By TR HARLAN

It’s almost a mini-Regional Tournament.

The Chesterton boys golf team finished fourth overall Friday in the Uebele Invitational at Beechwood Golf Course in LaPorte. Indianapolis Cathedral took top honors (302), followed by Valparaiso (319), Mishawaka Marian (320) and the Trojans (324).

“This tournament is a lot of the teams that play in our Regional,” Chesterton coach John Sparks said. “Mathematically we were in the top three, but Lake Central only had two varsity kids and LaPorte was only one stroke behind us.”

The Trojans put four players between 80 and 83, but didn’t have anyone put 18 holes together.

“We need to get to know Beechwood better,” Sparks said. “We just don’t feel overly confident for some reason. The team’s that do well there play there a lot. They get there by themselves and work at it. We need to do that.”

Chesterton’s Ryan Grassel fired a team-best 80, carding a 38 on the front nine and 42 on the back. Josh Kalita put together a 41 on the front and 39 on the back to tie Grassel for team-medalist honors.

“They all had ups and downs,” Sparks said. “We had two or three kids shoot 30-something for nine, but shoot in the 40’s on the other side. We have to drop some of the scores down.

“I think we shot 324 here last year in the Regional and we were one shot away.”

Nick Stasil fired an 81 that included a 37 on the back nine and a birdie on the 18th hole. Kyle Grassel shot 83 and Pat Herrod carded an 88 to round out the Chesterton scoring.

“We’re 11-1 right now, but they need to peak at the right time,” Sparks said. “Friday wasn’t the time. It’s still several weeks away. The question is getting them to all do it on the same day.

“I think we’ll be ready. We’re capable of going really low.”

Uebele Invitational

AT BEECHWOOD GOLF COURSE, Par 72

Team Scores

1. Indpls. Cathedral, 302; 2. Valparaiso, 319; 3. Mishawaka Marian, 320; 4. Chesterton, 324; 5. LaPorte, 325; 6. Andrean, 328; 7. Penn, 331; 8. SB St. Joseph’s, 332; 9. Michigan City, 334; 10. Culver Military, 338; 11. Kokomo, 343; 12. SB Adams, 343; 13. Lake Central, 350; 14. Mishawaka, 366; 15. John Glenn, 369; 16. SB Riley, 374; 17. SB Clay, 375; 18. Highland, 376; 19. Hobart, 382; 20. Michigan City Marquette, 393; 21. New Prairie, 400; 22. SB Washington, 402; 23. South Central, NTS.

Individual Results

Medalist – Corey Ziedonis (IC), 74.

Indpls. Cathedral – Corey Ziedonis 74, Brad Gehl 75, Kevin Bowen 76, Henry Plager 77.

Valparaiso -- Zach Lomaka 76, Cliff Bryan 80, Eric Lisak 80, Scott Ostojic 83.

Mishawaka Marian -- Stephen Sexton 77, Michael Stratigos 80, Bryant Demeter 81, Curtis Staun 82.

Chesterton -- Ryan Grassel 80, Josh Kalita 80, Nick Stasil 81, Kyle Grassel 83, Pat Herrod 88.

LaPorte -- Kyle Bowden 78, Nick Nastase 81, Gabe Struss 82, Brad Cusick 84.

Andrean -- Nate Svihlik 79, Ben Foster 81, Will Gogolak 82, Matt Lynch 86.

Penn -- Robbie Brown 80, Bryan Olund 82, Adam Stump 83, Aaron Kiraly 86.

South Bend St. Joseph’s -- Tyler Kanczuzewski 79, Tyler Bilha 81, Brooks Demarais 82, Ryley Fitzsimmons 90.

Michigan City -- Joseph DeBald 78, Kyle Krause 80, Mike Timm 85, Blake Jankowski 91.

Culver Military -- Kyler Scott 79, Michael Yaeger 85, Matt Edwards 87, Michael Grover 87.

Kokomo -- Luke Pitcher 81, Nick Cardwell 84, Billy Bersbach 89, Nick Irish 89.

South Bend Adams -- Tom Hauch 78 , Chad Casey 84, Noah Niedbalski 86, Jake King 95.

Lake Central -- Ryan Schuldt 82, Ronnie Prestamer 86, Tyler Graves 89, John Bajczuk 93.

Mishawaka -- Ryan Bonk 86, Eddie Dudeck 89, B.J. VanderZwaeg 89, Joe Guzzi 102.

John Glenn -- Connor Berkebile 87, Slade Fry 91, Lee Morris 94, Cole Anspaugh 97.

South Bend Riley -- Brad Messersmith 90, Tyler Stricker 91 , Jordan Peat 95, Ryan Foust 98.

South Bend Clay -- Joe Morris 89, Andrew Steinke 93 , Jordan Steele 95, Kyle Ray 98..

Highland -- Andrew Strombeck 90, Tony Johnson 93, Andrew VanderWoude 94, Elliot Gabel 99.

Hobart -- Ben Frankowski 88, Garrett Bianchi 90, Zac Manjarrez 100, Zach Uhles 104.

Michigan City Marquette -- Andre Mason 86, Hayden Janowiak 100, Geoff Cress 102, Eric Pakuszewski 105.

New Prairie -- Steven Pravecek 95, Adam Harmon 100, Brandon Kresca 100, Ben Davis 105.

South Bend Washington -- Ryan Cole 89, Alexander Kish 100, Jacob Kuczmanski 105, Dominick Simeri 108.

South Central --  Jacob Bailey 81.

Posted 5/12/2008