Second time’s the charm for Kemp as Pekin sophomore, Washington win Mid-Illini boys golf titles

Pekin's Colin Kemp hits a wedge shot during a sudden-death playoff. Jonathan Michel/Clutch Sports Media

PEORIA — The Mid-Illini Conference boys golf title came down to a dramatic three-man playoff. 

Pekin sophomore Colin Kemp was younger than Washington’s Gavin Schreurs and East Peoria’s Nicholas Unes, both seniors. Kemp’s build was the smallest of the three as well.

Few of his counterparts have to look up to see the 5-foot-6, 140-pounder, but Kemp was the one that everyone looked up to at the top of the leaderboard after he won the three-hole playoff to earn redemption and win the conference title at Mount Hawley Country Club on Thursday. 

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