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DIVISION SECTIONAL RUNNER-UP … Joel Saneholtz (Montpelier) shot an 82 to help the Locos take second and qualify for districts in Bowling Green. VIEW 168 PHOTOS OF THIS CONTEST FOR FREE AT WWW.THEVILLAGEREPORTER.COM
DIVISION III DISTRICT QUALIFIER … Evergreen freshman Hayden Timbrook became the school’s first individual qualifier since 2001 after carding an 82.
By: Nate Calvin
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
sports@thevillagereporter.com
WAUSEON (September 26, 2024) – Area boys golfers took to the links for Division II and Division III sectional play with several area teams and individuals advancing to the district tournaments.
Ironwood Golf Course in Wauseon was the site of Division III play where the top three teams and top three individuals not on a qualifying team advanced to the district tournament on October 3, 2024 at Stone Ridge GC in Bowling Green.
The top two teams during the regular season in the BBC took the top two spots as Pettisville (314) won the sectional title and Montpelier (323) was runner-up. Tinora shot a 338 to take the third spot for districts.
Pettisville’s Jack Leppelmeier was individual sectional champion after posting a 73 and Montpelier’s Owen Sommer was runner-up with a 75.
Evergreen freshman Hayden Timbrook became the first Viking individual distract qualifier since 2001 after tying for seventh place with an 82 as the Vikings were sixth after totaling a 361.
Stryker’s Daniel Donovan earned a spot at districts after getting into a three-man playoff for the final two spots by shooting an 84, and he would par the first playoff hole to advance.
North Central (365) was the next BBC school in seventh, Hilltop (373) placed eighth, Stryker (376) took ninth, and Fayette (410) rounded out the BBC schools by taking 12th.
In Division II at Eagle’s Landing Golf Course, Swanton, led by a 79 from Mazin Rukieh, grabbed the third and final team qualifying spot after edging Eastwood and Delta by three strokes.
Three NWOAL golfers grabbed a qualifying spot as the top four individuals not on a qualifying team punched their ticket to the district tournament on October 3, 2024 at Maumee Bay State Park Golf Course.
Lane Lopez of Delta led the contingent with a 73 to tie for third overall and lead Delta (337) to a fifth-place team finish and Archbold’s Grady Short tied for fifth to move on after firing a 74 for sixth place Archbold (349).
Bryan’s Kai Dauber was the third individual qualifier from the NWOAL after a round of 79 to finish in a tie for eighth as the Golden Bears took eighth place with a 358.
NWOAL champion Wauseon took 10th led by Ethan Schnitkey’s 81 and Carter Stuckey turned in an 83.
DIVISION III SECTIONALS (@ Ironwood Golf Course)
TEAM SCORES (*Top 3 teams advance to districts): 1. *Pettisville 314 (Jack Leppelmeier 73, Creighton Aeschliman 76, Connor Elliot 78, Gavin Knierim 87); 2. Montpelier *323 (Owen Sommer 75, Kenneth Smeltzer 77, Joel Saneholtz 82, Malachi Smeltzer 89); 3. *Tinora 338; 4. Liberty Center 347; 5. Toledo Christian 357; 6. Evergreen 361 (Hayden Timbrook 82, Chris Shrader 91, Brady Seabolt 93, Caden Beier 95, Michael Laver 95); 7. North Central 365 (Kahle Thompson 86, Kade Stewart 88, Talen Reinbolt 92, Masen Boles 99); 8. Hilltop 373 (Austin Gault 88, Jordan Schaffner 91, Lakota Siegel 93, Peyton Stocklin 101, Micah Rossman 101); 9. Stryker 376 (Daniel Donovan 84, Jacob Myers 95, Chandler Lloyd 96, William Donovan 101); 10. Emmanuel Christian 378; 11. MVCD 384; 12. Fayette 410 (Kruez Lichtenwald 96, Carter Lavinder 100, Keagan Patterson 106, Kasen Saunders 108); 13. Edgerton 448 (Jon Cronin 104, Cole Gary 111, Ian Cronin 11, Parker Abraham 122)
INDIVIDUALS ADVANCING TO DISTRICTS: T7. Hayden Timbrook (Evergreen) 82; T10. Sam Hutz (Emmanuel Christian) 84; Daniel Donovan (Stryker) 84
DIVISION II SECTIONALS (@ Eagles Landing Golf Course)
TEAM SCORES: (*Top 3 teams advance to districts): 1. *Ottawa Hills 305; 2. *Genoa 317; 3. *Swanton 334 (Mazin Rukieh 79, Adam Lemon 83, Dylan Smigelski 83, Brady O’Shea 89); 4. Eastwood 337; 5. Delta 337 (Lane Lopez 73, Slade Young 81, Adam Mattin 90, Ashton Alig 93); 6. Archbold 349 (Grady Short 74, Zach Short 91, Griffen Valentine 91, CJ Arroyo-Thompson 93); 7. Tol. Central Catholic 352; 8. Bryan 358 (Kai Dauber 79, Jaydan Deel 90, Drew Engstrom 93, Landon Bassett 96); 9. Lake 359; 10. Wauseon 364 (Ethan Schnitkey 81, Carter Stuckey 83, Mykale Schneider 96, Jack Alstaetter 106); 11. Otsego 365; 12. Rossford 402
INDIVIDUALS ADVANCING TO DISTRICTS: T3. Lane Lopez (Delta) 73; T5. Grady Short (Archbold) 74; 7. Parker Bengry (Eastwood) 78; T8. Kai Dauber (Bryan) 79
