For the second consecutive year, Hawken’s boys’ golf team finished second at the district tournament and will compete for a state title.
The Hawks finished with 313 strokes, just four behind Division II Windmill Lakes District champion Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin. The top three teams and top three individuals not on a qualifying team advanced to the state tournament.
Thomas Wong shot a 73 to win an individual district title. Drew Covitt finished tied for fourth place with a 75 and Quinn Petersen and Thomas Hill rounded out the scoring for the Hawks with an 82 and 83, respectively. Cooper Bryan carded an 87 for Hawken.
Perry’s Nick Carnovale finished tied for 14th place with an 80 and Lutheran West’s Jakob Gross also earned a top 25 placement as he shot an 82 to finish 23rd overall. Beachwood’s James O’Neill and Matt Blumenthal both shot 84 to finish tied for 28th and Edgewood’s Ryan Green placed tied for 36th with an 86. West Geauga’s Travis Johnson finished 47th with a 90.
Team Scores
*- Indicates qualifying team
1. NDCL* 309
2. Hawken* 313
3. West Branch* 321
4. Waynedale 325
5. CVCA 331
6. Rootstown 346
7. Canton South 354
8. Lake Catholic 357
9. Orrville 361
10. Ursuline 362
11. Firelands 376
12. Crestwood 392
Individual Scores
* Indicates qualifying individual
1. Thomas Wong(Hawken) 73; 2. Nick Pidgeon(West Branch) 74, Danny Milo(NDCL) 74; 4. Aiden Wiesemann(West Branch) 75, Drew Covitt(Hawken) 75; 6. Thad Weaver*(Waynedale) 76, Aditya Achar(NDCL) 76; 8. Jackson Talbott*(Firelands) 77; 9. Dylan Ledford*(Waynedale) 78; 10. Brett Blickensderfer(West Branch) 79, Parker Duxbury(Orrville) 79, Zander Gibson(NDCL) 79, John Goddard(Lake Catholic) 79; 14. Caden Scarbrough(CVCA) 80, Kaiden Sykes (South Range) 80, David Simpkins(NDCL) 80, Nick Carnovale (Perry) 80, Mason Bartholomy(Rootstown) 80, Ian Benoit(Crestwood) 80; 20. Andrew Hendrickx(CVCA) 81, Ethan Sicafuse(Ursuline) 81, Nicco Sabella(Ursuline) 81; 23. Jakob Gross (Luth. West) 82, Quinn Petersen(Hawken) 82, Brandon Stephenson(Rootstown) 82; 26. Aidan Leahy(Canton South) 83, Thomas Hill(Hawken) 83; 28. Mason Henry(CVCA) 84, Gavin Batdorff (South Range) 84, Ean Miller(Waynedale) 84, James ONeill (Beachwood) 84, Matt Blumenthal (Beachwood) 84, Devon Skufca(NDCL) 84; 34. Matt O’Connor (SVSM) 85, Joe Iberis (Poland Seminary) 85; 36. Aiden Cannone(CVCA) 86, Dominik Cosic(Lake Catholic) 86, Ryan Green (Edgewood) 86; 39. Blake Bolinski(CVCA) 87, Brayden Brooks(Canton South) 87, Alex Pittman(Waynedale) 87, Cooper Bryan(Hawken) 87; 43. Trey Barkman(Waynedale) 88, David Dilyard(Orrville) 88, Jake Britton (Garfield) 88; 46. Cole Hostetler(Rootstown) 89; 47. Travis Johnson (West Geauga) 90; 48. Maddox Kruger(Canton South) 91, James Riley(Crestwood) 91; 50. Garrett Harvey(West Branch) 93, Kameron Long(Canton South) 93, Logan Zaleski(Canton South) 93, Jalen Rankin(Lake Catholic) 93; 54. Aaron Urban(Firelands) 94; 55. Toby McAllister(Orrville) 95, Blake Bower(Rootstown) 95; 57. Dylan Bower(Rootstown) 96; 58. JD Brain(West Branch) 97, Joey Brooks(Ursuline) 97; 60. Will Folley(Firelands) 98; 61. Kaiden Domer(Orrville) 99, Owen Weaver(Lake Catholic) 99; 63. Aiden Slattery(Lake Catholic) 100, Jake Witheraw (Champion) 100; 65. Patrick Faloon(Ursuline) 103; 66. Jacob Banton(Orrville) 106; 67. Steven Iwanek(Firelands) 107; 68. Brady Svab(Crestwood) 110; 69. Joey Carosella(Ursuline) 111, Isaac Guyette(Crestwood) 111; 71. William Suglia(Firelands) 113; 72. R.J. Loomer(Crestwood) 114.
