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LOCOS TAKE THIRD … Drake Farley of Montpelier watches a putt as part of his round of 91 as the Locos placed third. VIEW PHOTOS OF THIS CONTEST FOR FREE AT WWW.THEVILLAGEREPORTER.COM
TEEING OFF … Wauseon’s Alyias Molina tees off during play in the Wauseon Invitational at Ironwood Golf Course.
By: John Fryman
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
john@thevillagereporter.com
WAUSEON (August 4, 2026) – It was a record-setting effort by the Pettisville Blackbirds following their own dominance in winning the Wauseon Invitational on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at Ironwood Golf Course.
The Blackbirds prevailed with a team score of 286, which was 2-under par while breaking their school record of 294, which was set last year in the Pettisville Invitational, also held at Ironwood Golf Course.
Pettisville’s Graycen Osterday captured medalist honors with a 4-under-par score of 68, breaking his previous personal record of -3.
Osterday also tied the school record for an 18-hole score to par (-4), which was previously set by Max Leppelmeier in 2019.
The Blackbirds had six of their golfers named to the all-tournament team, led by Osterday’s 68. Teammate Kaleb Wyse was runner-up with a 71, Grant Boyers had a 73, Dawson Knierim had a 74, Rylee Bevard had a 77 and Gavin Knierim had a 78.
Also named to the all-tournament team were Keegan Clapp of Delta (73), Lane Lopez of Delta (75), Cohen Ford of Napoleon (75), Owen Sommer of Montpelier (78), Jack Daeger of Paulding (78) and Braden Huber of Toledo Christian (78).
Runner-up Napoleon was 30 shots back of Pettisville as the Wildcats tallied a 316 score, followed by Montpelier (317), Delta (328), Paulding (331), Toledo Christian (341), Ayersville (346), Antwerp (351), Wauseon (358), Evergreen (363), Fairview (404), Maumee Valley Country Day (414) and Stryker (418).
Montpelier’s other scores were C.J. Fidler (79), Kade Stewart (79), Malachi Smeltzer (81), Drake Farley (91) and Braylon Hopper (99).
Other scores for Delta were Luke Spiess (89), Brady Kile (91), Randy Wyse (99) and Sullivan O’Brien (119).
Dean Kuckuck led Wauseon with an 88, followed by Alyias Molina (89), Cayden Ruffer (90), and Gavin Fisher (91)
Chris Shrader led Evergreen with an 89, followed by Braxten Hudik 90, Matthew Jenkins 92, Wade Stubleski 92, Jake Farley 95 and Brendan Rafferty 102.
Chandler Lloyd led Stryker with a 90, followed by Brenna Creighton 96, Mason Gilliland 115, Abel Batterson 117 and Noah Andres 131.
Other individual scores for Pettisville were Jamison Beck 87, Dalton Zimmerman 88 and Micah Rossman 91.
Wauseon’s individual scores were Dominic Valvano 97, Reid Moser 100, Denton Fulton 109, Aiden Shea 113 and Travis Baldwin 119.
At Ironwood Golf Course
Pettisville (286): Graycen Osterday 68, Kaleb Wyse 71, Grant Boyers 73, Dawson Knierim 74, Rylee Bevard 77. Napoleon (316): Cohen Ford 75, Mason Drewes 79, Mason Bachman 80, Grant Bostelman 82, Alex Schlosser 83, Landon Murray 89. Montpelier (317): Owen Sommer 78, C.J. Fidler 79, Kade Stewart 79, Malachi Smeltzer 81, Drake Farley 91, Braylon Hopper 99. Delta (328): Keegan Clapp 73, Lane Lopez 75, Luke Spiess 89, Brady Kile 91, Randy Wyse 99, Sullivan O’Brien 119. Paulding (331): Jack Daeger 78, Gannon Parrett 80, Tyler Goings 85, Cameron Williams 88, Timothy Font 90, Sawyer Hunt 101. Toledo Christian (341): Braden Huber 78, Carter Kirsch 84, Jacob Garrett 88, Peter Franch 91, Ethan Quinn 94, Gage Hess 96. Ayersville (346): Kallen Foreman 84, Alex Jones 85, Evan Wolfrum 88, Graham Schlachter 89, Zachary Borton 90, Grady Wolfrum 94. Antwerp (351): Kyler Johnson 85, Emerson Morrow 86, Noah Lucas 89, Lincoln Lucas 91, Tyler Bradbury 110, Isaac Meyer 116. Wauseon (358): Dean Kuckuck 88, Alyias Molina 89, Cayden Ruffer 90, Gavin Fisher 91, Maddox Schneider 94, Jakob Yocum 98. Evergreen (363): Chris Shrader 89, Braxten Hudik 90, Wade Stubleski 92, Matthew Jenkins 92, Jake Farley 95, Brendan Rafferty 102. Fairview (404): Jonah Shininger 84, Will Mavis 97, Wyatt Santo 110, Caleb Rohrs 113, Logan Bok 113, Princeton Meyer 113. Maumee Valley Country Day (414): Harlan Poupard 91, Cam Lloyd 100, Jet Conover 108, Alya Zafar 115. Stryker (418): Chandler Lloyd 90, Brenna Creighton 96, Mason Gilliland 115, Abel Batterson 117, Noah Andres 131.