Four Chagrin Valley Conference boys golf postseason tournaments will tee off Monday morning at two locations, bringing together some of the league’s deepest lineups and many of its lowest-scoring golfers for 18 holes.
The Chagrin and Lake divisions will compete at Quail Hollow, while the Metro and Valley divisions head to Fowler’s Mill.
The projections below offer a different way to evaluate each field. Rather than relying strictly on dual-match records, teams are ranked by the best scoring performances their golfers have produced this season.
Each projected team score uses four golfers.
Those totals should be viewed as a measure of each lineup’s demonstrated scoring ceiling, not a prediction. The rounds may have been played on different courses and different dates.
The individual medalist rankings similarly emphasize 18-hole scoring while using nine-hole performance as additional context.
A note on the data: Records, scores, and statistical trends are based on results reported throughout the season. Incomplete individual results can affect season-low totals, rankings and projections.
Chagrin Division — Quail Hollow
Orange enters Monday with the deepest collection of proven 18-hole scores in the Chagrin Division.
The Lions produced a 312 at the CVC preseason tournament, with Jordan Clotman shooting 76 and Ethan Feldman and Sammy Heiser each carding 77. West Geauga, Hawken and North all finished within 23 strokes of Orange in that tournament, setting up a division in which several teams have enough low scores to make a run Monday.
Projected Team Rankings
1. Orange — 312
Jordan Clotman 76
Ethan Feldman 77
Sammy Heiser 77
Charlie Thomas 82
2. West Geauga — 328
Dylan Phillips 73
Jackson Clark 80
Anderson Osolin 87
Nick Gierman 88
3. Hawken — 332
Evan Bai 77
Owen Kahn 80
Nate Sewell 87
Rees Mitchell 88
4. North — 335
Drew Morbeto 81
Evan Mitchell 83
Omar Amoroso 85
AJ Brown 86
5. Chagrin Falls — 354
Jack Rubin 85
Peter Fischer 86
Micah Berger 89
Justin Bookman 94
6. Chardon — 359
Noah Darone 89
AJ Boose 89
Maverick Fetheroff 90
Luke Evans 91
Orange’s 312 carries additional weight because it wasn’t pieced together from four rounds on different days. The Lions actually produced that score together at the preseason tournament.
Medalist Contenders
The first number is the golfer’s best verified 18-hole score; the second is his best reported nine-hole score when available.
- Dylan Phillips, West Geauga — 73 / 35
- Jordan Clotman, Orange — 76 / 38
- Ethan Feldman, Orange — 77 / 33
- Evan Bai, Hawken — 77 / 34
- Sammy Heiser, Orange — 77 / 38
- Owen Kahn, Hawken — 80 / 36
- Jackson Clark, West Geauga — 80 / 41
- Drew Morbeto, North — 81 / 39
- Charlie Thomas, Orange — 82 / 37
- Evan Mitchell, North — 83 / 41
- Russell Melvey, Orange — 84 / 37
- Jack Rubin, Chagrin Falls — 85 / 36
- Omar Amoroso, North — 85 / 41
- Peter Fischer, Chagrin Falls — 86 / 34
- AJ Brown, North — 86 / 42
Chagrin Division Notes
Phillips has already proven himself in CVC tournament golf. The West Geauga standout shot 70 to win the 2024 postseason medalist title, then finished second with a 75 last season. His 73 at this year’s preseason tournament gives him three consecutive CVC tournament rounds of 75 or better.
Orange has strength in numbers. Five Lions are among the top 11 golfers on the season-low board. Clotman, Feldman and Heiser have all shot 77 or better over 18 holes, and Feldman owns the lowest reported nine-hole score among the leading Chagrin contenders at 33.
Orange also enters as the defending Chagrin postseason tournament champion after shooting 321 last year. Clotman tied for third individually with a 79, Heiser shot 81 and Melvey 82.
Bai gives Hawken another legitimate medalist threat. His 77 season low puts him alongside Feldman and Heiser, while his 34 over nine holes shows that he can go extremely low for extended stretches.
Chagrin Falls has two interesting sleepers. Rubin owns an 85 over 18 holes and has been down to 36 over nine, while Fischer has posted a 34. Neither begins Monday at the top of the 18-hole board, but both have demonstrated scoring capable of quickly changing a tournament leaderboard.
Lake Division — Quail Hollow
Perry has the lowest projected team total in the Lake Division and also owns the division’s best individual 18-hole score.
The Pirates shot 335 at the preseason tournament, 14 strokes ahead of Geneva. Madison was third at 362, followed by Jefferson and Edgewood.
Projected Team Rankings
1. Perry — 335
Ben Dame 77
Bronson Denholm 84
Carson Porcello 85
Carmen Mucciarone 89
2. Geneva — 349
Carter Roberts 85
Matt Oros 88
Shayne Miniard 88
Tanner Hartz 88
3. Madison — 362
Jake Duaso 81
Brady Ellsworth 91
Luke Gibbons 94
Easton Washlock 96
4. Jefferson — 382
Tristan Gilman 89
Carter Pepperney 90
Landon Seames 97
RJ Cotton 106
5. Edgewood — 397
Connor Penny 88
Jackson Heinbaugh 92
Mike Brydle 99
Seve Ponteri 118
6. Lakeside — 539
Landon Wilber 124
Sebastian Fobell 129
Connor Yopp 135
Aiden Coup 151
Conneaut
Brady Morrison, Jacob Thompson and other Spartans remain part of the individual field, but the available data used for this preview did not produce four verified 18-hole scores for a complete team total.
Medalist Contenders
- Ben Dame, Perry — 77 / 33
- Jake Duaso, Madison — 81 / 37
- Bronson Denholm, Perry — 84 / 36
- Carson Porcello, Perry — 85 / 35
- Carter Roberts, Geneva — 85 / 37
- Matt Oros, Geneva — 88 / 34
- Connor Penny, Edgewood — 88 / 38
- Shayne Miniard, Geneva — 88 / 40
- Tanner Hartz, Geneva — 88 / 40
- Brady Morrison, Conneaut — 88 / 44
- Carmen Mucciarone, Perry — 89 / 34
- Tristan Gilman, Jefferson — 89 / 35
- Carter Pepperney, Jefferson — 90 / 45
- Brady Ellsworth, Madison — 91 / 38
- Jackson Heinbaugh, Edgewood — 92 / 36
Lake Division Notes
Dame set the standard immediately. His 77 won Lake Division medalist honors at the preseason tournament and remains the lowest verified 18-hole score in the division.
Perry’s nine-hole scores demonstrate just how deep the Pirates can be. Dame has been down to 33, Mucciarone to 34, Porcello to 35, and Denholm to 36.
That gives Perry four different golfers capable of producing tournament-changing stretches.
Duaso has already won at Quail Hollow when the postseason pressure was highest. The Madison golfer shot 76 to capture the 2025 Lake Division postseason medalist championship.
Penny also has proven postseason form. He finished second to Duaso last season with a 79. His current 18-hole season low may not place him at the very top of Monday’s rankings, but his history on this course makes him difficult to overlook.
Geneva’s strength is balance. Only three strokes separate the Eagles’ four best 18-hole scores: Roberts at 85 and Oros, Miniard and Hartz at 88.
Geneva is also the defending Lake Division postseason tournament champion after firing a 348 last season.
Metro Division — Fowler’s Mill
The biggest number—or, in golf terms, the smallest number—in any of Monday’s four tournaments belongs to Independence.
Kaden Schuette fired a remarkable 65 at the preseason tournament, helping the Blue Devils shoot 306 as a team.
That remains the lowest four-player tournament score produced by any of Monday’s divisional contenders in the CVC preseason events.
Projected Team Rankings
1. Independence — 306
Kaden Schuette 65
Johnny Walsh 78
Anderson Jolliffe 80
David Crooks 83
2. Fairview — 332
Ethan Szegedy 80
Kenny Lowe 82
Maxx Sather 85
Finn Heffron 85
3. Beachwood — 378
Liav Perez 79
Elliot Lappen 95
Ezra Klein 99
Coby Saidel 105
4. Cuyahoga Heights — 388
Noah Scharf 86
Dominic Sciano 96
Dean Bardzilauskas 101
Kyle Goines 105
5. Lutheran West — 430
Maximus Deaton 89
Cooper Lane 103
Adam Skillton 118
Liam Sharpe 120
Like Orange, Independence has already produced its projected score together in tournament competition. The 306 isn’t merely a sum of four unrelated season lows—it was the Blue Devils’ actual preseason tournament total.
Medalist Contenders
- Kaden Schuette, Independence — 65
- Johnny Walsh, Independence — 78 / 38
- Liav Perez, Beachwood — 79 / 39
- Anderson Jolliffe, Independence — 80 / 41
- Ethan Szegedy, Fairview — 80 / 45
- Kenny Lowe, Fairview — 82 / 44
- David Crooks, Independence — 83 / 45
- Maxx Sather, Fairview — 85 / 36
- Mitch Meyer, Independence — 85 / 42
- Finn Heffron, Fairview — 85 / 45
- Noah Scharf, Cuyahoga Heights — 86
- Maximus Deaton, Lutheran West — 89 / 38
- Carter Holliday, Fairview — 94 / 46
- Elliot Lappen, Beachwood — 95 / 48
- Dominic Sciano, Cuyahoga Heights — 96
Metro Division Notes
Schuette’s 65 is in a category of its own. It was eight shots lower than the winning scores posted by Phillips and Nead in the Chagrin Valley Conference preseason tournaments and 12 lower than Dame’s winning Lake score.
The performance wasn’t just about one golfer.
Walsh shot 78, Jolliffe 80 and Crooks 83, meaning all four Independence scorers finished at 83 or better.
Fairview knows how to perform at Fowler’s Mill. The Warriors won last year’s Metro postseason tournament with a 337. Holliday won medalist honors with an 81, while Sather finished one stroke behind at 82. Schuette shot 84 in that tournament.
That experience makes Fairview especially interesting despite Independence’s dramatic scoring advantage on paper.
Sather could be a wildcard. His 85 season-low 18-hole round doesn’t jump off the page compared with Independence’s leaders, but his nine-hole low of 36 suggests significantly more scoring upside.
Perez gives Beachwood a genuine individual threat. His 79 over 18 holes trails only Schuette and Walsh among Metro golfers in the current season-low rankings.
Valley Division — Fowler’s Mia
Kirtland owns both the lowest projected team score and the top three 18-hole individual scores in the Valley Division.
Nick Nead leads the way with a 73, but the Hornets’ strength goes much deeper than their No. 1 golfer.
Johnny Scalish has shot 78, Sammy Ridgeway 79, and Ryan Green 85.
Projected Team Rankings
1. Kirtland — 315
Nick Nead 73
Johnny Scalish 78
Sammy Ridgeway 79
Ryan Green 85
2. Rootstown — 351
Drew Just 82
Troy Kopac 88
Nathan Waesch 90
Liam Miller 91
3. Berkshire — 395
Angelo DeCarlo 89
Seth Kellogg 95
Asher Taylor 105
Holden Hedrick 106
4. Harvey — 500
Dominic Cannon 106
Luke Cvelbar 118
James Ball 138
Brian Martinez 138
The most significant change since the preseason tournament belongs to Rootstown.
The Rovers shot 373 in August. Their current four-player season-low projection has fallen to 351, a 22-stroke improvement. The preseason result included Just at 95, Waesch at 92, Sam Klem at 93 and Anthony Pratt at 95 among Rootstown’s leading scores.
Medalist Contenders
- Nick Nead, Kirtland — 73 / 36
- Johnny Scalish, Kirtland — 78 / 38
- Sammy Ridgeway, Kirtland — 79 / 38
- Drew Just, Rootstown — 82 / 40
- Ryan Green, Kirtland — 85 / 38
- Troy Kopac, Rootstown — 88 / 47
- Angelo DeCarlo, Berkshire — 89 / 35
- Nathan Waesch, Rootstown — 90 / 35
- Chase Sedlak, Kirtland — 90 / 37
- Liam Miller, Rootstown — 91 / 44
- Sam Klem, Rootstown — 92 / 41
- Seth Kellogg, Berkshire — 95 / 42
- Anthony Pratt, Rootstown — 95 / 44
- Nolan VanLoan, Kirtland — 99 / 44
- Asher Taylor, Berkshire — 105 / 41
Valley Division Notes
Nead is chasing a three-peat.
He shot 78 to win the 2024 Valley Division postseason medalist title, lowered that to 74 while repeating in 2025, then opened this season by shooting 73 to win the CVC preseason tournament.
That progression—78, 74, 73—makes him perhaps the most proven postseason golfer in Monday’s Valley field.
Kirtland is also the two-time defending Valley postseason team champion, winning in both 2024 and 2025.
Ridgeway brings his own postseason résumé. He tied for third last season with an 82 and has since lowered his 18-hole season best to 79.
Rootstown has made major strides. Just has lowered his best from 95 at the preseason tournament to 82. Kopac has moved from 104 to 88, Miller from 100 to 91, and Waesch from 92 to 90.
That collective improvement is why Rootstown’s projected four-player score has dropped by 22 strokes.
DeCarlo and Waesch have both demonstrated the ability to go low over nine holes. Each owns a reported low of 35, suggesting more upside than their 18-hole season-best rankings alone might indicate.
Eighteen Holes Will Settle It
Season-best scores reveal what a golfer and a lineup have shown they are capable of doing.
Monday requires them to do it together.
Orange brings the deepest collection of low rounds into the Chagrin tournament. Perry combines a 77 from Dame with several other golfers who have broken 40 repeatedly over nine holes. Independence owns the lowest team score produced in any of the four preseason tournaments and the field’s most explosive individual performance in Schuette’s 65.
And in the Valley, Kirtland brings both the deepest lineup and a two-time defending medalist in Nead, while Rootstown arrives as perhaps the most improved 18-hole lineup since the preseason tournament.
Phillips, Dame, Schuette and Nead own the benchmark scores.
Plenty of challengers have shown they can go low enough to make Monday interesting.
Now they get 18 holes to prove it.
