CLASS AA CHAMPS — Ridgway’s foursome, from left, of Nick Simon, Cory Oknefski, Ben Ames and Mitchell Stark won the District 9 Class AA boys’ team title Monday at Pinecrest Country Club in Brookville.
BROOKVILLE — Ridgway and Bradford won team titles while 21 golfers advanced to the second day of individual qualifying at Monday’s District 9 Boys’ Golf Tournament held at Pinecrest Country Club.
Playing mostly in rainy conditions, Ridgway ran away with the Class AA title for the third straight year. The Elkers shot a four-man score of 339, easily outdistancing runner-up Venango Catholic’s 365, host Brookville’s 368 and Brockway’s 378.
Bradford won the Class AAA crown unopposed. The Owls were the only team to shoot a low enough team score average during the season to qualify. The Owls shot a 320, led by two-time defending champion Mitch Faulkner’s 77.
Individually, 16 Class AA players advance to Saturday’s second round at Pinecrest looking for one of eight regional berths or a district crown. Clarion senior Jared Bish, the first-round leader for the second straight year, leads the field with a 6-over-par 76, two strokes better than Brockway’s Braden Martini. Brookville’s Jordan Tosh and Levi Roseman are three strokes back with a 79 while Ridgway’s Nick Simon is fifth with an 80.
Ridgway’s Mitchell Stark, Forest Area’s Griffin Schmader and A-C Valley’s Noah Morgan are tied for sixth with an 81. Along with Bish, a returning state medalist, the Elkers’ Simon and Stark, and Morgan are returning regional qualifiers.
Ridgway’s Ames is tied for 11th with an 83 while Brookville also qualified a third player for Saturday with Espy Reinard’s 13th-place 84.
In Class AAA, five golfers advanced with three Owls leading the way. Behind Faulkner’s 77 are Brice Whelan (78) and Evan Piganelli (80). DuBois’ Steve Jacobson and Clearfield’s Brandon Orsich tied for fourth with an 84. The top two finishers advance to regionals.
Saturday’s round begins at 10 a.m. with seven threesomes teeing off from No. 1.
The PIAA Western Regional is Oct. 19 at Tom’s Run Golf Club in Blairsville.
Team Standings
Class AA
Bradford 320 (Faulkner 77, Whelan 78, Piganelli 80, Matt Moonan 85).
Class AA
Ridgway 339 (Simon 80, Stark 81, Ames 83, Cory Oknefski 96)
Venango Catholic 365 (Kingston 86, Puleo 107, Hunter Lancaster 86, Michael Prince 86)
Brookville 368 (Tosh 79, Roseman 79, Reinard 84, Austin Cook 126)
Brockway 378 (Martini 78, Carr 96, Seth Shugarts 98, Kristofer Potts 106).
CLASS AA
INDIVIDUAL
- Jared Bish, Clarion 76
- Braden Martini Brockway 78
- Jordan Tosh, Brookville 79
- Levi Roseman, Brookville 79
- Nick Simon, Ridgway 80
- Mitchell Stark, Ridgway 81
- Griffin Schmader, Forest 81
- Noah Morgan, ACV 81
- Britton Simmons, Moniteau 82
- Jamie Rook, Kane 82
- Ben Ames, Ridgway 83
- Jonah Meyer, ECC 83
- Espy Reinard, Brookville 84
- Chance Ramsey, Coudersport 86
- Weston Kimmey, Moniteau 86
- Brady Kingston, Venango Cath. 86
– Missed Cut –
Ethan Nevel, AC Valley 89
Alex Acree, C-L 89
Gabe Kraus, ECC 91
Alex Micknis, DCC 94
Kolby Montgomery, Union 94
Austin Cogley, DCC 95
Corey Carr, Brockway 96
Nathan Marterella, Cranberry 96
Hunter Gifford, Karns City 96
Jeff Wehler, St. Marys 96
Brian Shupe, Cameron Co. 97
Christo Park, Kane 97
Ian Henry, Keystone 97
Andrew Gunn, Cranberry 98
Alex Bernard, Oswayo Valley 99
Marcus Murphy, Port A. 102
John Allen, Clarion 103
Logan Pistorious, Karns City 105
Dylan Bucholtz, Oswayo Valley 105
Nick Wendel, St. Marys 106
Nick Puleo, Venango Cath. 107
Brennan Guisto, Cameron Co. 107
Kent Wilkinson, Coudersport 111
Zac McClure, Curwensville 112
Ian Callen, C-L 113
Shawn Miller, Curwensville 115
Nate Hartman, Keystone 115
Jacob Anderson, Port A. 124
Zander Hargenrader, Forest 127
CLASS AA
Mitch Faulkner, Bradford 77
Brice Whelan, Bradford 78
Evan Piganelli, Bradford 80
Steve Jacobson, DuBois 84
Brandon Orsich, Clearfield 84
— Missed Cut –
Matt Moonan, Bradford 85
Payton Graham, Punxsy 96
Caleb Strouse, Clearfield 101
Cody Smith, Punxsy 104
Carter Husted, DuBois 104
