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Hall rallies to capture overall Section V Boys Golf title
Monday at Ridgemont Country Club, Gavin Hall (Pittsford Mendon, ’13) fired a second round score of four-under-par 68 to win the Section V overall title by 4 shots.  In second place was Yarik Merkulov (Penfield, ’10), who finished with a two-day total of 143 after his round of 74. 
Merkulov was the first-round leader after his round of 69 on Saturday at the Country Club of Mendon.  This will be Hall’s third trip and Merkulov’s fifth to Cornell for the state tournament.

In 3rd place was Danny Drummond (C.G. Finney, ‘13) with a round of 75 for a total of 152.  This will be Drummond’s second straight appearance.  Alex Bourdelais (McQuaid Jesuit, ’12) finished in 4th place after his second round of 78, good for a 153 total.  Joining Bourdelais as a first-time state participant is Troy Allen (Brockport, ’11), after his 154 total was good for 5th place after his second round of 78.

In a three-way tie for 6th place were Bryce Edmister (Webster Schroeder, ’10), who will be competing at his fourth state championship, Ben Kircher (McQuaid Jesuit, ’10), and Kevin Connell (Rush-Henrietta, ’11), who all finished with a two-day total of 155.  In 9th place and claiming the final spot on this year’s state team was Andrew Lane (McQuaid Jesuit, ’10), who will be making his 3rd state appearance after finishing at 156.  Chris Blyth (Pittsford Mendon, ’11) won a four-way playoff at 158 to gain the 1st alternate position.

This year’s team has the opportunity to become the second team in the history of the state tournament to win three consecutive sectional championships.  The team will depart for a practice round on Saturday, June 5 with competition rounds to follow on Sunday, June 6 and Monday, June 7.  The Sunday round will begin at 9:00 AM and the Monday round will begin at 7:30 AM at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University.

Qualifier Week Highlights
Thursday, May 20
Caruso, Glavin claim last two Classification spots, McQuaid and East take team berths in RCAC
Mike Caruso and Brendan Glavin of McQuaid shot 76 and 79, respectively, to claim the last two spots in the Classification Event in the RCAC Qualifier at Shadow Lake Golf and Racquet Club.  That will give their team six team members playing in the event as their team has also qualified.

East High also has qualified for the Classification Event after winning the City Cup earlier this season.  Both teams will compete in Class A.

Long wins Monroe County T of C, eight others advance to Classification Event
Kevin Long (Webster Thomas) captured medalist honors at the Monroe County Tournament of Champions with an even-par round of 72 at The Brookwoods Golf Club.  He finished one shot ahead of Chris Blyth (Pittsford Mendon) and Bryce Edmister (Webster Schroeder), both of whom had already qualified for the Classification Event as members of their qualified teams.

Gavin Hall (Pittsford Mendon) shook of a rough start to finish alone in 4th after his round of 74.  Doug Uhazie (Penfield) took 5th place and the 2nd individual spot following his round of 75.  Corey Kocent (Batavia) and Teddy Corcoran (Brighton) took the 3rd and 4th individual spots after finishing in a four-way tie for 6th with team qualifiers Tom Kolb (Victor) and Shane Dobesh (Webster Schroeder).  Kevin Connell (Rush-Henrietta) also survived a rough front nine before posting his score of 77 to take the 4th qualifying spot and a 10th place finish.

Jim Allen (Spencerport) and Yarik Merkulov (Penfield) claimed the next two spots with rounds of 78, tied with Troy Allen (Brockport), who had already qualified with his team, for 11th place.  Merkulov, playing with Hall and Connell, also survived a difficult front side to advance and remain alive for a possible fifth trip to the state tournament.

There was a playoff at 79, with four players playing for two spots in the Classification Event.  Tyler Hill (Brockport) was in the group tied for 14th place, but was already qualified so Doug Kulikowski (Pittsford Sutherland), Corey Layton (Fairport), Kyle Zaffuto (Brockport), and Nick Bucci (Rush-Henrietta) went to play extra holes.  Bucci bogeyed the first hole and was eliminated as the other three players made par.  All three players made par on the second hole and on the par-3 3rd hole, Zaffuto was eliminated as Kulikowski and Layton each made par to qualify for Saturday.

Monday, May 17
Helgeland captures medalist honors at Steuben qualifier, Arkport and Hammondsport take Class C berths
Nick Helgeland (Jasper-Troupsburg) finished with a round of 86 at the Steuben County qualifier at Indian Hills Golf Course to capture medalist honors by seven shots.  Teammate Abe Weeks and Will Faes (Canisteo-Greenwood) also qualified as individuals for the Classification Event.

Arkport and Hammondsport will represent Steuben County in Class C.  Arkport is led by Adam Lang, who finished third in the qualifier and Hammondsport is led by Brandon Allen, who finished fifth.

Fitzpatrick wins Livingston crown, Hornell, LeRoy, and Geneseo claim team berths
Alex Fitzpatrick (Hornell) won medalist honors at the Livingston County qualifier at Old Hickory Golf Club with an even-par round of 72.  Fitzpatrick's teammates will also join him at sectionals at they captured the county's Red Division title.  LeRoy won the Yellow Division and Geneseo claimed the Blue Division title to move on as well.

2009 state representative Tommy Linehan (Dansville) led the group of individuals qualifying from Livingston County, finishing in a three-way tie for second with a round of 76.  Joining him in second place was Ryan Forrester (Keshequa) and Dan Bayer (Livonia).  Bayer's teammate Cody Cronmiller finished alone in 5th place after his round of 79.  Rounding out the individual qualifiers were Cam McLaughlin (Letchworth) and Dan Kurtz (Livonia), who finished with rounds of 82 and 84, respectively.

Gananda and Williamson claim Wayne County berths, Mills and Howell share medalist honors
Thomas Mills (Gananda) and Scott Howell (North Rose-Wolcott) fired rounds of 82 at Wayne Hills Country Club to earn medalist honors at the Wayne County qualifier.  Mills and his Gananda teammates finished the season with a 15-1 record and will compete in Class C at sectionals.  Williamson will be the Class B representative from Wayne County after posting a 13-3 record.

Howell led the group of individual qualifiers into the sectional tournament.  Greg Thomas of Marion and Lyons teammates Devan Veeder and Brandon DeSain also qualified.

Winkleman leads Attica to Class B berth from Genesee Region, Notre Dame-Batavia also advances
Chad Winkleman won medalist honors with a round of five-over-par 77 at Stafford Country Clubto lead Attica to a Class B berth at sectionals.  Attica finished with a team total of 364.  Notre Dame-Batavia clinched the Class C with a team total of 352.  Teammates Tom Dehr and John Lapple each finished with rounds of 85.

Qualifying as individuals from the Genesee Region were a pair of Elba teammates, Sam Lamont and Jon Clark, who had rounds of 81 and 85, respectively.  Evan Smith of Wheatland-Chili finished in third place in the qualifier with a round of 82, and Tyler Tamblin finished in fourth place after posting an 84.

Webster Schroeder wins Monroe County Team Championship, three others advance
Seniors Bryce Edmister and Shane Dobesh led Webster Schroeder to the Monroe County team title yesterday, posting rounds of one-under-par 71 at Ravenwood Golf Club to help their team finish with a best five-out-of-six score of 380, one stroke ahead of second place Pittsford Mendon.  Gavin Hall led the Vikings to a total score of 381 after finishing with a six-under-par round of 66 to earn medalist honors for the day.  Teammate Chris Blythe finished tied for third in individual standings with his round of 71.

Brockport finished in third place with a score of 392.  Tyler Hill led the team with his round of 75.  Claiming the last spot from Monroe County was Victor with a team score of 398, finishing one stroke ahead of 5th place Rush-Henrietta.  Tom Kolb led the Blue Devils with his round of three-under par 69, good for a second place finish in the individual standings.  All teams that qualified from Monroe County will compete in Class A at the Classification Event.

Thursday, May 13
C.G. Finney wins Independent qualifier, D. Drummond leads team
Danny Drummond (C.G. Finney, '13) took medalist honors with a 76 at Wildwood Country Club, leading his team back to sectionals, this year to compete in Class A.  Joe Drummond (C.G. Finney, '10) finished in a tie for second place with a 77, matched by Jason Douglas of Aquinas.  Joe Colosi and John Carpenter of Finney rounded out the top five with scores of 80 and 84 respectively.  Claiming the last individual spot was Cam Boon of Bishop Kearney, who shot 94 and registered a hole-in-one on the 194 yard 8th hole, using a 3-iron.  Boon won in a playoff to earn the last spot.

Monday, May 10
Haas wins Allegany qualifier, Cuba-Rushford and Genesee Valley claim Class C spots
Corey Haas (Cuba-Rushford) captured his second consecutive Allegany County championship, finishing with a round of 76 at Wellsville Country Club.  Haas and his team will compete in Class C at the sectional tournament.  Drew Chadduck (Fillmore) claimed one of the individual spots, finishing in second place with a round of 87.  Alex Wilson (Canaseraga) placed third with a round of 88 to qualify for sectionals.  Will Simons (Cuba-Rushford) finished in 4th place at 90, Corey Glass (Genesee Valley) finished in 5th place with 91, and Phil Chambers (Bolivar-Richberg) claimed the last individual spot with a round of 92.

Thursday, May 6
O'Donnell captures Monroe County Satellite Tournament honors, leads 14 to T of C
Brian O'Donnell (Greece Athena) fired an even-par round of 72 at Mill Creek Golf Club to win medalist honors at the Monroe County Satellite Tournament, finishing five shots ahead of Tyler VanLandingham (Penfield).  There was a four-way tie for third as Tyler Fallon (Brockport), Jeremy Bartula (Gates-Chili), Connor Shanahan (Pittsford Sutherland), and Jake Kogler (Penfield) at had rounds of 79.  Chris Sacheli (Victor) finished alone in 7th after his round of 80.  In a three-way tie for 8th at 81 was Giancarlo DiMascio (Greece Athena), Kyle Zaffuto (Brockport), and Brandon Cox (Greece Olympia).  Tied for 11th place at 82 were Michael Walton (Brockport) and Connor Talty (Fairport).  Shane Gleason (Webster Schroeder) and Jeff Beaver (Victor) completed the qualifier by winning a five-for-two playoff on the first hole after rounds of 84.  These players will compete at the Monroe County Tournament of Champions at The Brookwoods on May 20.

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