Gardner-area teams competed at the MIAA golf sectionals on Tuesday.
Quabbin and Oakmont played in the Division 2 West Sectional held at Taconic Golf Club and Monty Tech took on competitors at the Div. 3 West Sectional at Wahconah Country Club.
Quabbin and Monty Tech both qualified for the sectional as a team and Oakmont sent two players to compete individually. Here’s how the Gardner area did at the sectional tournaments.
Bulldogs take home the gold
Monty Tech won big, taking home first place in Div. 3 West out of six total programs. The Bulldogs also won first place last year in the sectional and went on to place seventh out of 12 in Div. 3 states.
Ryan Hebert shot a 74, coming in first place individually. The junior earned medalist honors seven times over the regular season, leading the Bulldogs to an 8-3 record. Last season, he tied for 25th in the sectional — making a huge improvement to first a year later.
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Beckham Chouinard tied for sixth with an 82, Austin Haas shot an 84 to tie for ninth, and Quinn Burns and Tyler Albero finished 12th and 13th with scores of 86 and 87.
The Bulldogs will compete at the Div. 3 state tournament on Monday at Foxborough Country Club.
Oakmont and Quabbin compete in Division 2 West
Oakmont’s two individuals who competed — Tommy Prendergast and Max Doane, each had a successful day on the course.
Prendergast finished tied for seventh with a score of 80, which qualifies him to compete as an individual at the Div. 2 state tournament on Monday at Berkshire Hills Country Club.
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Doane tied 11th with a score of 81.
Quabbin was seventh overall as a team out of 12 programs in Division 2 West. Cullan White tied 17th with an 83 and Oliver Doane tied 19th with a score of 85.
Tied for 52nd was Aiden LaPointe (96), and the remaining Quabbin players were Quinn Geary (T55, 98), Troy Boudreau (T55, 98) and Finn Leander (T58, 99).
This article originally appeared on Gardner News: Monty Tech, Oakmont’s Prendergast going to golf state championship
