The 2026 Chagrin Valley Conference boys golf season is officially underway, and the opening preseason tournaments on Monday offered an early glimpse at the teams to beat.
Orange claimed the Chagrin Division championship behind a balanced lineup, while Perry took top honors in the Lake Division. Independence dominated the Metro Division with an impressive 306 team score, and Kirtland controlled the Valley Division to open its campaign.
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Individually, Dylan Phillips (West Geauga) earned Chagrin Division medalist honors with a 73, Ben Dame (Perry) captured the Lake title with a 77, Kaden Schuette (Independence) fired a tournament-best 65 to win the Metro medal, and Nick Nead (Kirtland) paced the Valley field with a 73.
Below are the complete team and individual results from all four preseason tournaments.
At Fowler’s Mill
Team Scores
1. Orange 312
2. West Geauga 328
3. Hawken 332
4. Eastlake North 335
5. Chagrin Falls 354
6. Chardon 359
7. Willoughby South 364
Individual Scores
1. Dylan Phillips, West Geauga 73
2. Jordan Clotman, Orange 76
T3. Evan Bai, Hawken 77
T3. Sammy Heiser, Orange 77
T3. Ethan Feldman, Orange 77
T6. Owen Khan, Hawken 80
T6. Jackson Clark, West Geauga 80
8. Drew Morbeto, Eastlake North 81
9. Charlie Thomas, Orange 82
T10. Evan Mitchell, Eastlake North 83
T10. Ralph Zappola, Willoughby South 83
12. Russell Melvey, Orange 84
T13. Jack Rubin, Chagrin Falls 85
T13. Omar Amoroso, Eastlake North 85
T15. Peter Fischer, Chagrin Falls 86
T15. AJ Brown, Eastlake North 86
T17. Nate Sewell, Hawken 87
T17. Anderson Osolin, West Geauga 87
T19. Rees Mitchell, Hawken 88
T19. Nick Gierman, West Geauga 88
T21. Micah Berger, Chagrin Falls 89
T21. Noah Darone, Chardon 89
T21. AJ Boose, Chardon 89
T21. Aidan Tong, Orange 89
25. Maverick Fetheroff, Chardon 90
T26. Luke Evans, Chardon 91
T26. Jack Kubish, Willoughby South 91
T28. Justin Bookman, Chagrin Falls 94
T28. Nick Ward, Willoughby South 94
T30. Tommy Clark, Chagrin Falls 96
T30. Kai Roesch, Chardon 96
T30. Mitchell Nitz, West Geauga 96
33. Tyler Zappola, Willoughby South 97
T34. Zachariah Darone, Chardon 98
T34. Sam Longworth, Willoughby South 98
36. Josh Markowitz, Hawken 100
37. Charlie Thompkins, Hawken 101
T38. Rice Johnson, Chagrin Falls 104
T38. Vinny Amoroso, Eastlake North 104
40. Sam Leskiewicz, Willoughby South 106
41. Kian Becker, Eastlake North 108
42. Noah Liston, West Geauga 109
Lake Division
At Fowler’s Mill
Team Scores
1. Perry 335
2. Geneva 349
3. Madison 362
4. Jefferson 382
5. Edgewood 397
6. Lakeside 539
Individual Scores
1. Ben Dame, Perry 77
2. Jake Duaso, Madison 81
3. Branson Denholm, Perry 84
4. Carter Roberts, Geneva 85
5. Carson Porcello, Perry 85
6. Brady Morrison, Conneaut 88
7. Connor Perry, Edgewood 88
8. Shayne Miniard, Geneva 88
9. Matt Oros, Geneva 88
10. Tanner Hartz, Geneva 88
11. Tristan Gilman, Jefferson 89
12. Carmen Maccarione, Perry 89
13. Carter Pepperney, Jefferson 90
14. Brady Ellsworth, Madison 91
15. Jackson Heinbaugh, Edgewood 92
16. Luke Gibbons, Madison 94
17. Preston Rupert, Perry 94
18. Easton Washlock, Madison 96
19. Landon Seames, Jefferson 97
20. Ryan Dragon, Perry 97
21. Mikey Brydle, Edgewood 99
22. Jackson Veon, Geneva 103
23. Jacob Thompson, Conneaut 105
24. Mayank Yadav, Geneva 105
25. RJ Cotton, Jefferson 106
26. Jacob Pekar, Madison 107
27. Dan Green, Jefferson 111
28. Landon Fellenstein, Madison 115
29. Seve Ponteri, Edgewood 118
30. Lucas Bisbee, Edgewood 122
31. Gabe Stone, Jefferson 123
32. Landon Wilber, Lakeside 124
33. Sebestain Fobell, Lakeside 129
34. Connor Yopp, Lakeside 135
35. Kaydin Hand, Conneaut 141
T36. Aiden Coup, Lakeside 151
T36. Tim Mason, Lakeside 151
38. Jayden Spencer, Lakeside 161
Metro Division
At St. Denis Golf Club
Team Scores
1. Independence 306
2. Fairview 332
3. Beachwood 378
4. Cuyahoga Heights 388
5. Lutheran West 430
Individual Scores
1. Kaden Schuette, Independence 65
2. Johnny Walsh, Independence 78
3. Liav Perez, Beachwood 79
T4. Ethan Szegedy, Fairview 80
T4. Anderson Joliffe, Independence 80
6. Kenny Lowe, Fairview 82
7. David Crooks, Independence 83
T8. Finn Heffon, Fairview 85
T8. Max Sather, Fairview 85
T8. Mitch Myer, Independence 85
11. Noah Scharf, Cuyahoga Heights 86
12. Maximus Deaton, Lutheran West 89
13. Carter Holiday, Fairview 94
14. Elliott Lappen, Beachwood 95
15. Dominic Sciano, Cuyahoga Heights 96
16. Julian Berger, Fairview 98
17. Ezra Klein, Beachwood 99
18. Henry Harrison, Independence 100
19. Dean Bardzilauskas, Cuyahoga Heights 101
20. Cooper Lane, Lutheran West 103
T21. Coby Saidel, Beachwood 105
T21. Kyle Goines, Cuyahoga Heights 105
23. Cru Kovith, Cuyahoga Heights 108
24. Adam Skillton, Lutheran West 118
25. Liam Sharpe, Lutheran West 120
26. Jade Buford, Beachwood 136
27. Avital Kahn, Beachwood 137
Valley Division
At St. Denis Golf Club
Team Scores
1. Kirtland 315
2. Rootstown 373
3. Berkshire 395
4. Harvey 500
Individual Scores
1. Nick Nead, Kirtland 73
2. Johnny Scalish, Kirtland 78
3. Sammy Ridgeway, Kirtland 79
4. Ryan Green, Kirtland 85
5. Angelo DeCarlo, Berkshire 89
6. Chase Sudlak, Kirtland 90
7. Nathan Waesch, Rootstown 92
8. Sam Klem, Rootstown 93
T9. Seth Kellogg, Berkshire 95
T9. Drew Just, Rootstown 95
T9. Anthony Pratt, Rootstown 95
12. Nolan VanLoan, Kirtland 99
13. Liam Miller, Rootstown 100
14. Troy Kopac, Rootstown 104
15. Asher Taylor, Berkshire 105
T16. Holden Hedrick, Berkshire 106
T16. Dom Cannon, Harvey 106
18. Luke Cvelbar, Harvey 118
19. Cal Proser, Berkshire 127
T20. James Ball, Harvey 138
T20. Brian Martinez, Harvey 138
