Novi Sports Roundup

Boys golf finishes fifth at regionals

After a strong season that added a KLAA Kensington Conference championship and Oakland County Championship to their trophy case, Novi's boys golf team fell short of qualifying for the June 15 state meet when they finished fifth at Regionals June 7 at Timber Trace Golf Course in Pinckney.

After finishing fifth in their district, where the top six teams qualify for Regionals, Novi landed fifth in Regionals, where only three teams qualify for States. Sixth-place district qualifier Detroit Catholic Central grabbed the third spot at Regionals with a score of 312, edging out White Lake Lakeland's 314 and Novi's 319.

The Wildcats were led by sophomore Garret Buckley's score of 76, which was ninth overall, but almost made the individual cut for players whose team did not qualify. The three individual qualifiers all scored a 75, while Buckley was one of three to score a 76 among individual hopefuls.

Also scoring for Novi was senior Johnny Walker in 18th with 79, junior Brad Kozinski and Bryan Fegert tying for 32nd with 82 and then junior Jason Carless, whose score didn't go toward the four-person team total, finished 56th with 87 among a field of 72 golfers.

Boys Lacrosse

The post-season run for Novi's boys lacrosse team wasn't as long as last year as the No. 17 Wildcats (15-5) ran into a Birmingham Seaholm team on a hot streak. Novi was stop number four on a five-game winning streak for the No. 19 Bulldogs (11-11), who got the best of the ?Cats 19-13 May 29.

Seaholm knocked off No. 19 Northville (11-9) - who had just defeated No. 7 Detroit Catholic Central (11-6) 10-9 in overtime three days prior - 15-12 on June 1 before No. 1 Birmingham Brother Rice (19-2) stopped the neighboring Bulldogs 17-6 June 6 to set up a state final between Brother Rice and No. 3 Ann Arbor Pioneer (21-0).

Chris Jackett is a freelance writer and former staff writer for the Novi News.

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