Seton Hall Prep’s Creighton Hendrix crowned ECT golf champion

Creighton Hendrix
Creighton Hendrix

WEST ORANGE – Seton Hall Prep junior Creighton Hendrix was crowned the Essex County Tournament champion.

Hendrix carded a 75 to lead the Pirates to a fourth-place finish in the team standings at the ECT at the Francis Byrne Golf Course in West Orange on Wednesday, April 20.

Essex County Tournament
Team standings
1. Montclair, 334 net score
2 (tie). Nutley 337
2 (tie). Montclair Kimberley 337
4. Seton Hall Prep, 338
5. Livingston, 344
6. Millburn, 345
7. West Essex, 355
8. Glen Ridge, 357
9. Newark Academy, 360
10. Verona, 366
11. West Orange, 395
12. Caldwell, 438
13. Bloomfield, 459
14. Belleville, 482
15. St Benedict’s Prep, 548

Top 5 individual finishers
1. Creighton Hendrix, Seton Hall Prep, 75
2. Dean Cermido, Glen Ridge, 77
3. Michael Purcell, Nutley, 78
4 (tie). Sam Goldenring, Newark Academy, 79
4 (tie). Ryan Polizzi, Montclair Kimberley Academy, 79