Michigan senior Matthew Thompson was the medalist at the Michigan Amateur and appears on his way to the third round of match play.

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Michigan senior golfer Matthew Thompson continues to roll at the Michigan Amateur at Boyne Highlands Resort.

Thompson entered the match-play portion of the Michigan Amateur on The Heather course as the No. 1 seed after shooting a two-day total of 140 to earn medalist honors. He dispatched the No. 64 seed, Brian Donohoe, 5 and 3, Thursday morning and earned a 5-and-4 victory against Ben Peacock in the second round.

Thompson has an 8 a.m. tee time Friday with Payne Gniewek in the third round. Other county golfers advancing included defending champion and fellow Michigan golfer Joey Garber, who advanced with a 5-and-3 victory over Bill Zylstra. He then advanced to the third round with a 5-and-4 victory against Ypsilanti's Marty Jeppesen.

Phil Gieseker of Saline won his morning match, 4 and 2, over Nate Golomb, and rallied for a 2-and-1 victory against Patrick Colburn in the second round. Adam White of Ann Arbor beat Russ Cunningham in 21 holes in the morning and lost, 5 and 3, to Erik Schlicher in the afternoon.

Aaron Peterson of Ann Arbor and Mike Ignasiak of Saline both reached match play but lost their morning matches.