NYS Federation announces return to Bethpage Black in 2012
The New York State Federation of Secondary School Athletic Associations announced on June 17, 2011 the return of the Federation Tournament to Bethpage State Park in the 2012.  The Black Course will play host to the tournament for the third year in a row and will be held on June 9-10, 2012.  The low six scores from the NYSPHSAA Boys Golf Championship on June 2-4 at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course at Cornell University will be eligible to compete. 

2011 NYS Federation Boys Golf Championship
Championship Results
Individual 4th Place: Matt vanNiekerk
Team Champion: NYSPHSAA

2011 NYSPHSAA Boys Golf Championships
Championship Results
Individual Champion: Gavin Hall
Individual Runner-Up: Matt vanNiekerk
Also receiving All-State Honors: Trevor Sluman (McQuaid Jesuit, '11)-T13
Sectional Champions: Section V (wins fourth consecutive title to set a new tournament record, breaking the old record of Section IV from 1981-1983)

2011 Supersectional Event Results
Overall Champion: Gavin Hall

2011 Classification Event Results
Class A Individual Champion: Gavin Hall (Pittsford Mendon)
Class A Team Champion: McQuaid Jesuit

Class B Individual Champions: Alex Fitzpatrick (Hornell), Thomas Mills (Gananda), Chad Winkelman (Attica)
Class B Team Champion: Attica

Class C Individual Champion: Matt vanNiekerk (Harley-Allendale Columbia)
Class C Team Champion: Cuba-Rushford

Qualifier Week News and Notes
Finger Lakes Team Representatives and Individual Qualifiers (announced from October 15, 2010 qualifier held at Geneva CC

Team Representatives
Geneva – Zach Logue, Nick DiDuro, Dylan Hedgepeth, Chris Salone
Honeoye – Zach Stone, Ben Cratsley, Kyle Boldt, Joe Sykes
HAC – Matt van Niekerk, Hunter Miller, Will Hampson, Davey Jarrell

Individual Qualifiers
Dan Bailey – Waterloo
Chris Salone – Geneva
Zach Pizzenti – Penn Yan
Harry Hyde – Romulus
Justin Betts – Naples
Andrew Fleischman – Naples
Kyle Crawford – Pal Mac

Chaddock and Cuba-Rushford capture Allegany County crowns
On Monday, May 9 at Wellsville Country Club, Zach Chaddock (Fillmore) shot a three-over-par round of 73 to capture medalist honors at the Allegany County qualifier.  He finished one shot better than Corey Haas (Cuba-Rushford), who will be making his fifth appearance in the Section V championships.  Haas' teammates Caleb Edwards and Dylan Lewis finished in 3rd and 4th place respectively after rounds of 75 and 78 and will be joined by Will Simons to compete for the Class C team title.  Christian Pickert will also represent Cuba-Rushford as an individual.

As make-up matches are completed, more information about the Allegany County qualifiers will be made available.

Gananda, Lyons qualify for Sectionals, Mills wins Wayne qualifier
Thomas Mills (Gananda) led at golfers at Sodus Bay Heights Golf Club on Monday, May 16, earning medalist honors with a round of 82.  His teammates Andy Stark, Billy Heumann, and Peter Valone will join him as Gananda will compete for the Class B title on Saturday.

Brandon DeSain led Lyons to a second-place finish in the league, and finished in a tie for 5th place at the qualifier with a round of 92. Devon Veeder, C.J. Smith, and David Perry round out the Lyons line-up that will compete in Class C.

Stevie Thomson (Williamson) returns to the Section V tournament after his second-place finish in the qualifier with a round of 84. Newcomers Dylan Aldrich (Clyde-Savannah), Tucker Emmeret (Red Creek), and Sam Silco (Marion) round out the qualifiers from Wayne County.

Curran wins Indepedents title, Aquinas advances to Class B Championship
Tim Curran (Bishop Kearney) had a round of 85 at Brook-Lea Country Club on Monday, May 16 to capture medalist honors at the Independents qualifier.  He will be joined at Sectionals by teammate Cam Boon, who defeated fellow King Alex Triassi in a playoff after both turned in rounds of 90.

Aquinas defeated Bishop Kearney and Wellsville in team competition, with Ben Conway finishing in second place individually with a round of 89.  Aquinas will compete in Class B in the Classification Event on Saturday.

Hall wins 3rd Tournament of Champions title, Brockport claims team county championship
Click HERE for the Democrat and Chronicle article for the Monroe County Tournament of Champions held at the Brookwoods Golf Club.  Click HERE for the results of the tournament.

All past Section V Golf news can be found by clicking here.

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