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Delta, New Castle win golf titles

New Castle won the Greenfield-Central sectional title by one stroke.

The Delta Eagles and New Castle Trojans each have won IHSAA boys golf sectional championships.

Delta shot a team score of 324 to win the Monroe Central sectional at Hickory Hills in Farmland. Joseph Tempest of the Eagles was the individual sectional champion with a 78. Brice Wuthrich shot 80 to finish third overall in the sectional, while the Eagles’ Tyler Jobe shot 81 to finish fourth overall. Yorktown’s Alex Bratton shot an 83 to advance as an individual. The Tigers finished fourth.

New Castle shot 309 to win the Greenfield-Central sectional at Hawk’s Tail in Greenfield. The Trojans beat Mt. Vernon by one stroke, while New Palestine shot 341 to finish third.  New Castle’s Brady Wheeler was the individual sectional champion with a 71, one stroke ahead of teammate Spencer Stewart. Mt. Vernon’s Oliver Mast and Will Dant tied for third with 75s. New Palestine was led by Quinn Dobbins with a 78. Shelbyville was fourth and Greenfield-Central seventh at Hawk’s Tail.

Pendleton Heights finished sixth at the Noblesville sectional, led by Curtis Patterson’s 81.

The four HHC teams who advance – Delta, New Castle, Mt. Vernon and New Palestine – will compete in Thursday’s regional at The Players Club in Yorktown. The top three teams and the top three individuals from a non-advancing team all move on to the regional. The top three teams, plus the top five individuals from a non-advancing team, advance from the regional to next week’s IHSAA State Finals.

Delta won the sectional championship at Monroe Central.
New Castle won the Greenfield-Central sectional title by one stroke.