BY CLIFF SMELLEY
The Keystone Heights High School boys golf team competed in the Sept. 30 Randy Warren Invitational at The Golf Club at Fleming Island, placing 20th out of 22 in a field that included 16 larger schools.
Keystone, which had an 18-hole team score of 361, was one of six Class 1A teams. The other five represented private schools.
Champion Fleming Island, which had a score of 273, was one of six Class 2A teams, while runner-up Creekside, which had a score of 285, was one of 10 3A teams.
The Indians’ Jacob Beach and Ty Mitzel each shot an 18-hole score of 84 to finish in a three-way tie for 74th out of 110 individuals. Beach made par on eight holes, while Mitzel made par on seven.
Hunter Sheppard and Will Begue had scores of 96 and 97, respectively. Sheppard made par on three holes, while Begue made par on two.
Nate Bardier, who made par on four holes, shot a 100.
Prior to the invitational, Keystone placed second in a three-team match at Gainesville’s Ironwood Golf Course on Sept. 24. The Indians had a team score of 190 to place behind Buchholz, which had a score of 162. Gainesville finished 19 strokes behind Keystone.
Mitzel shot a sixth-place score of 43, making par on four holes, while Beach, who made par on one hole, finished in a two-way tie for eighth with a score of 47.
Sheppard shot a 10th-place score of 48, making par on three holes.
Jackson McDaniel and Landon Spence each shot a 52, while Bardier had a score of 54. Bardier and McDaniel each made par on two holes, while Spence made par on one.
