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Great day for Colin today at Regionals up at the Players Club! After a 42 on the front 9, he was able to finish strong with a 37 on the back to post a great last HS career round of 79!
Boys golf welcomed Mr. Steve Shockley to practice tonight. Mr. Shockley’s son Jack (BC ‘14) was an innocent victim of gun violence in 2020. See how the team is going to make an impact below ⬇️
Congratulations to Junior Will Pruitt for getting the spring golf season off to a great start! Will cracked the top 20 and posted two solid days of scoring at a nationwide tournament in Tennessee!
William Pruitt shoots 77-79 in State Finals for T39 out 102 golfers!
William caps off his spectacular career by being named All-State based on his outstanding season scoring average! 👍⛳️
The team was fortunate enough to meet 4-time Indy 500 champ Helio Castroneves (left) and 2019 Indy 500 champ Simon Pagenaud (right) from France 🇫🇷
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#06
and
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on race day!
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Boys golf with nice win over Lawrence Central at Old Oakland GC. Co-medalists William Pruitt, Colin Kirchgessner and Nick Belby pace BC with 4 over par 40’s! ⛳️
Team played great and shot 322 to place 7th out of 15 teams at Regionals! William Pruitt qualified for the State Finals for the 2nd straight year! William shot a 75 and had to endure a six (6) man sudden death playoff for the two (2) individual State qualifying spots!
BC placed 5th out of 10 teams with team score of 334
William Pruitt 5th out of 55 players with nice round of 75!
Other team scores were Colin Kirchgessner (T18 with 81), Brady Armstrong (87), Nick Belby (89), Jack Feeney (91) and John Schaffer (98).
Boys golf finishes 2nd in Sectionals and heads to Regionals! William Pruitt (76), Colin Kirchgessner (78), Jack Feeney (82) and Nick Belby (83) lead the way. John Schaffer with excellent 40 on front nine! ⛳️
It’s Masters week so let’s get the golf season started! William Pruitt leads team as medalist (excellent 73) and team finishes 4th out of 9 teams in the Brownsburg Invitational! 👍⛳️
Boys golf celebrates fantastic season at Binkley’s. 1st Sectional championship in school history and William Pruitt’s return to State Finals and earning All-State honors👍⛳️
Team placed fourth today in Sectionals and just missed out on advancing. Colin shot a 79 and tied for fourth overall place, earning an individual spot in the Regionals at The Players Club next Thursday. It was a great season for the Bishop Chatard Boys Golf team ⛳️
The golf team is going to honor Jack at future golf invites by wearing “Warriors for Peace” golf hats. Warriors of Peace’s mission is to oppose the evil of gun violence in our city by promoting peaceful change, one life at a time. 👍🙏
Colin Kirchgessner was medalist at the Culver invite with a 75 on a very windy day on the difficult Warren course at Notre Dame! Charlie Belch with a top 5 finish with a very solid 78 as well! BC team score of 319 finished 2nd out of 19 teams
BC beat Roncalli by 1 shot 325-326 to win the inaugural “Archbishop Paul Schulte” cup between the 2 schools! Team was led by Colin Kirchgessner (76) and Charlie Belch (77) 👍❤️⛳️
Charlie Belch birdies 1st hole on way to 5th place age division finish at Golfweek Junior Tour at Rock Hollow with excellent 77-70 scores. Charlie had 8 birdies over 2 day tournament. 👍⛳️
Former BC golf great Patrick Guymon and current Marian University golfer gives William Pruitt and John Schaffer tips on how to navigate Sectional course Maple Creek. Thanks Patrick!
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The team had a great day yesterday at the City Tournament and was able to fire a new season low of 302! An even par round of 70 by William Pruitt, as well as strong rounds by Colin Kirchgessner (74), Nick Belby (76), and Jack Feeney (82) helped the team earn 3rd place in City!
Boys golf learns new drills from experienced college coach (Doug Steiner-Xavier). The new drills will significantly improve team putting, chipping, lag putting, iron and driver play!
BC golf played 18-hole dual match vs Cathedral tonight at Pleasant Run GC. Last few holes played under the cover of darkness! William Pruitt was co-medalist with even par 71 and Colin Kirchgessner 3rd place with excellent 77! 👍⛳️
Great first tournament this weekend at West Chase! Team fired a 309 and earned 3rd place led by Colin Kirchgessner (73), Charlie Belch (74), and Matthew Marrano (77). Coach Pruitt was out there walking with the team throughout the day!
Boys golf had post invite meal at Binkley’s and former Bishop Chatard parent Jim Meyer (owner of Meyer Shank Racing) introduced the team to his MSR team drivers.
Boys golf with nice 12th out of 20 team finish in Hall of Fame invite vs some of the best golfers and teams in the state. Rock Hollow pro presents William Pruitt with 4th place medal 🏅 after shooting 73! Only one shot out of medalist in field of 105 golfers! 👍⛳️
Great day for the team today at Delaware CC! Team score of 326 led by two scores of 81 by Colin Kirchgessner and Nate O’Brien, followed by two 82s by Nick Belby and Matt Marrano! Had a great time utilizing the caddy format today!
Great day at the North Central Invite at Coffin yesterday. Strong rounds by William Pruitt (-4, 68) and Colin Kirchgessner (+1, 73) leading the team to a score of 310!
Boys golf played Brickyard Crossing in a 4-way match today vs Speedway HS, Park Tudor and Pike! Team fired a 162 led by Colin Kirchgessner with low BC round of 38 followed by Nick Belby (39), Charlie Belch (42), Nate O’Brien (43) & Matthew Marrano (44)
Boys golf shoot season low 157 at Old Oakland GC in victory over Lawrence Central. William Pruitt and Colin Kirchgessner were co-Medalists with 2-over 38s- went to a playoff that was cut short by darkness! 👍⛳️
Colin Kirchgessner and William Pruitt compete in Central Indiana Masters at The Fort GC on July 11-12. Colin was on fire 🔥 with six birdies and 73 in 1st round. 2nd round 81 good for T19 out of 50 golfers.
William shot 84-78 and made 4 birdies in 2nd round to finish T36 👍⛳️
BC golf ⛳️ hosts the prestigious nine (9) team Highland invitational Saturday April 16th. Come out and see how the team fares against several of the top teams and players in the state!
Charlie Belch birdies
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on his way to a 76-75 finish in Golfweek Junior Tour @ Michigan State University course on 9/3-4. Charlie finished 2nd in his age division and had 6 birdies over the two rounds! 👍⛳️
Team enjoyed an amazing tournament at Meridian Hills yesterday! Special thanks to
@ToddFirestone22
and his staff for setting up a special evening at MHCC’s Big Match!
Boys golf braved the elements at Hillcrest for practice round in preparation for City Golf tourney on May 5th. Round started out cloudy 🌥 then torrential rain ☔️ for 45 minutes then the sun 🌞 came out!
BC golf team had an outstanding day at the Big Match at Meridian Hills CC! Colin Kirchgessner with low team score of 77 and William Pruitt with 2-under back 9 for 78.
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Congratulations to Senior golfers Colin Kirchgessner, Josh Ball, and Charlie Park for earning “Top 10 Percent” of class and Charlie Park being named Salutatorian for class of 2024! 👍⛳️
Great team score of 318 on a tough Eagle 🦅 Creek GC yesterday at the Conference Tournament! Colin Kirchgessner & Charlie Belch make the difficult All-Conference team with solid 75s!
Boys golf play in wind, rain ☔️ and snow ⛄️! Last night practiced in poring rain 🌧️ in preparation of Circle City Conference championship at Eagle Creek Monday April 15th ⛳️
Colin Kirchgessner and William Pruitt score well in the 2-day Southern Junior Masters at Chariot Run GC against a tough field of 42 golfers!
William with T5 on scores of 75-73 and Colin with 20th place with scores of 82-77!
Great job! ⛳️
Charlie, Colin, William, and Nate played well all day and finished -10, which was enough to get them a second place finish in the Indiana junior team championship!
@indianahsgolf
players, when your parents and coaches tell you to wear sunscreen on the course...this is why. When you get old like me hopefully you’ll be able to avoid treatments like this to repair the damage you did in your youth!!