77). There was a three-way tie for fourth between Bolton and Mitchell of Logan and Dayton Jones of Rend Lake at 163.

“It’s always nice to win a tournament. I’m proud of the way the kids battled out there today after such brutal conditions due to the high winds Saturday,” said JALC head coach Tom Ferris. “I probably should have cancelled the tournament. The conditions were so difficult Saturday that it made for extremely high scores, but because we’ve had so precious few opportunities to play this spring, we went ahead with the round. To say the least, this has been an unusual spring for us weather-wise.”

Ferris said he’s confident that the Vols still have ample opportunity to fine tune their skills before the regional tournament in Springfield, May 5th and 6th.

“I think so,” he said. “We have three more tournaments yet, so as long as we get to play those and don’t have any more setbacks with the weather, I think we will be OK.”