BENTON HARBOR — In the tightest Big 16 Conference West Division Jamboree of the season, Mattawan edged Niles, Lakeshore and St. Joseph to take a four-point lead in the overall standings.

The Wildcats shot 171 at Harbor Shores on Tuesday to edge Niles and Lakeshore by a stroke as they both finished at 172. St. Joseph shot 173 and Benton Harbor 238.

Niles’ Chris Noble tied Josh Switzer of Mattawan for medalist at 38.

Niles also got a 44 from both Brett Phillips and Dominic Wyland, while John Schrader shot 46, Jared Langemeyer 48 and Sam Clark 49.

Mattawan now leads the division with 38 points, while Niles is second with 34 abnd Lakeshore third with 24. St. Joseph has 16 points and Benton Harbor 8.

“We play the same course again, but this time from the grey tees, so it will be a little shorter,” Niles coach Greg Gundersaid. “Anything is possible. For a while today it looked like we were going to win it and Lakeshore was going to come in second. It was close. So there is a far off chance we could still win it.”

West Division Jamboree

Harbor Shores, Benton Harbor

Par 36

Medalist

Chris Noble, Niles; Josh Switzer, Mattawan 38

Team scores

Mattawan 171, Niles 172, Lakeshore 172, St. Joseph 173, Benton Harbor 238

Division standings

Mattawan 38, Niles 34, Lakeshore 24, St. Joseph 16, Benton Harbor 8

Individual results

Niles 172

Chris Noble 38, Brett Phillips 44, Dominic Wyland 44, John Schrader 46, Jared Langmeyer 48, Sam Clark 49

Wolverine Conference

RICHLAND — The noose is getting tighter around the necks of the rest of the Wolverine Conference golf teams.

Dowagiac has completely dominated the league this season, winning all but one of the jamborees held so far.

As a result, the Chieftains now lead the conference standings by eight points. Dowagiac shot 160 on Wednesday at Stonehedge in Richland to edge host Gull Lake by a stroke.

The Blue Devils shot 161, but still lost another point in the championship chase to the Chieftains.

Defending league champion Vicksburg was third with a 168, while Plainwell and Otsego rounded out the top five with 173 and 174 respectively. Paw Paw was sixth with a 183, South Haven seventh with a 195, Three Rivers eighth with a 196, Comstock ninth with a 197 and Allegan 10th with a 202.

Plainwell’s Sean Carter and Gull Lake’s Luke Tindall shared medalist honors as the shot identical 37s.

Dowagiac placed four of its five players in the top 10 on Wednesday and all five players are in the overall top 10 this year.

Chris Craft led the Chieftains once again as he shot 38. Cody Fairleigh finished with a 40. Jordan Juday and Kyle Ward each shot 41.

There are just three jamborees remaining before the conference tournament on May 19. Dowagiac will head to South Haven on Monday before finishing up at Plainwell (May 10) and Three Rivers (May 13).

Wolverine Conference Jamboree

At Stonehendge

Medalist

Sean Carter, Plainwell; Luke Tindall, Gull Lake 37

Team scores

Dowagiac 160, Gull Lake 161, Vicksburg 168, Plainwell 173, Otsego 174, Paw Paw 183, South Haven 195, Three Rivers 196, Comstock 197, Allegan 202

Top 10

Sean Carter (PL) 37, Luke Tindall (GL) 37, Chris Craft (D) 38, Bryan VandenBerg (GL) 38, Cody Fairleigh (D) 40, John Westhoff (O) 40, Cooper Quartermain 40, Jorday Juday (D) 41, Kyle Ward (D) 41, Scott Manski (V) 41, Evan Krohn (GL) 41

Individual results

Dowagiac 160

Chris Craft 38, Cody Fairleigh 40, Jorday Juday 41, Kyle Ward 41, Max Howe 43