Men's Championship
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Erickson, Jake	66	69	135
Hale, Jerry	71	69	140
Pool, Mat	71	71	142
Craig, Barry	76	67	143
May, Jeremy	72	72	144
Brewer, Jaret	72	73	145
Carlson, Sam	70	75	145
Wade, Ryne	74	71	145
Portner, Tom	74	72	146
Evischi, Kenny	75	72	147
Rude, Neil	71	76	147
Woods, Andy	73	74	147
Ellis, Blaze	75	73	148
Harp, Jared	74	74	148
Smith, Chase	71	77	148
Harp, Josh	76	73	149
Warren, Bryan	76	74	150
Wright, Michael	76	74	150
Brewer, Judson	76	75	151
Doughty, Bryce	77	74	151
Fowler, Michael	76	75	151
Murphy, Logan	77	74	151
Johnson, Mark	76	78	154
Graham, Danny Jr.	77	80	157
Kuenneke, Nick	76	81	157
Ortega, Brandon	82	76	158
Potts, Bryson	80	85	165
Miller, Jeffrey	73	WD	WD
Men's Net
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Thompson, Chuck	69	75	144
Brock, Dale	70	75	145
Dees, Brett	71	74	145
Hutchinson, Bill	76	69	145
Tippy, Roger	69	78	147
Ridgeway, Rocky	72	76	148
Sentel, Kenny	71	77	148
Throgmorton, Randy	75	74	149
Ridgeway, Kyle	75	75	150
Brown, Lance	75	76	151
Vantrease, Todd	80	75	155
Church, Shawn	85	74	159
Rutherford, T.J.	78	81	159
Garrett, Mickey	82	82	164
Dunston, Brett	89	76	165
Senior Men
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Curtis, Stan	72	69	141
Diedrick, Alan	71	74	145
Krutsinger, John	73	73	146
Vantrease, Kyle	75	71	146
Bradshaw, Gary	75	72	147
Davidson, Joe	72	75	147
Dalmasso, Barry	75	74	149
Perkins, Dave	76	73	149
Williams, Tom	75	74	149
White, John	79	76	155
Frazier, Phil	79	77	156
Joiner, Jerry	76	81	157
Hopkins, Leonard	77	82	159
Hickman, Ron	81	80	161
Janulis, Mike	88	82	170
Graham, Danny	81	WD	WD
Super Senior Men
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Mills, Cliff	71	76	147
Vogt, Randy	75	75	150
Gher, Leo	78	80	158
Rendleman, Darryl	79	81	160
Brown, Bobby	83	83	166
Women's Championship
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Harris, Chelsea	65	74	139
Bernhardt, Jenny	75	69	144
Kellerman, Lindsay	74	74	148
Bond, Lauren	79	70	149
Wheatley, Sabrina	77	77	154
Rendleman, Brenda	77	78	155
Draves, Annette	81	82	163
Junior Boys
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Rendelman, Kody	73	76	149
Swofford, Blake	77	75	152
Eklund, Jacob	75	78	153
Reuter, Chance	80	74	154
Stepter, Drake	76	80	156
Smith, Derek	84	79	163
Baxter, Sam	87	82	169
Porvaznik, Connor	84	87	171
Pavloff, Kolton	86	90	176
Junior Girls
Name	Saturday	Sunday	Total
Henager, Kylee	86	77	163
Weber, Sami	84	80	164
Bremer, Laura	81	85	166
Faulkner, Kirsten	90	87	177
Helm, Peyton	90	87	177

2011 SIGA Champion, Jake Erickson




2011 SIGA Men's Net Champion, Chuck Thompson




2011 SIGA Senior Champion, Stan Curtis




2011 SIGA Super Senior Champion, Cliff Mills




2011 SIGA Women's Champion, Chelsea Harris




2011 SIGA Junior Boys Champion, Kody Rendleman




2011 SIGA Junior Girls Champion, Kylee Henager

WEST FRANKFORT - With no wily veteran to thwart him this time around, Jake Erickson did what he has been doing best this summer - win.

After shooting a dominating 5-under 66 on Saturday, the Southern Illinois University sophomore added to his total with a 2-under 69 on Sunday at Franklin County Country Club to win the 87th annual SIGA Championship by five strokes. It's the third straight tour victory for Erickson, who lost out to SIGA Hall of Famer Tom Portner for the 2010 title.

"I tried to go as low as I could that first day because I knew every stroke was going to count," said Erickson. "When you build a four-shot lead like I did, you feel pretty comfortable out there."

In only his second year on the SIGA tour, the 20-year-old Springfield native has won his first Pursie Pipes Trophy, something his SIU coach, Leroy Newton, won three times (1982, 1983, 1985). The SIGA Championship is the longest-running amateur golf tournament in Illinois.

"You see some of the names on (the trophy)," Erickson said. "Zach Barlow, Portner, Brian Norman, Leroy Newton. It's an honor to have my name on there with those guys."

Erickson wasn't the only one in the tournament's leaders group for the second straight year, as Matt Pool earned a spot in the final foursome with an even 71 on Saturday. But it was another year of missed opportunities for Pool, who finished the 2010 tournament in third place and finished third once again when veteran Jerry Hale carded a 69 on Sunday to snag second place with a two-day score of 140.

"I hit the ball alright, I made five birdies," said Pool, who will miss next weekend's Benton Gold Cup as he and his wife, Nicole, are expecting their first child. "When you make five birdies on a course like this, you should be able to shoot something in the middle 60s."

Pool was 2-over after five holes, but eventually fought back to go 1-under with a birdie on No. 17. A bogey on No. 18 gave him a 71 for the second straight day.

"I was pressing a little too much trying to catch Jake and I think that kind of hurt me a little bit," Pool said. "He had such a big lead."

Another golfer who tried and failed to bite into Erickson's lead was recent Maryville University graduate Sam Carlson, who entered Sunday's round in second place with a 70. Carlson struggled in having to hit out of the woods on three of the first five holes and entered the turn with a 1-over 37. The back nine was even tougher, dropping him to a 4-over 75 for the round and a tie for sixth place.

In the women's championship, Austin Peay alumna Chelsea Harris won her third SIGA title in the last four years with a five-stroke victory over Jenny Bernhardt. After carding a 65 on Saturday, the Massac County High School graduate recorded a 74 on Sunday to give her a two-day total of 139.

"My mindset was basically to hit fairways and greens," said Harris, who is losing her amateur status next summer and will compete in the Tennessee Women's Open at Stonehenge Golf Club starting Thursday. "I didn't hit very many fairways (Saturday), but I did manage to hit quite a few greens."

Jenny Bernhardt finished second with a 144, four strokes ahead of Lindsay Kellerman. The SIGA next heads to birdie-friendly Benton Country Club for the Gold Cup tournament starting Saturday. Jeff Miller is the defending champion, but his availability for the competition is in question after suffering a wrist injury during Saturday's opening round that forced him to withdraw from the tournament.

WEST FRANKFORT - Jake Erickson is getting another chance at the SIGA championship after carding a 5-under 66 Saturday at Franklin County Country Club.

With a four-stroke lead over recent Maryville University graduate Sam Carlson, the Southern Illinois University sophomore in his second year on the SIGA tour will compete for the Pursie Pipes Trophy for the second straight year. Erickson lost out to defending champion Tom Portner last year and entered the weekend just 16.7 points behind the SIGA Hall of Famer in the 2011 Player of the Year point standings with 925.8 points.

"I feel like I've gotten a little more experience," Erickson said. "Last year, was my first year in the SIGA and I knew what to expect (Saturday)."

The 20-year-old Springfield native recorded six birdies, an eagle and three bogeys in his round. The FCCC course has five par 5s - Erickson birdied four of them and eagled the other.

"Generally, the best part of my game is driving the ball," Erickson said. "If I'm hitting the ball in the fairway, it kinda helps and I felt that I needed to take advantage of the par 5s."

It was a rough day for the defending champion, who enters today's finale in a tie for 11th place with a 3-over 74. Portner, who became just the second golfer in the last 20 years to win the tournament three times with his 2010 victory, carded a rare double-bogey on No. 7 and finished the front nine with no birdies and a 3-over 39.

"I think I've got a chance (at the championship), but it's going to be tough," Portner said, who shot an even 35 on the back nine. "Making two birdies on the last three holes at least kept my mind into it heading into (today)."

Portner started to right the ship with a birdie on No. 10, but back-to-back bogeys on No. 11 and 12 erased his momentum and another bogey on 14 sent him to 5-over for the round. However, back-to-back birdies on 16 and 17 to end the day put the 47-year-old in a better frame of mind.

"Historically, if I have a bad first round I usually do very well in the second round," Portner said. "I'm hoping for much of the same again."

Portner also had plenty of competition in his group with both Barry Craig and Matt Pool playing alongside. Craig is currently third on the points list with 772, while Pool was in the final leaders group in last year's tournament and will be there again today.

He finished Saturday's round with an even 71 in a four-way tie for third place. It's a familiar spot for Pool, who finished tied for third place in 2010 with a 143 score, but learned some important lessons from his brush with the championship.

"It wasn't the nerves, I just didn't feel that I belonged," said Pool, who first started playing golf in 2004. "I didn't think I was mentally ready to take that next step and play well on Sunday."

In the women's championship, Chelsea Harris has a nine-stroke lead over Lindsay Kellerman after carding a 6-under 65. Jenny Bernhardt is in third place with a 75. Chuck Thompson and Roger Tippy are tied for the lead in the men's net with a 69, while Alan Diedrick holds a one-stroke lead over Stan Curtis and Joe Davidson in the senior men division with an even 71