A wet Diamond Hawk golf course in Cheektowaga gave a 74-golfer field an early-season challenge at the Section VI qualifier for high school state golf championships at Cornell University.
Michael Boss of Lewiston-Porter led the way with an 18-hole q-score of 75, followed by a third nine of 37. His total of 112 was three strokes better than Sean Mahon’s runner-up total of 115. By capturing the medal, Boss receives an invitation to the International Junior Masters at East Aurora Country Club, won last year by Nichols School’s Jon Clark.
Mahon, from Williamsville East, posted 77 and 38 to qualify for states for a second consecutive year. Joining Mahon and Boss as multi-year qualifiers Austin Nowak of Lancaster and Andrew Romano of Depew. 8th grader Gregory Sibick, representing Williamsville South, matched Boss’ 75 for 18 holes before closing with a 41 over the final nine, good for a third place finish and recognition as the youngest qualifier from Section VI. Closing out the 9-member team are Pierce Terrance (Kenmore East), Brenton Wilcox (Cassadaga), Desmond Stoll (Lockport) and Brian Jurkiewicz (Frontier.) Kyle Zurak from Williamsville North is the first alternate. Complete scores are below.
1 Mike Boss* 12 Lew Port 36 39 75 37 112
2 Sean Mahon* 12 Will. East 39 38 77 38 115
T3 Gregory Sibick 8 Will. South 39 36 75 41 116
T3 Austin Nowak* 12 Lancaster 36 40 76 40 116
5 Andrew Romano* 11 Depew 41 36 77 42 119
T6 Pierce Terrance 12 Ken. East 41 43 84 39 123
T6 Brenton Wilcox 12 Cassadaga 41 40 81 42 123
T8 Brian Jurkiewicz 12 Frontier 44 40 84 40 124 * Playoff
T8 Desmond Stoll 12 Lockport 43 41 84 40 124 * Playoff
ALT Kyle Zurak 10 Will. North 43 42 85 39 124 * Playoff
T11 Alex Kammerer* 11 Nia. Wheat. 44 40 84 40 124
T11 Jordan Farnham 12 Maple Grove 44 47 83 41 124
T13 Brennan Fonfara* 12 Iroquois 38 44 82 43 125
T13 Billy Gaffney 12 Will. East 41 41 82 43 125
T13 Wil Lockwood 9 Maple Grove 43 51 82 43 125
T13 Chris Wadsworth 12 Randolph 43 40 83 44 127
T17 Jake Yartz 11 Southwestern 41 40 81 46 127
T17 Wil Bathurst 9 Olean 43 44 87 41 128
19 Daniel Weimer 10 Silver Creek 42 44 86 42 128
T20 Zach Hyman 11 Pioneer 44 43 87 42 129
T20 Trevor Simonick 11 Will. South 40 47 87 42 129
T20 Alexio Medina 12 Iroquois 44 43 87 44 131
T20 Dave Nowak 12 Maryvale 41 44 85 47 132
T20 Will Lawton 10 Springville 42 45 87 47 134
T25 Matt Kessler 12 Fredonia 47 41 88
T25 Dan Giliforte 11 Ken. East 44 44 88
T25 Nolan Ditcher 7 Randolph 45 43 88
T25 Kellen Quigley 12 Salamanca 46 42 88
T25 Brad Belote 8 Lancaster 45 43 88
T30 Joe Sansone 11 Lockport 47 42 89
T30 Kyle Griffin 11 Starpoint 43 46 89
T30 A.J. Feldman 9 Eden 45 44 89
T33 Greg Bullock 12 Niagara Falls 49 41 90
T33 Steve Criswell 11 Frontier 47 43 90
T35 Eric Morton 12 Salamanca 55 53 91
T35 Dillon Stiles 11 Pioneer 46 45 91
T35 Blair Lakso 11 Frontier 45 46 91
T35 Andrew Farnham 9 Maple Grove 42 41 91
T35 Mike Desantis 12 East Aurora 48 43 91
T35 Brady Morrison 11 Randolph 45 46 91
T41 Ryan Sweeney 11 Clarence 42 50 92
T41 Brad Adams (Alternate) 12 Randolph 49 43 92
T41 Andrew Monahan (Alternate) 8 Ken. West 47 45 92
44 Austin Ford 11 Ken. East 50 43 93
T45 Bryce Morrison 8 Randolph 48 46 94
T45 Sam Wodowski (Alternate) 12 W.S. East 43 51 94
47 Chandler Kraska 10 Eden 47 48 95
T48 Collin Rodgers 11 Jamestown 51 46 97
T48 Mike Davern 10 Ken. East 52 45 97
T48 Jordan Matos 12 Nia. Wheat. 49 48 97
T48 Joe Conti 9 Fredonia 45 52 97
T48 Dan Hayes 12 East Aurora 50 47 97
T53 Chad Vanevery 10 Southwestern 48 50 98
T53 Chad Buck (Alternate) 12 Falconer 51 47 98
55 Ben Schick 11 Lancaster 53 46 99
T56 Kyle Werner 10 Lancaster 53 47 100
T56 Cody Latimer 8 Chaut. Lake 52 48 100
58 Kyle McGraw 9 All.-Limes. 48 54 102
T59 Eric Lipa 9 Newfane 56 47 103
T59 A.J. Baranyi 12 Will. North 46 57 103
T61 Johnathan Krieger 9 Albion 59 45 104
T61 Zach Stahlsmith 11 Frewsburg 49 55 104
63 Tyler Marsh (Alternate) 10 Panama 53 52 105
64 Dan Farrell 9 Frewsburg 54 52 106
T65 Jeff Folckemer 12 Roy Hart 55 53 108
T65 Mitchell Luckman 9 Barker 51 57 108
T65 Evan Martone 12 Will. South 55 53 108
68 Brad Wilson 10 Medina 56 54 110
69 Tyler Colonna 10 Medina 55 57 112
T70 Justin Brennan (Alternate) 10 Wilson 54 59 113
T70 Andrew Ames 12 Newfane 55 61 116
T70 Karl Voltman 12 Westfield 64 52 116
73 Robert Yost 12 Albion 59 63 122
74 Spenser Johnson 12 Forestville 64 62 126
75 Brendan Lovelock 12 Orch. Park WD WD WD