BYRON, ILL. - Two weeks ahead of the Region 4 Tournament at PrairieView Golf Club, the Madison College golf team put together their best team showing of the spring season with a runner-up finish on the same course at the PrairieView Classic on Monday. The WolfPack posted a 310 team score for their best 18-hole round of the spring and saw four players place in the top 15, led by sophomore Brady Callmer. The event was hosted by Sauk Valley Community College as a replacement to the region's annual Region 4 Preview, which will return in the 2024-25 season.

Madison College's 310 finished three shots back of tournament winner Black Hawk College Black at 307, while also sitting seven shots up on third place Oakton College at 317. The tournament did not include every team that will compete in the Region 4 Tournament on April 28-30.

Callmer, a native of Edgerton, Wisconsin, followed up his Top-Ten finish at Friday's Highland Spring Invitational with a four-over-par 76, marking his best single-day score since the Edgewood Fall Classic in early-September. He was even par on the back nine and finished the day with 11 pars and two birdies to tie be part of a five-way tie for third. Tyler Picken of Carl Sandburg College was the tournament medalist with a two-over-par 74. 

Fellow second years Braeden Skifton and Brent Schmiesing were right behind Callmer with a pair of five-over 77s to tie for eighth overall. Skifton's card featured 12 pars, one birdie, and an even-par 36 on the front nine for the Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, product as he matched his career-best round. Schmiesing, who was the Region 4 Division III medalist at PrairieView last season, was also even-par on the inward nine en route to 11 pars and one birdie.

The WolfPack's final counted score came from freshman Alex Sutter with an eight-over-par 80 that tied him for 22nd overall. Sutter had eight pars and a birdie to finish one stroke better than teammate Peter Gustafson, who turned in a 81 (+9) with ten pars  to tie for 25th overall.

Two additional players competed as individuals for the WolfPack. First year Joe Cranley played in his second tournament and posted a career-best seven-over-par 79. The former Madison West HS athlete had two birdies and eight pars, and finished just one-over on the back nine to tie for 15th. Sophomore Tyler Koch rounded out the scoring with a tie for 37th with an 83 (+11). He produced six pars on the day.

2024 PrairieView Classic Final Results

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Madison College is off until their regular season final at the BSC Legends Classic, hosted by Bryant & Stratton College. The two day event will feature 18-hole rounds at two separate courses, starting with The Bull at Pinehurst Farms in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, on April 25 and followed by The Bog in Saukville, Wisconsin, on April 26. Day 1 tee times are slated for 11:00 a.m., with Day 2 set to begin at 8:30 a.m.

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