CENTRAL NEW YORK – All along, the Cazenovia boys golf team knew it would be more difficult once football season began and Jack Byrnes went over to the gridiron.
Again, those struggles surfaced in last Wednesday’s match against Homer at Cazenovia Country Club, with the Lakers taking a 216-273 defeat to the Trojans.
Chris Kelly shot a 41 for nine holes, second only to the 36 from Homer’s Mitch Riter. As for the rest of the Lakers, only Will Guider, with a 51, got close to Kelly’s total, with Nate Porter shooting 60.
Chittenango, who beat Cazenovia the week before, took its own shot against Homer at Cortland Country Club on Thursday and lost 214-227.
Ty Kelly’s 39 did equal Riter and Trojans teammate Lukas Quinn for low round, while Tanner Smith had a 42. But three other Homer golfers – Mike Stiles, Dan Stiles (45 each) and Cooper Swartz (46) – beat out the 47 from Alex Moesch as Henry Miller (48) and Anthony Thousand (51) followed.
Kelly then shot 36 in Chittenango’s 210-267 win over Jordan-Elbridge on Friday afternoon at Millstone, part of a top-five sweep. Smith posted a 40, with Thousand and Ryan Moesch both shooting 44 and Miller getting a 45 ahead of the 47 from the Eagles’ Caden Hearn.
