Kirtland senior Michael Schnur got off to a rough start at Monday’s Division II sectional tournament at Quail Hollow Country Club.
Schnur’s first shot went out of bounds and he was three over par after two holes but regrouped and finished with a 74 to finish fourth overall.
“I started off pretty shaky with a few wayward tee shots and a bunch of three putts,” Schnur said. “Thankfully, I was able to hit some good wedges to keep me in it and took advantage of the par 5s on my second nine.”
With his fourth-place finish, Schnur advanced to the Division II district tournament. He hopes to play well enough there to make a second straight appearance at the state golf tournament in October.
“I don’t really take a different approach to any tournament, but knowing that I have to post a good score to advance is always in my mind,” he said.
The Hornets finished fifth as a team.
Adam Mueller finished with an 84 and Sean McGill came in with an 87. Jack Dever and Nick Ribic carded a 94 and 113, respectively.
“Being in Division II, we knew it would be tough to advance, but overall I would say winning the (Chagrin Valley Conference) makes this year a success from a team standpoint,” Schnur said.
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin won the sectional title with 298 strokes while Hawken (316) was second and Orange (322) was third. The top three teams advanced to the district tournament.
Orange senior Bentley Stover won medalist honors with a 71 and NDCL’s Aditya Achar and Arya Achar finished second and third with a 72 and 73, respectively.
Chagrin Falls senior Adam Bencko also advanced to district as an individual with a score of 77, tied for seventh overall.
Team Place: * Indicates qualifying team.
1. NDCL* 298 (Charlie Toman 77, Aditya Achar 72, Daniel Milo 76, Arya Achar 73, Jakob Flynn 82); 2. Hawken* 316 (Jack Gole 84, Jack Bonnes 80, Scott Hill 80, Thomas Wong 75, Drew Covitt 81); 3. Orange* 322 (Bentley Stover 71, Adam Marcus 78, Zachary Charnas 86, Jared Garson 87, Kyle Haddon 92); 4. Chagrin Falls 325; 5. Kirtland 339; 6. Edgewood 362; 7. Perry 372; 8. Wickliffe 376; 9. Berkshire 388; 10. Cardinal 433; 11. West Geauga 456; 12. Conneaut 0; 13. Jefferson Area 0;
Individual Scores: * Indicates qualifying individual.
1. Bentley Stover(Orange) 71; 2. Aditya Achar(NDCL) 72; 3. Arya Achar(NDCL) 73; 4. Michael Schnur*(Kirtland) 74; 5. Thomas Wong(Hawken) 75; 6. Daniel Milo(NDCL) 76; 7. Adam Bencko*(Chagrin Falls) 77, Austin Jacobs*(Jefferson Area) 77, Charlie Toman(NDCL) 77; 10. Adam Marcus(Orange) 78; 11. Forrest Kuchling(Berkshire) 79, Dylan Fitchet(Edgewood) 79; 13. Clark Reboul(Chagrin Falls) 80, Jack Bonnes(Hawken) 80, Scott Hill(Hawken) 80; 16. Drew Covitt(Hawken) 81; 17. Winston Breedon(Chagrin Falls) 82, Jakob Flynn(NDCL) 82; 19. Ryan Green(Edgewood) 84, Jack Gole(Hawken) 84, Adam Mueller(Kirtland) 84, Nathan Cubbison(Perry) 84; 23. Luca Opperman(Chagrin Falls) 86, Zachary Charnas(Orange) 86, Stephen Bastian(Perry) 86, Ty Strom(Wickliffe) 86; 27. Seann McGill(Kirtland) 87, Jared Garson(Orange) 87; 29. Nick Carnovale(Perry) 88; 30. Billy Thomas(Wickliffe) 90; 31. Kyle Haddon(Orange) 92; 32. Jack Dever(Kirtland) 94; 33. Jonathan Heredos(Cardinal) 95, Michael Donley(Chagrin Falls) 95; 35. Malachi Lors(Conneaut) 96; 36. Dominic Paolillo(Edgewood) 97; 37. Cole Crea(Berkshire) 100, Caden Neumore(Berkshire) 100, Andrew Michalski(Wickliffe) 100, Nick Colbert(Wickliffe) 100; 41. Will Walker(Edgewood) 102; 42. Anthony Sinito(Cardinal) 104, Hunter Johnston(Edgewood) 104, Chase Wilber(Jefferson Area) 104; 45. Jacob Schreiber(Conneaut) 105; 46. Armen Maksoudian(West Geauga) 108; 47. Tim Pillot(Berkshire) 109, Josh Irwin(West Geauga) 109; 49. Mario Cefaratti(Wickliffe) 110; 50. Lenny Barcikoski(Berkshire) 113, Nick Ribic(Kirtland) 113; 52. Zach Bubonic(Perry) 114; 53. Kevin Hammitt(Cardinal) 115; 54. Sam Bellissimo(Perry) 118, Ruslan Abakumov(West Geauga) 118; 56. Daniel Heredos(Cardinal) 119; 57. Tyler Marous(West Geauga) 121; 58. Mitchell Samas(Cardinal) 124; 59. Travis Johnson(West Geauga) 129; 60. Ethan Butcher(Jefferson Area) 143; 61. Dylan Fedor(Conneaut) DNF, Kevin Henderson(Conneaut) DNF, Jacob Johnson(Jefferson Area) DNF, Casey Clark(Jefferson Area) DNF.
