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2008 Tournament in Review

INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL SWEEPS BOYS GOLF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Corey Ziedonis of
Indianapolis Cathedral
won the first playoff hole
to win medalist honors
and the Fighting Irish
ran away with the team
title in the 72nd annual
IHSAA Boys Golf State
Finals at The Legends
of Indiana Golf Course
in Franklin.
Ziedonis birdied the
513 yard, par 5, 11th
hole in a sudden death
playoff with Delta senior
Chase Wright. The pair
finished tied at 137 at
the end of 36 holes.
Ziedonis began the final
day in first place after
a 65 on Tuesday but
shot +2 on Wednesday.
Wright, the 2006 state runner-up, began the day in sixth Due to the heavy rains that hit the area earlier in the
place after shooting 69 on Tuesday before shooting one week, the course was re-arranged slightly and played as a
better on Wednesday. par 70 and 6,530 yards instead of its normal 6,736 yards.
It was the ninth playoff in the state meet’s history and Because of the modifications, course and state finals
the first since 2001. Ziedonis became the second Cathedral records were not eligible to be broken.
player to win the state title joining James Somrack, the
1962 state champ.
Crown Point freshman Nick Grubnich (67-72-139) and
Perry Meridian senior Aaron Monson (70-69-139) tied for
third. A four-way tie for fifth place occurred between defend-
ing state champion Tyler Duncan, a senior from Columbus
North (70-70-140), Evansville Reitz sophomore Drew
Hrvatin (71-69-140), Indianapolis Cathedral senior Jason
Seward (68-72-140) and Avon freshman Patrick Rogers
(70-70-140).
Cathedral finished the two-day event with a 274-288-
562, 22 shots better than runner-up Avon (289-295-584)
in the team competition. The 22-shot margin tied for the
second-largest margin of victory. Noblesville’s 27 shot
margin in 1998 is the top mark.
Besides Ziedonis and Seward, other Cathedral players
included junior Henry Plager (70-72-142) in a tie for 10th;
junior Brad Gehl (71-72-143) in a tie for 12th and senior
Kevin Bowen (80-82-162) in 50th.
Lafayette Jefferson (299-292-591) placed third,
Northridge (300-301-601) was fourth and Hamilton South-
eastern (304-299-603), which started the day ninth, ended
in fifth place.
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