Ryan Frederick, a 5-5 105-pound sop...

Ryan Frederick, a 5-5 105-pound sophomore from Lockport, was better than 170 other players Saturday at the 35-team Fenton Invitational at White Pines Golf unite in a club in Bensenville.

Frederick seated a 1-over-par 71 to claim medalist honors, undivided stroke better than Downers wood North's Russell Katz.

"My size is definitely a disadvantage," Frederick said. "I'm always 40 yards behind everyone [off the tee] I just do the best I can."

Frederick te not on at 6:45 a.m., meaning a pre-dawn wake-up call followed by means of an hourlong bus ride to the course. He was 2-over-par after the first three cavitys

"I woke up at 4:15 and had to be upon the bus by 4:45," Frederick said. "I slept mostly of the way on the bus."

Frederick quickly lay the foundation of his groove and finished his rotund with par or birdie forward six of the last seven cavitys

"If his putting is onward he can score low," Lockport coach George Brecheisen said. "He doesn't hit the ball in extent but he can control it."

Marmion and Hinsdale Central each discharge tournament-best four- player scores of 301 forcing officials to hang on the scores of each team's fifth player to break the tie.

That's where Luke Kolquist's 80 came in handy for Marmion. It was undivided stroke better than Hinsdale Central's Jon Lewis.

Bryce Emory l Marmion with a 74 followed by means of a pair of 75s from teammates Robby Whitehead and Mike Harvey.

"It might be a brunt to some other schools to view our name [atop the leaderboard], nevertheless it doesn't shock us," said Jen Konen Marmion's second-year coach. "It was just a matter of everyone swinging well onward the same day."

Lockport finished third with a score of 304 Notre Dame was fourth at 305

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