RICHMOND, INDIANA — A record-breaking performance by freshman Josh Brubaker helped National Trail’s boys golf team to a Western Ohio Athletic Conference title last week.
The Blazers traveled to the Richmond Elks Thursda, Sept. 19 to take part in the WOAC tournament and finished off a perfect WOAC season with a tournament win.
Preble Shawnee finished seventh, Tri-County North was 10th and Twin Valley South finished 12th.
The Blazers shot a team score of 305, 22 shots ahead of runner-up Arcanum, to take the victory.
Trail was led by a school record setting performance from freshman Josh Brubaker. His 4-under par 66 broke his own school record by four strokes and was good enough to win the tournament individually by nine strokes.
Senior Nick Brubaker finished fourth with a 77. Junior Kellen Laird finished in fifth place with an 80. Senior Justin Turner overcame a slow start to finish in ninth place with an 82.
Senior Aidan Koehl shot 87 and freshman Wyatt Gebhart fired a 90 for the non-scoring positions.
According to Trail coach Ramon Rutan, the win also put the Blazers past their school record for wins in a season.
At the conclusion of the event the all-conference teams were announced, with Josh Brubaker finishing second overall, Nick Brubaker finishing seventh, and Kellen Laird finishing 10th – all on the first team. Justin Turner was named special mention.
Preble Shawnee was led by Levi Agee, who tied for fifth. Carson Hollon finished, and Chance Mowen tied for 32nd, Gage Powers tied for 41st, while Conner Yong was 51st and William Gulley was 62nd.
For North, Brayden Bacher and Kole Shannon tied for 22nd, Jack Vanderschaaff was tied for 41st, Jack Puchalski was 57th and Ryan Shively was 64th, while Camron Rike was 67th.
For Twin Valley South, Parker Howard was 46th, Tyler Thuma tied for 51st, Aidan White tied for 54th, Trent Ray tied for 60th and Caden Bishop tied for 62nd.
All four teams are scheduled to play in their respective sectional tournaments this week.
Reach Eddie Mowen Jr. at 937-683-4061 and follow on X @emowenjr.
