Turlock High’s Christian Maggard, the reigning Sac-Joaquin Section Masters golf champion, added a Division 2 championship to his trophy case on Monday with an impressive round of 65 at Turlock Golf and Country Club.

Meanwhile, 100 miles away at Cherry Island Golf Course in Elverta, Denair’s Ethan Gonsalves carded a 5-under 67 to win the Division 6 championship for the second year in a row.

Despite the 65 from Maggard and a 68 from teammate Clark Van Gaalen, it wasn’t enough to elevate the Bulldogs to the overall team title.

Woodcreek (Roseville) edged out Turlock by six strokes — 365-371 — thanks to four rounds of par or better. The Timberwolves were paced by a 68 from Ethan Allrad, then got matching 69’s from Chase Yukawa and Everest Williams. Keaton Porter, who played in Maggard’s foursome, shot a 72.

Besides Maggard and Van Gaalen, the Bulldogs got a 77 from Harry Clark and a 78 from Aiden Salcedo, while Logan Bream rounded out THS’ scoring with an 83.

Still, the Turlock team, as well as Gonsalves, will move on to the section Masters tournament Monday at The Reserve in Stockton.

Maggard’s card included three eagles and five birdies.

“I really didn’t start good,” said Maggard. “I missed a one-foot putt, and that’s not very good. But the next two holes I went birdie-eagle and bounced back really good.”

The real turning point, according to Maggard, came on the 256-yard ninth — his seventh hole of the day. Maggard drove the green with a 3-iron and his ball settled about 10 feet from the pin. He made the putt to get to 3-under.

“Normally, I don’t go for the green,” said Maggard. “Because the tees were pushed up a little bit, it was playing about 250 to the pin. I’m like, ‘All right, I’ll just give it a whirl.’ … That was a really big bonus there.”

Maggard played the next three holes bogey-par-bogey to slip to 1-under, but he came back with an eagle on 13, and birdies on 14, 15 and 16 to take control. After three more pars, including a Houdini-like par save on 18 where he blasted out of a fairway bunker and drained a 20-foot putt, he closed with a birdie-4 on the 481-yard second hole.

Clark experienced calamity on No. 14, hitting into the water three times and carding a 7-over 11 for the hole. Take away the 14th and Clark played TG&CC in 2-under.

“I was just trying to focus on shaking that off as best I could, because I had a tough tee shot coming up on 15,” said Clark, who was 1-over for the day heading to 14. “My last nine holes I made four birdies and five pars. I just dug deep to finish.”

Van Gaalen, meanwhile, played a nearly perfect round, hitting 17 greens in regulation, with no three-putts, and had a pair of birdies on both sides.

“Very easygoing, frustrating round, if that makes any sense,” said Van Gaalen. “I didn’t have any mistakes, really, but it’s also kind of disappointing not taking advantage of everything. I played really well today, but nothing wanted to go in the hole.”

Three Pitman High golfers — Roman Piro, Davis Cornell, and Steven Schmidt — qualified for the D-2 tournament as individuals, but none advanced to the Masters.

Piro shot an 81, while birthday-boy Cornell and Schmidt shot 84 and 87, respectively.

“I was not pleased with my 81; I had four doubles and a quad,” said Piro, whose round included five birdies. “That’s why I’m upset. I started terrible and the birdies started coming on the back nine.”

Still, all three will be back next season. In fact, all of Pitman’s 2024 squad will return next year.

“Roman is the only junior,” said Pride coach Matt Jeans. “We’re extremely young and it’s a great bunch of kids coming back. They’ll be fun to watch the next two years.”

Gonsalves birdied his opening hole of the day at Cherry Island.

Starting his round on No. 3, Gonsalves hit his drive 320 yards in the middle of the fairway, then hit a lob wedge to within 3 feet for a stress-free birdie.

“It was a nice start, but I didn’t want to think too much of it,” said Gonsalves, who won last year’s D-6 title with a 1-over 73 at The Ridge in Auburn. “I didn’t want to get ahead of myself.”

After a par on his next hole, Gonsalves birdied No. 5.

“I thought, ‘This could be really good,’” said Gonsalves, who has signed to play at Stanislaus State next year. “That was probably the turning point.”

Gonsalves finished his round seven birdies and two bogeys.