Bishop Brady’s Nick Grimbilas had a score in mind for Thursday’s Division II golf championship at Beaver Meadow. He also had a group in mind for Saturday’s individual final round at the Concord course.

“I thought a 75 would be a good score to post, and I was hoping to get into the final group,” Grimbilas said. “So 76 isn’t bad. I’ll take it.”

Grimbilas was also one off on his group hopes and will be playing in the next-to-last group Saturday when the D-II individual champion is crowned. The final foursome is made up of players from Windham, Portsmouth, Hanover and Kingswood, which also happened to be the top team finishers, in that order.

Windham, which finished runner-up the last two years, topped the leaderboard with a score of 404 to claim a one-stroke win over Portsmouth and beat two-time defending champion Hanover by two strokes.

Windham’s James McKee, who has won the last two D-II titles, led the Jaguars with a 73, which tied him for medalist honors with Hanover’s Phin Choukas and Kingswood’s Sam Barnes. Portsmouth’s Jeff Barnes was fourth with a 75 and Grimbilas was fifth with his 76.

“I was putting well and I was driving well,” Grimbilas said, “but I did struggle with my wedges, so I wasn’t giving myself many birdie opportunities.”

Coe-Brown finished eighth as a team with a 455. Seniors Joel Boulanger (80) and Dylan Andrews (81) led the way and qualified for Saturday. It’s the third year Boulanger has reached the individual stage and the first trip for Andrews.

Coe-Brown Coach Tim Tenasco was pleased with the round of 94 turned in by junior Jake Flanagan, who just finished his first year on the team. Joe Morrisette (100) and Derek Elwell (100) rounded out the scoring for the Bears. Boulanger birdied the par-5 fourth hole and the par-5 18th. Andrews finished with three birdies (Nos. 8, 9 and 15), but he also ran into big trouble on the par-4 14th and carded an eight.

“We were sixth in the regular season and finished eighth, so I think the boys will be a little disappointed with that,” Tenasco said. “But this is our third year in a row in the playoffs, and that was one of our goals.”

John Stark didn’t compete as a team, but Stark’s Ryan Rothdiener finished with an 81 to qualify for Saturday. It was a fairly steady day for Rothdiener, who finished with 10 pars and one birdie.

Brady was ninth as a team with a score of 458. Danny Bryck (93), Madison Smith (93), Mary Ann Wiley (96) and Matt Cherian (100) all scored for the Green Giants.

“We didn’t have a team goal coming on, we just wanted to do well, maybe get in the top five,” Grimbilas said. “Our team, we are what we are. We aren’t the best and we definitely weren’t the worst, but we have improved from the beginning to end. It’s been good for us.”

Grimbilas has a little ground to make up and a lot of good golfers in front of him, but he has a chance to make some noise Saturday.

“I’m really happy it’s here (at Beaver Meadow). It’s the best opportunity for me to try and take the win because it’s on my own home course,” Grimbilas said. “So that’s the best opportunity you’re going to get in high school.”

Pembroke Academy juniors Justin Legere (85) and Steven Cavanaugh (85) both missed the cut to make it to Saturday by one skinny stroke. The two practiced at Beaver Meadow on Monday and even put some of that local knowledge to use during the round.

“On the 16th, the green is super slanted, and you really need to lay it up and I knew to do that,” Legere said. “So I played it short and got up and down for par there.”

(Tim O’Sullivan can be reached at 369-3341 or at tosullivan@cmonitor.com or on Twitter @timosullivan20.)