Page 18 - 2014-15 Boys Golf State Finals Program

2014 Tournament in Review

Columbus North Teammates Share Medalist Honors,

Team Breaks Through in Boys Golf for First Time Since 1934
Thanks to senior teammates Christian Fairbanks and were declared. It was the sixth time a tie for first place had
Michael VanDeventer tying for overall medalist honors, occurred and the first since 1963.
the Columbus North boys golf team finally broke through
again for the IHSAA state championship at The Legends Nick Waskom (81-75-156), Ian Coffey (77-76-153) and
Golf Club in Franklin. Zack Lee (85-89-174), all seniors as well, were the other
scoring players for Columbus North.
The second-ranked Bull Dogs of coach Doug Bieker led
wire-to-wire finishing at 299-292-591, 11 strokes ahead of VanDeventer had been a co-leader with Evansville
runner-up and defending champion Westfield (306-296- Central’s Dylan Meyer after Tuesday’s opening round.
602). It was Columbus North’s second boys golf state Meyer, the 2012 runner-up, finished one stroke back of
title and first since 1934. CN finished second twice in the the winners in third place at 70-72-142. Mishawaka Mar-
last four years, including 2011, when they lost on the fifth ian’s Michael Makris ended fourth after carding the best
player tiebreaker for their state-leading sixth runner-up second round score (-4) to finish 75-68-143.
finish.
Top-ranked Hamilton Southeastern finished 12 back
at 303-300-603. Carmel (302-302-604) and Pendleton
Heights (305-299-604) ended tied for fourth.

Fairbanks (71-70-141) and VanDeventer (70-71-141)
became the first teammates in the 78-year history to tie
for medalist honors and the third and fourth players to win
from their school. Normal protocol calls for a playoff to
determine the overall winner but tournament officials met
with the two players after the final hole and co-medalists

18 IHSAA - Pure Spirit. Pure Sport!