The Willowbrook and Glenbard East boys golf teams competed in the IHSA Class 3A Wheaton North Regional, which took place Friday, Oct. 2 at Boone Creek Golf Club in Bull Valley in McHenry County. Willowbrook senior Kyle Yopchick and Glenbard East junior Mike Vercruysse advanced to this week’s Burlington Central Sectional at Elgin Country Club by placing among the top 10 individuals who weren’t members of sectional-qualifying teams.
Yopchick fired an 18-hole score of 82 on the par-71 course. Vercruysse carded an 18-hole score of 84.
The Warriors earned a seventh-place finish in the regional’s team standings. Glenbard East landed in eighth place. The regional’s top three teams (Glenbard West, Lake Park, and Wheaton North) advanced to this week’s sectional.
Senior Ryan Franz, junior Ryley Spears, and sophomore Danny Dragovich all posted scores of 87 for the Warriors at the regional.
Willowbrook earned a fourth-place finish at the seven-team West Suburban Gold Conference Meet, which took place Sept. 22 at Prairie Bluff Public Golf Club in Crest Hill. Yopchick shot an 18-hole score of 75 on the par-72 course to finish third in the conference meet’s individual standings. Spears and Willowbrook senior Cooper Coulter turned in scores of 82 to tie for 12th place. Yopchick, Spears, and Coulter all earned All-Conference honors.
Cotcamp qualifies for Class 2A girls sectional
Senior Angelina Cotcamp of the Glenbard East girls golf team earned an IHSA Class 2A sectional berth with her 18-hole score of 90 at the Glenbard West Regional, which took place on the par-71 course at Glendale Lakes Golf Club in Glendale Heights on Sept. 29. Cotcamp secured the sectional berth by placing among the top 10 individual finishers who weren’t members of sectional-qualifying teams. She advanced as an individual to this week’s Prospect Sectional at Mount Prospect Golf Club.
Glenbard East’s team finished seventh in the regional’s team standings. Willowbrook placed eighth, while Montini Catholic wound up ninth.
