It as a great day for golf at Sunny Hill Golf Course in Brimfield as golfers teed off in the rain-shortened 12th Matt Mishler Junior Portage County Amateur.
Reduced to a one-day tournament because of a first day rainout, golfers still took to the links enthusiastically competing for trophies and gift certificates as well as bragging rights.
Ultimately, the Junior Amateur had new champions across the board in all six divisions.
BOYS 16 TO 19:
Owen Hinkle traveled from Loudonville to compete in the event and bested the field of 16-to-19 year old boys, firing a 77 on the Par 71 links of Sunny Hill.
Hinkle, who will be a junior for the Red Birds who compete in the Mid-Buckeye Conference.
Taking second place was Gavin Markham who compete for the Kent Roosevelt Rough Riders. Markham fired a 78.
Rounding out the to three was Cory Gasaway, a member of the Mogadore Wildcats varsity golf team. Firing an 80, Gasaway will be back on the links today competing in the Kenny Novak tourney at Club Walden.
Joey Vitali of Warren and Casey Troyer of Kent missed out on the to three by only one stroke, tying with a score of 81.
GIRLS 16 TO 19:
Katie Bice has competed in the Matt Mishler Junior Portage County Amateur before, arriving in Rootstown to visit her grandparents, spending the night and playing in the tournament.
This season, she captured medalist honors.
It wasn’t even close a Bice fired an 81 from the 5,919 yard white tees to best her nearest competitor, Katie Kulis of Kent by 12 strokes.
Kulis, a member of the Kent Roosevelt Lady Rough Riders, fired a 93 with Grace Thompson grabbing third place. Thompson of Kent and headed to play for Walsh College in the Fall, rounded out the top three with a 95 edging out Emma Picicco of Kent by one stroke.
BOYS 13 TO 15:
It was a long couple days for John Thompson who traveled from Avon on Monday only to have the tournament canceled due to rain at Windmill.
Thompson returned from northern Ohio on Tuesday to fire a 79 at Sunny Hill to earn the championship.
Dillon Pendergast of Mogadore made it a family affair at the Junior Amateur. Pendergast who will play for the Mogadore Wildcats, is the cousin of Cory Gasaway, fired an 81, good for second place.
Cole Hostedler of Ravenna carded a 92, good for third place in the division.
GIRLS 13 TO 15
Abigail Retherford of Ravenna will have her work cut out for her competing for the Ravens boys team this season.
She demonstrated she is up to the task as she fired an 85 to best Mare Seaholds of Kent by two strokes to win the championship.
Seaholts fired an 87 and Maren’s teammate, Isabella Mineo (also of Kent) carded a 93 to take second and third in he girls 13 to 15 age division.
BOYS & GIRLS 12 AND UNDER
Jude Thiry played his way around the third nine at Sunny Hill to shoot an outstanding 40 and win the Boys 12 and Under age division.
James Morgan of North Benton and Jude’s brother Brock, took second and third respectively with scores of 43 and 54.
For the girls, it was a Kent girls sweep in the girls 12 and under age division as Ashlyn Leavery fired a 50 on the third nine at Kent to top Adrianne Mineo.
NEXT UP FOR THE AMATEURS
The 2019 Portage County Amateur Championships welcome adults and high school players on the golf courses this weekend as the 89th Portage County Amateur tees off at Windmill Lakes on Saturday and Sugar Bush Golf Course on Sunday.
The rescheduled 5th Portage Kids Am also returns to Sunny Hill after a rain-out canceled the 32 youth from playing this past weekend. The Kids Am plays on Sunday at the course in Brimfield.
FINAL RESULTS:
12TH MATT MISHLER JUNIOR PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEUR
Sunny Hill Golf Course, Brimfield OH
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
BOYS 16 TO 19
Owen Hinkle, Loudonville 77
Gavin Markham, Kent 78
Cory Gasaway, Mogadore 80
Joey Vitali, Warren 81
Casey Troyer, Kent 81
Kyle Smith, Kent 81
Marek Seaholts, Kent 82
Mason Moldvay, Kent 86
Carter Troyer, Kent 90
Spencer Crone, Ravenna 91
Brandon Stephenson, Ravenna 100
Ian Benoit, Mantua 101
David Soltz, Akron 119
GIRLS 16 TO 19
Katie Bice, Louisville 81
Katie Kulis, Kent 93
Grace Thompson, Kent 95
Emma Picicco, Kent 96
Karly Devaney, Akron 102
Mattie Allen, Akron 102C
Gia Venuto, Diamond 106
Braydn Harris, Kent 107
Gwyneth Wilde, Mogadore 114
BOYS 13 TO 15
John Thompson, Avon 79
Dillon Pendergast, Mogadore 81
Cole Hostedler, Ravenna 92
Liam Curtis, Stow 95
Rowan Baynes, Kent 113
Christian Mineo, Kent 115
Matthew Fiedler, Stow 116
Andrew Leon, Aurora 116
GIRLS 13 TO 15
Abigail Retherford, Ravenna 85
Maren Seaholts, Kent 87
Isabella Mineo, Kent 93
Sydnie Leavery, Kent 96
Devon Carpenter, Mogadore 104
Sarah Lenzo, Kent 111
Morgan Bauza, Kent 119
Anna Picicco, Kent 130
Ayden Pettigrew, Rootstown 136
Gabriella Melin, Kent 159
BOYS 12 AND UNDER
Jude Thiry, Mogadore 40
James Morgan, North Benton 43
Brock Thiry, North Benton 54
GIRLS 12 AND UNDER
Ashlyn Leavery, Kent 50
Adrianne Mineo, Kent 80
