Parker shoots 79, helps Valley take 7th at Marquette Invite

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Boys golf

Wes Parker

The Tippecanoe Valley boys golf team shot a 358 and finished seventh out of 16 teams at the Marquette Catholic Invitational at the Michigan City Municipal South course Saturday.

Wes Parker led Valley with a 79 and finished in a tie for fifth among 76 golfers in the field. Parker’s round included a birdie on the par-3 third hole.

Other Valley scores included Nash Bouse’s 83, Kyzer Hughes’ 95, Noah Mellott’s 101, Dane Scacco’s 119.

JV player Will Parker shot a 97.

Lake Central won the tournament with a 319. They beat runner-up Illiana Christian by eight strokes.

MARQUETTE CATHOLIC INVITATIONAL

at Michigan City Municipal Golf Course – South Saturday (par 72)

Lake Central 319, Illiana Christian 327, Chesterton 338, Wheeler 343, Valparaiso 343, LaPorte 355, Tippecanoe Valley 358, Marquette Catholic 359, South Central (Union Mills) 359, New Prairie 365, Michigan City 374, Knox 381, Victory Christian Academy 457, Morgan Township 469, Whiting 483, River Forest 493

VALLEY (358): Wes Parker 79, Nash Bouse 83, Kyzer Hughes 95, Noah Mellott 101, (Dane Scacco 119)