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Golf coaches Peyton Perez and Shayne Shepherd with golfers Leo Fiscus, Chris Drake, Chase Hadley, Bryson VanHoutte and Aidan Dorathy with the 2025 Men’s Golf Champions Arrowhead Athletic Conference trophy.
Congratulations to the Braves golf team for winning the 2025 Arrowhead Conference Championship!
“It’s great to get the conference championship win and to have everyone on our roster finish in the Top 10 and earn All-Conference honors,” said head coach Shayne Shepherd.
For BHC alum Shepherd – the current NJCAA Region 4 Coach of the Year – the win is his second conference championship in the four years he has led the Braves. In 2024, the Braves finished 2nd at the Arrowhead Conference Championship.
“Myself, my teammates and Coach Shepherd have been working not just this season, but for the last year to make sure we won conference,” said sophomore Chris Drake.
“What also felt great was having all five of us finish with All-Conference awards,” he said.
The Braves’ individual All-Conference honors were:
- 2nd – Aidan Dorathy of Port Byron (222)
- 3rd (tie) – Leo Fiscus of Davenport, IA (225)
- 5th – Chase Hadley of Rock Island (226)
- 7th – Chris Drake of Glasford (228)
- 10th (tie) – Bryson VanHoutte of Geneseo (230)
Tournament recap
The unranked Braves came out slowly at the beginning, shooting a first round 314 and finding themselves 14 shots behind the fifth-ranked team in the country, Highland Community College.
They fought back in the second round, shooting the lowest team round of the tournament at 285 led by freshman Dorathy (69) and sophomore Fiscus (70).
Going into the third round tied with Highland, freshmen Hadley and Dorathy led the Braves with 72 shots each.
The Braves won the tournament by eight shots, taking the conference title with a three-day total of 896.