High school regional golf: Ponte Vedra, Bolles boys and girls teams chasing state title berths
A dozen boys teams and 11 girls teams will play in FHSAA regional golf tournaments on Monday and Tuesday, at sites spanning the entire expanse of the Florida panhandle from the First Coast to Pensacola.
The tournaments begin on Monday with two of the three regions at area courses, the Region 1-1A boys at the Marsh Landing Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach; and the Region 1-1A girls at the Windsor Parke Golf Club.
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The Region 1-3A boys will be in Volusia County at the Golf Club of Cypress Head in Port Orange.
Three more regions will be at more distant sites on Tuesday. The Region 1-2A boys, where Ponte Vedra will take the next step in its bid for an eighth state championship and sixth in a row, will be at the Perdido Bay Golf Club in Pensacola; the Region 1-3A girls will be at the Hawkstone Golf Club in Gainesville; and the Region 1-2A girls will be at the Quail Heights Golf Club in Lake City.
Ten of the 23 teams in regional action won their district titles and three schools won districts in both boys and girls' competition, Ponte Vedra, Bolles and Keystone Heights.
There will be 115 players competing with their teams and another 26 who qualified as individuals, for a total of 141. The top-three teams in each regional and the top-three individuals not on those teams will advance to the state tournaments in November at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills.
The Class 3A tournament is Nov. 8-9, the Class 1A is Nov. 11-12 and the Class 2A is Nov. 15-16.
Ponte Vedra’s boys and girls teams posted the lowest area team scores in district events. The Sharks boys, led by Camden Smith (69) and Brock Blais and Rohan Singh (both with 71s) shot 3-under 285 at the Fernandina Beach Golf Club. The Sharks girls, led by Nancy Cox (70), were 22-over 310 at Fernandina.
In addition to Smith, Blais and Singh, seven other boys golfers posted under-par rounds in district tournaments, Cody Tucker and Evan Raynor of Bishop Kenny (both with 70 at Hidden Hills), Luke Balaskiewicz of Bolles (70 at Hidden Hills), Jackson Klauk of Nease, Brody Stevenson of Bartram Trail, Bryson Hughes of Creekside (all with 70 at Fleming Island) and Chase Carroll of Middleburg (71 at the Country Club of Lake City).
FHSAA Regional golf tournaments
Monday
Region 1-3A boys, at Golf Club of Cypress Head, Port Orange
Area teams: Nease (Jackson Klauk, Ryan Nicholson, Chase McBride, Ryan Gear, Cooper Diaz), Fleming Island (Tyler Mawhinney, Dylan Frein, Colton Swartz, Ryan Houck, Emmett Kuhlenkamp), Fletcher (Jackson Runquist, Keller Gray, Mathis Toal, Mason Seaton). Individuals: Bryson Hughes (Creekside), Brody Stevenson (Bartram Trail), Lucas Elliott (Atlantic Coast).
Region 1-1A boys, at Marsh Landing
Area teams: Bolles (Luke Balaskiewicz, Dylan Ma, Andrew Morgan, Andrew Kunkle, Hudson Bell), Episcopal (Henry Robards, Cam Goldknopf, Connor Hess, Grant McKinney, Aubrey Fellows), Providence (Miles Russell, Alexander Stewart, Carson Augustine, Keelan Jackson, Benjamin Strongosky). Individuals: Matthew French (Bishop Snyder), Matthew Swain (Bishop Snyder), Dane Molter (Christ's Church), Matthew Webb (St. Joseph).
Region 1-1A girls, at Windsor Parke
Area teams: Bolles (Violet Robbins, Madison Balaskiewicz, Anaiya Nahar, Grace Breffitt, Chloe McGrath), Episcopal (Sofia Davila, Ella Rhodin, Sahana Chokshi, Isabella Gatewood, Olivia Messana), Providence (Emma Wells, Emily Burford, Alexa Fallis, Jessee Thompson, Mia Kemph), Keystone Heights (Candace Jackson, M.J. Rivera, Mia Rivera, Rebecca Binet, Rexi Lewis). Individuals: Addy Vogt (St. Johns Country Day), Addison Kipnis (St. Johns Country Day), Jenna Metha (Wolfson), Danielle Dailey (St. Joseph), Zoe Elixson (Union County), Lauren Boatright (Peniel Baptist).
Tuesday
Region 1-3A girls, at Hawkstone Country Club, Gainesville
Area teams: Bartram Trail (Lizzie Thompson, Helena Rios, Fiona Clancy, Abrianna Carstens, Ashley Mikesell), Fleming Island (Alyzabeth Morgan, Chloe Blanc, Cambree Hodge, Kalia Polete, Kathryn McNeill), Nease (Shanya Arasu, Nyla Mayers, Gabby Sartori, Sophia Cavanagh, Aliyah Stana). Individuals: Mia Diaz (Fletcher), Jenna Leonard (Mandarin), Kyra Gravelle (Creekside).
Region 1-2A boys, at Perdido Bay Golf Club, Pensacola
Area teams: Ponte Vedra (Camden Smith, Brock Blais, Rohan Singh, Stefan Ink, Carson Brewer), Bishop Kenny (Cody Tucker, Evan Raynor, Michael Saunders, Adam Enoch, Trey Seeker), Fernandina Beach (Tanner Millar, Sean Benjamin, Noah Reynolds, Decah McDaniels, Cody Albert. Lake City Columbia (Connor Williams, Valin Capen, Adyn Petit, Trenton Kirby), Tocoi Creek (Joey Hage, Carter Abitabilp, Jonathan Hoag, Cameron Abitabilo, Caleb Hobbs), Beachside (Jonah Nacional, Caiden Lee, Nolan Harper, Brock Wilson, Barton Abstein). Individuals: Chase Carroll (Middleburg), Brock Buhnerkemper (Orange Park), Yuriy Dekalskyy (Riverside), Alex Lymus (Stanton), Bryson Walz (Yulee), Luke Splane (St. Augustine), David Brothers (St. Augustine).
Region 1-2A girls, at Quail Heights Country Club, Lake City
Area teams: Lake City Columbia (Ashley Nelson, Veona Osborne, Alison O'Brien, Karlee Gainey, Megan Ruwe), Clay (Taylor Young, Rebecca Gibson, Shyann Walters, Cora Parker), Beachside (Ralienne Nacional, Maddie Rathjen, Emma Reeder, Bella Rice, Eva Graunke), Menendez (Maria Berenguer, Jayne Cannaliato, Emma Markese, Rylee Brueckheimer, Anna Guo). Individuals: Neva Winslow (Middleburg), Katarina Hoag (Tocoi Creek), Samantha LoGrasso (Tocoi Creek).
Contact Garry Smits at gsmits@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @GSmitter
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