Last week, the Bishop McNamara boys golf team officially announced it was back from a long slumber when the Fightin’ Irish won their first All-City title in seven years.

At the IHSA Class 1A Regional they hosted at the Kankakee Elks on Wednesday, the Fightin’ Irish made another, larger step back to looking like the program that once made 17 trips to state in a 19-year span.

Led by matching 82s from Preston Payne and Nolan Andrews, who tied for third overall, Bishop McNamara won its first boys golf regional since 2010, finishing with a team score of 336 that bested Beecher (343), whose seven-year streak of regional championships came to an end. The Bobcats’ Peyton Serafin was medalist with a 4-over par 76.

“It’s been a pleasure, just a successful year,” Payne said. “We came close in

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