NL's Sword, St. Paul's Beatty earn FC first team

ASHLAND — The New London boys golf team was narrowly denied the Firelands Conference championship on Sept. 18 at Brookside golf course. Host Crestview totaled a 333, which was just two strokes better than New London's 335. Entering the tournament, the Cougars and Wildcats were tied in the points standings. That meant Thursday's two-stroke win also gave Crestview the overall championship. Mapleton was third with a 339, followed by St. Paul (385), Western Reserve (404) and Plymouth (405). Brody Sword was second overall with a 38-38—76 for New London, putting him on the All-FC first team. The overall medalist was Crestview's No. 2 golfer, Cale Bowman, with a 75. Also for New London, Logan Sword totaled a 45-39—84, which was good for eighth overall and second team FC. Kade Detterman (47-40—87), Grady Heileman (40-48—88), Presley Ferguson (46-40—90) and Olivia Yetter (60-54—114) rounded out the lineup for the Wildcats. Heileman earned honorable mention FC honors. For St. Paul, freshman Mason Beatty's 79 was the third best score behind Bowman and Sword, and was also good for All-FC first team honors. He shot a 39 on the front nine and 40 on the back nine. Sophomore Connor Polachek (45-42—87) was honorable mention FC for the Flyers. Sophomore Tristan Schlachter (54-50—100), sophomore Jacob Penwell (56-59—115) and senior Everett Beal (57-60—117) rounded out the St. Paul lineup. For Western Reserve, Chase Hipp had a 44-55 for a 99 score. His teammate, Landon Barnhart, totaled a 52-47 to match Hipp for the team lead. Eliza Stewart (53-50—103) and Caleb Pausch (50-53—103) also had identical scores for the Roughriders. Ben Woodrum (55-56—111) and Reed Meggit (58-62—120) finished off the Western lineup. Plymouth had three golfers under a 100 in Carson Lewis (53-44—97), Lucas Distl (48-50—98) and Parker Miller (50-48—98). Also playing for the Big Red was Gus Sutter (56-56—112), Bentley Taylor (61-55—116) and Trevor Furr (59-58—117). GIRLS GOLF Norwalk girls second SANDUSKY — Perkins shot a 189 to edge the Truckers (191) by two strokes at an SBC Lake Shootout on Sept. 18 at Mills Creek. Clyde (198) was third, followed by Bellevue (208) and Tiffin Columbian (217). Both Adyson Lepley and Catherine Beamer shot 43s to lead Norwalk. Evelyn Welschenbach had a 50 and Emerson Ulery shot a 55. Also for the Truckers, Chloe Stanford-Jones had a 58 and Allison Konik added a 59. St. Paul 207, Willard 209 WILLARD — The Flyers picked up a two-stroke win over the host Crimson Flashes on Sept. 18 at the Willard golf club. Alia Bogard led St. Paul (8-7) with a 49. She was closely followed by Aubrey Dilger (50), Jillian Weilnau (51) and Annabelle Cooper (57). For Willard, Emma Whitright had a 47 and Reese Bedingfield added a 48. Aylinn Cuevas was next with a 54, and Ava Deel shot a 63.