<p>Golf</p><p><strong>Shepherd advances to quarters</strong></p><p>Erica Shepherd won a pair of matches on Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Women’s Western Amateur at Prestwick Country Club in Frankfort, Illinois.</p><p>The fourth-seeded Shepherd, a Center Grove grad entering her sophomore year at Duke, rolled past Tristyn Nowlin, 6 and 4, in the round of 32. She then fell behind early against No. 13 seed Alexandra Swayne before taking control midway through and holding on for a 2-and-1 victory.</p><p>Quarterfinals and semifinals will take place today. Shepherd faces fifth-seeded Sophie Burks in the round of eight.</p><p><strong>Shepherd remains in hunt</strong></p><p>Ethan Shepherd started hot, briefly moving into the top five for the tournament, before settling in with a second-round 71 at the Northern Amateur in Chesterton on Thursday.</p><p>Starting on the back nine Thursday, he Center Grove grad and rising Indiana University senior was 4 under through his first 10 holes before a bogey-double bogey combo cooled him off a bit. Shepherd heads into today’s final round with a total of 141 (3 under par), tied for 12th and seven strokes behind leader Brendan O’Reilly.</p><p>Three other former Center Grove golfers are also in the field: Noah Gillard (145, tied for 32nd), Alex Heck (152, T-63rd) and Luke DeHaven (158, T-78th).</p><p><strong>Young moves up at Women’s Open</strong></p><p>A final-round 82 helped Center Grove alum Lucy Young climb a few spots up the leaderboard Thursday in the Indiana PGA Women’s Open at Rock Hollow in Peru. Young’s two-day total of 168 tied her for 45th place.</p>
