Salem sophomore Brock Bolton has been named to the 2009 All-South Golf Team. Bolton averaged 38.3 per nine holes this season and placed second at both the regional and sectional tournaments. He was the Apollo Conference champion with an even-par performance at Stones Throw Country Club.
A trio of Centralia Orphans are also on the Class 2A team. Senior Kenny Evischi was selected to the all-Metro Area first team. Evischi averaged 37.9 per nine holes this season and was 51st in the state tournament.
Will Miller was an all Metro-East Area first-team selection, averaging 38.6 strokes per nine holes. He finished 14th in the state tournament, as well as top-10 finishes in both the regional and sectional rounds.
Anthony Harting averaged 40.6 per nine holes this season and placed 12th in the conference tournament. He was also 31st in the Quincy Invitational.
Mt. Vernon's Logan Murphy placed 14th in the state tournament. He was third in the regional and fifth in the sectional round. Murphy placed third in the South Seven Tournament and was second in the Marion Invitational. He averaged 38 strokes per nine holes.
Rounding out the team was Marion's Nick Cavaness and Jaret Brewer.
On the Class A team, Sam Waters (Waltonville/Sesser-Valier), Michael Molt (Fairfield), Shawn Jackanicz (West Frankfort), Kobe Watson (Eldorado), Adam Aldridge (Eldorado), Jimmy Sherrod (Harrisburg), Kyle Kinley (Carterville), Quincy Glass (Massac County), Adam McManus (Massac County), Andrew Novara (Murphysboro), Michael Haeuber (Hamilton County), Donald Christensen (Hamilton County), Kaleb Kessler (Sparta), Bryce Doughty (Benton), Andrew Mitchell (Benton), Thomas Simpson (Benton), Zach Tate (Benton).
Marion's Ashleigh and Cassie Rushing lead the Class 2A girls teams. Ashleigh set a new school record, averaging 35.1 per nine holes this season. She placed seventh in the state tournament, fifth in the sectionals and second in regionals. Rushing was first in the Anna-Jonesboro Invitational and River Challenge as well as second in the South Seven Conference and third in the John Macek Memorial Tournament.
Cassie Rushing averaged 36.8 strokes per nine holes this season and placed 11th in the state tournament, fourth in the sectional and was crowned regional champion. She was first in the South Seven Tournament and John Macek Memorial, second in the Marion Invitational, third in the Bishop McNamara Invitational and fifth in the Anna-Jonesboro Invitational.
2 more Lady Wildcats were named to the team, Campbell Hunt placed 20th in the state tournament, as well as third in the regional and first in the sectional. She won the Anna-Jonesboro Invitational, finished second in the John Macek Memorial, third in the South Seven Tournament, fourth in the Marion Invitational, fifth in the River Challenge and eighth in the Bishop McNamara Invitational.
Hannah Pool was fourth in the Anna-Jonesboro Invitational and seventh in the South Seven.
Also on the team was Mt. Vernon junior Lexi Shoemaker who medaled in ive matches for the Lady Rams. She placed 14th in the regionals.
Leading the way in Class A locally was Nashville's Keeghan May. The senior capped her career with a top-10 finish in the state finals. She advanced through the regionals with her team and advanced out of the sectionals with a 95. Named to the all-conference team, May averaged 40 strokes per nine holes.
Also on the team, Taylor King (Massac County), Tala Mumford (Massac County), Sami Weber (Massac County), Dana Kaufmann (Carterville), Hannah Gill (Carterville), Jessa Handwerk (Harrisbrug), Whitney Nugent (Harrisburg), Chelsea Nagel (Steeleville), Taylor Martin (Sparta), Heather McDaniel (Pinckneyville).
