Golf: Eagles dominate SEC tournament to cap another undefeated season

For the fourth consecutive year, the Skyline boys’ golf team drove, chipped and putted its way to an undefeated season in the SEC. The Eagles finished 13-0 in match play and easily won the SEC Red Division title on Monday at The Grande Golf Club. The Eagles have won seven SEC titles in 12 years.

Skyline tied a school record with a team score of 292 at The Grande to win the league tournament title. The Eagles finished 32 strokes better than runner-up Saline. Bedford was third with a score of 345. Pioneer and Huron tied with a team score of 354. Monroe was sixth with a 377.

Skyline had the top four overall finishers and six of the top eight – now that’s dominating the field.

The Eagles were led by overall champion Mitchell Strickland. The sophomore fired a tournament-best 71. Ieuan Jones, only a freshman, was second with a 72.  Vibhav Alokam, another freshman, was third with a 74 and senior Vimal Alokam was fourth with a 75.

Junior Luke Richard and sophomore Andrew Slade each fired a 78 and finished tied for sixth along with Huron junior Brendan Baidel.

Huron senior Peter Hagan shot an 81 and was 11^th and Pioneer freshman Eric Shen shot an 83 and placed tied for 12^th.