Ricketts earns Medalist honors, leads Men's Golf to second place finish at Heidelberg Spring Invitational

By Tim Glon

TIFFIN — Junior Blaine Ricketts fired a 2-under par 70 to rally for Medalist honors and lead the Ohio Northern men's golf team to a second place finish on the final day of the Heidelberg Spring Invitational Sunday at Mohawk Country Club.

The Polar Bears (25-13-1 overall) finished with a 310-301—611 in the six-team field. Tiffin won the team title with a 303-305—608, Baldwin Wallace was third with a 307-312—619 and John Carroll was fourth with a 317-3121—629.

Ricketts won the individual title by two strokes after starting the day five strokes behind.

Senior Rick Deichert finished fifth out of 47 golfers with a 77-74—151 on the par-72, 6705-yard course.

Freshman Nick Anderson tied for sixth wth a 78-75—153, sophomore Zach Goodchild tied for ninth with a 75-79—154 and junior Tyler Davis tied for 20th with an 81-78—159. 

The Polar Bears will conclude their regular season April 29-May 1 with the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at the River Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette, Ohio.

Team Standings

1. Tiffin 303-305—608, 2. Ohio Northern 310-301—611, 3. Baldwin Wallace 307-312—619, 4. John Carroll 317-312—629, 5. Heidelberg 316-318—634, 6. Lourdes 315-323—638.

Top 5 Individuals

1. Blaine Ricketts (ONU) 77-70—147, t2. Jason Garnet (BW) 72-77—149, t2. Cam Lauq (Tif) 74-75—149, t2. Ryan Niese (Tif) 74-75—149, 5. Rick Deichert (ONU) 77-74—151.

Ohio Northern Individual Results

1. Blaine Ricketts 77-70—147, t5. Rick Deichert 77-74—151, t6. Nick Anderson 78-75—153, t9. Zach Goodchild 75-79—154, t20. Tyler Davis 81-78—159.

Other Ohio Northern Individual Results

24. Joshua Turich 81-80—161, t20. Thomas Lee 83-76—159, 41. Riku Watanabe 86-91—177, t36. Tim Monroe 88-82—170, 47. Tanner Rader 107-96—203