BBC TOURNAMENT … Pettisville’s Graycen Osterday (above) was one of five Blackbirds to shoot in the 70s as Pettisville wrapped up a league title with a first-place finish in the league tournament.
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LEAGUE RUNNER-UP … C.J. Fidler (above) posted an 85 as the Locos finished as league runner-up to Pettisville.
By: John Fryman
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
john@thevillagereporter.com
WAUSEON (September 18, 2025) – Pettisville put the final wraps capturing the Buckeye Border Conference golf championship at Ironwood Golf Couse on Thursday, September 18.
After posting a perfect 7-0 BBC dual match campaign, the Blackbirds went out and took care of business winning the conference tournament with a 301 score.
Montpelier was runner-up in the tourney with a 314 followed by Hilltop 350, Holgate 350, Stryker 371, North Central 372, Fayette 377, and Edon 461.
Kenneth Smeltzer of Montpelier captured individual tourney honors with a 70 and Pettisville’s Jack Leppelmeier was runner-up with a 72.
Leppelmeier was also named the BBC’s player of the year based upon overall individual dual match and tournament results.
The all-conference golf team was selected combining both dual match and tournament results. Joining Smeltzer and Leppelmeier on the first team were Owen Sommer of Montpelier, Wyatt Meyer of Holgate, Graycen Osterday of Pettisville and Rylee Bevard of Pettisville.
Second team honors went to Gavin Knierim of Pettisville, Austin Gault of Hilltop, Kaleb Wyse of Pettisville, Creighton Aeschliman of Pettisville, Jordan Schaffner of Hilltop and C.J. Fidler of Montpelier.
Earning honorable mention honors were Kade Stewart of Montpelier, Chandler Lloyd of Stryker, Malachi Smeltzer of Montpelier, Micah Rossman of Hilltop, Jaxson Gray of Holgate and Aiden Wagner of Holgate.
TEAM SCORES: 1. Pettisville 301 (Jack Leppelmeier 72, Gavin Knierim 74, Rylee Bevard 77, Graycen Osterday 78, Creighton Aeschliman 78, Kaleb Wyse 82); 2. Montpelier 314 (Kenneth Smeltzer 70, Owen Sommer 73, C.J. Fidler 85, Kade Stewart 86, Malachi Smeltzer 89, Drake Farley 92); 3. Hilltop 350 (Austin Gault 84, Jordan Schaffner 87, Micah Rossman 89, Lakota Siegel 90, Peyton Stocklin 95, Brennan Dempsey 112) 4. Holgate 350 (Wyatt Meyer 82, Aiden Wagner 87, Jaxson Gray 90, Carter Schwiebert 91, Austin Medina 94, Zander Distel 98; 5. Stryker 371 (Chandler Lloyd 86, Andrew Batterson 89, William Donovan 95, Bradley Williams 101, Breanna Creighton 104, Abram Batterson 106) 6. North Central 372 (Easton Fidler 88, Dakota Coble 91, Talen Reinbolt 95, Jaziel Dominguez 98, Masen Boles 102); 7. Fayette 377 (Caleb Lerma 90, Carter Lavinder 93, Kasen Saunders 97, Kreuz Lichtenwald 97, Keagan Patterson 97, Wyatt Bieber 100); 8. Edon 461 (Trevor Hake 101, Jackson Clinger 118, Lane Brandt 118, Hezekiah David 124, Benry Kellogg 130, Arturo Hernandez 142)
FINAL DUAL MATCH STANDINGS: 1. Pettisville 7-0; 2. Montpelier 6-1; 3. Hilltop 5-2; 4. Stryker 4-3; 5. Holgate 3-4; 6. Fayette 2-5; 7. North Central 1-6; 8. Edon 0-7