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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Prep Golf: Boyer leads NB to Lakota crown

FOSTORIA -- North Baltimore sophomore Brock Boyer finished second individually with a 78 to lead the Tigers' boys golf team to the championship in Friday's Lakota Invitational at Loudon Meadows Golf Club.

Boyer fired a 43 on the front nine and a sizzling 35 on the back to help North Baltimore edge second place Lake and Hopewell-Loudon 340-344 for the team title.

New Riegel (346) finished fourth, Carey (349) ended up fifth and Elmwood (376) placed 10th. Fostoria was last in the 15-team field with 427 strokes.

North Baltimore's Corey Bean tied for fifth place overall with an 80. Jacob Frost (90) and Garrett Boyer (92) completed the scoring for the Tigers.

Hopewell-Loudon sophomore Bryce Gorrell tied for third place individually with a 79.

Team Standings

1, NORTH BALTIMORE 340. 2, LAKE 344. 3, HOPEWELL-LOUDON (Bryce Gorrell 79, Aric Creeger 83, Jarid Galinas 86, Adam Black 96) 344. 4, NEW RIEGEL (Andrew Hohman 83, Korey Williams 85, Brady Hall 87, Brandyn Reinhart 91) 346. 5, CAREY (Corbin Blair, Lincoln Stansberry 83, Seth Rehus 91, Grant Wentling 92) 349. 6, TIFFIN COLUMBIAN 357. 7, TIFFIN CALVERT 364. 8, WOODMORE JV 367. 9, OLD FORT 372. 10, ELMWOOD (Brad Corbin 84,Trevor Robbins 93, Allen Dyar 94, Marc Day 105) 376. 11, MOHAWK 382. 12, SENECA EAST 391. 13, GIBSONBURG 395. 14, LAKOTA 301. 15, FOSTORIA Austin Cornell 94, Luke Leonard 98, Collin Bernal-Danner 109, Robby Crotty 126) 427.

Mathew paces Kalida

CELINA -- Four Kalida golfers posted sub-80 rounds as the Wildcats won their second invitational title this week by beating 22 other schools at the Celina Invitational at Fox's Den Golf Course on Friday.

Kalida dominated the field topping runner-up Minster 307-325. Findlay's junior varsity team (350) was 12th and Ottawa-Glandorf (368) ended up 18th.

Cody Mathew led the Wildcats with a 75. Neil Recker (76), Austin Horstman (77) and Zach Erhart (79) also played well for Kalida.

Mitch Perrault led Findlay with a 79. Jarrett Quanrud shot an 85 and Van Mallett and Kirby Simeon both had 93s for the Trojans.

Jaylen Von Sossan and Carson Williams posted the top scores for Ottawa-Glandorf at 87 and 90 respectively. Jake Hashbarger (93), Jacob Schroeder (98) and Tyler Deters (98) also played for the Titans.

Team Standings

1, Kalida 307. 2, Minster 325. 3, Elida 327. 4, Van Wert 330. 5, Wapakoneta 332. 6, Napoleon 335. 7, Celina 337. 8, Delphos St. John's 337. 9, Versailles 345. 10, Greenville 345. 11, Lima Bath 348. 12, Findlay JV 350. 13, Bryan 352. 14, St. Henry 360. 16, Defiance 366. 17, St. Marys Memorial 368. 18, Ottawa-Glandorf 368. 19, Sidney Lehman 375. 20, Kenton 382. 21, Lima Shawnee 408. 22, Marion Local 433. 23, Coldwater 444.

Kotey wins playoff

WILLARD -- Liberty-Benton's Andrew Kotey won medalist honors in a playoff with Upper Sandusky's Daniel Newell to lead the Eagles to the team championship at Friday's Willard Invitational at Willard Golf Club.

Liberty-Benton outscored Upper Sandusky 313-319 for first place. The host Crimson Flashes were third with 322 strokes.

Kotey and Newell were tied after 18 holes at 75. Kotey parred the first playoff hole while Newell settled for a bogey to determine the medalist award.

Jared Neiling and Brad Hoehne fired a 78 and 79 respectively while Tyson Neiling added an 81 to complete the scoring for Liberty-Benton.

Stewart Young netted a 78 to back Newell for the Rams. Trent Howard shot an 81 and Alec Oney added an 85 to complete the scoring for Upper Sandusky.

Team Standings

1, Liberty-Benton 313. 2, Upper Sandusky 319. 3, Willard 322. 4, Bellevue 324. 5, Norwalk St. Paul 335. 6, New London 364. 7, Sandusky 393. 8, South Central 419.

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