O’Neill, Gross qualify for district tournament

Beachwood’s James O’Neill and Lutheran West’s Jakob Gross tied for third place at the Division II Forest Hills sectional tournament on Tuesday. The Chagrin Valley Conference golfers earned a berth to next week’s district tournament.

O’Neill and Gross each shot 77 to advance.

Lutheran West narrowly missed out on advancing to districts as a team. The Longhorns finished tied for third with 343 strokes but Orrville held the advantage in the tiebreaker. Only the top three teams and top three individuals not on a qualifying team advanced.

Beachwood finished in 11th place as a team.

Team Scores:

* Indicates qualifying team

1. Waynedale* 317
2. Firelands* 342
3. Orrville* 343
4. Luth. West 343
5. Keystone 344
6. Chippewa 346
7. Triway 362
8. Holy Name 369
9. Fairview 374
10. Northwestern 377
11. Beachwood 380
12. Elyria Cath. 398
13. Black River 458;

Individual Scores:

* Indicates qualifying individual

1. Jordan Lebron*(Holy Name) 63; 2. Dylan Ledford(Waynedale) 72; 3. James ONeill*(Beachwood) 77, Jakob Gross*(Luth. West) 77; 5. Jackson Talbott(Firelands) 78, Parker Duxbury(Orrville) 78; 7. Matt Blumenthal(Beachwood) 79; 8. Ben Ellis(Chippewa) 80, Thad Weaver(Waynedale) 80; 10. Aaron Urban(Firelands) 81, Bryan Sayers(Keystone) 81, David Dilyard(Orrville) 81, Ean Miller(Waynedale) 81; 14. Jared Braman(Chippewa) 82, Jake Morgan(Keystone) 82; 16. Kyle Mahaffey(Elyria Cath.) 83; 17. Ian Morgan(Keystone) 84, Trey Barkman(Waynedale) 84; 19. Ryan Eckert(Fairview) 85, Cal Rhamy(Northwestern) 85, Joey Ballinger(Northwestern) 85; 22. Griffin Braun(Triway) 86; 23. Steven Iwanek(Firelands) 87, D.J. Robinson(Luth. West) 87, Tyler Robinson(Luth. West) 87; 26. Tyler Holliday(Fairview) 88; 27. Brady Barnett(Chippewa) 89, Toby McAllister(Orrville) 89, Colton Snyder(Triway) 89; 30. Alex Pittman(Waynedale) 90; 31. Joey Abraham(Holy Name) 91; 32. Jack Munro(Fairview) 92, Cameron Wandrie(Luth. West) 92; 34. Gavin Stutz(Triway) 93; 35. Spencer Schmid(Triway) 94, Jake Miller(Triway) 94; 37. Andrew Bertsch(Chippewa) 95, Jacob Banton(Orrville) 95; 39. William Suglia(Firelands) 96, Kaidan Domer(Orrville) 96; 41. Rocky Houston(Keystone) 97, Tyler West(Luth. West) 97; 43. Hunter Cichon(Chippewa) 98, Will Folley(Firelands) 98; 45. William Muzilla(Elyria Cath.) 99, Jordan Allshouse(Northwestern) 99; 47. Kyler Yusko(Keystone) 101; 48. Zach Lepkowski(Holy Name) 102; 49. Mason Carmichael(Elyria Cath.) 103; 50. Kovacic Cliff(Black River) 107; 51. Dylan Martin(Northwestern) 108, Ryan Kuhn(Northwestern) 108; 53. Jack Gordon(Beachwood) 109, Tom Biddle(Fairview) 109; 55. Josh Karliak(Fairview) 111; 56. Nathan Moore(Black River) 113, Alex Brown(Elyria Cath.) 113, Matt Laspisa(Holy Name) 113; 59. Jake Zacharyasz(Black River) 114; 60. Shane Young(Beachwood) 115; 61. Jack Kelley(Holy Name) 118; 62. Dylan Burbank(Elyria Cath.) 119; 63. Trace Bricker(Black River) 124; 64. Clinton Sansonetti(Beachwood) 147; 65. Ethan Foster(Black River) 161;

Steve Hare
Steve Harehttp://www.ohiovarsity.com
Steve Hare is the Chagrin Valley Conference's Sports Information Director. He also created and publishes OhioVarsity.com, an online publication dedicated to providing hyperlocal coverage to area high school athletic programs. Hare began covering high school sports for the Lake County News Herald in 1997. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.

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