Golf: Local quartet advances in North Coast Section playoffs
The North Coast Section Division 2 golf championships at Baywood Country Club in Arcata proved to be a success for local competitors on Monday.
Four individuals from local schools placed in the top 18 to punch their tickets to the NCS Division 1 Championships at Windsor next Monday.
Justin-Siena's Alex Keller led the local contingent, firing a score of 1-over par 73 to finish tied for fifth in the field. Joining Keller in the top 18 were Cardinal Newman's Dillon Stefani (T7, 74), Rancho Cotate's Jameson Rhodes (T10, 75) and Cardinal Newman's Teo Loyola (T14, 76).
In the team competition, Cardinal Newman placed fourth out of 13 teams with a score of 312. They were four shots back of third-place Marin Academy and 11 shots back of champion Marin Catholic.
Justin-Siena, last year's NCS Division 2 title winner, tied for seventh in the field.
The four individual qualifiers are set to tee it up next week in a field featuring the larger schools in the section, including local schools Casa Grande, Montgomery, Vintage and Windsor.
Team scores
1. Marin Catholic, 301
2. Acalanes 307
3. Marin Academy 308
4. Cardinal Newman 312
5. Branson 318
6. University-San Francisco 320
T7 Athenian 322
T7 Justin-Siena 322
9. Head Royce 324
10. Emerald 329
11. Sonoma Academy 369
12. Albany 407
13. Fort Bragg 440
Individual qualifiers
1. Chris Chang, College Prep, 69
T2 Rhys Jones, Marin Catholic, 71
T2 Will Chang, College Prep, 71
4. Oskar Valiauga, San Domenico, 72
T5 Shrey Kanji, Head-Royce, 73
T5 Alex Keller, Justin-Siena, 73
T7 Durham Vail, Acalanes, 74
T7 Dillon Stefani, Cardinal Newman, 74
T7 Dylan Seigel, Marin Academy, 74
T10 Kai Sarkar, Branson, 75
T10 Shaurya Mishra, Emerald, 75
T10 Charlie Wilhelm, Marin Academy, 75
T10 Jameson Rhodes, Rancho Cotate, 75
T14 Teo Loyola, Cardinal Newman, 76
T14 Jasper Smith, Marin Catholic, 76
T14 Finn Henne, Marin Catholic, 76
T14 JP Birdwell, Acalanes, 76
T18 Krish Veluthakkal, Acalanes, 77
T18 Drake Russell, Northgate, 77
Local competitors
Alex Keller, Justin-Siena, 73*
Dillon Stefani, Cardinal Newman, 74*
Jameson Rhodes, Rancho Cotate, 75*
Teo Loyola, Cardinal Newman, 76*
Lucas Keane, Rancho Cotate, 78
Jack Keller, Justin-Siena, 79
Chase Mandel, Cardinal Newman, 80
Jon Rasso, Cardinal Newman, 82
Austin Milliken, Cardinal Newman 82
Arin Massey, Napa, 83
Jack O'Malley, Justin-Siena, 83
Quincy Espejo, American Canyon 85
Nathan Oliver, Napa, 86
Nic Perata, Justin-Siena, 87
Lucas Barquero, Maria Carrillo, 87
Milo Doble, Ukiah, 87
John Berry, Sonoma Academy, 88
Dilyan Lopez, Technology, 88
Cade Snoke, Justin-Siena, 89
Darren Bauman, Analy 89
Ryan Malm, Maria Carrillo, 90
Jason Phelps, St. Vincent, 90
Lucca Modica, Sonoma Academy, 91
Lucas Vaio, Sonoma Academy, 92
Curt Mertens, Petaluma, 94
Mo Rutan, Petaluma, 97
Ronin Ireland, Analy, 98
Keaton Scerri, Sonoma Academy, 98
Devon Engebreth, Technology, 98
Austin Bishop, Analy 100
Jack Hatcher, St. Vincent, 100
Neil Bansal, Sonoma Academy, 104
Som O'Halloran, Technology, 104
(* individual qualifiers)
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