Forecasted rain that had a chance to interrupt the end of the fifth annual Bill Breeden All-Area Classic on Monday ended up staying away from the Kankakee Elks Country Club, but the reign of Beecher as All-Area champs continued.

The Bobcats remain the only team to win an All-Area crown after their fifth straight win in the event. Their score of 340 gave them a four-stroke edge over host Bradley-Bourbonnais .

Beecher senior Peyton Serafin earned his first individual first-place medal at All-Area, shooting a 78 to clear Bishop McNamara’s Nolan Andrews by two strokes. Beecher’s Ben Anaclerio shot an 83, placing fourth, while Chuck Nowak and Jacob Benck shot an 89 and a 90 respectively to propel the Bobcats to the five-peat.

“I had a pretty good front nine,” Serafin said. “That kind o

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