ONONDAGA COUNTY – On the first Wednesday morning of October, the Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool boys golf teams will tee off in the Section III Class AA fall tournament at Drumlins.
They do so both confident that they could contend for top team honors and also qualify several individuals for the May state qualifier at Seven Oaks – especially based on what they did on the last Wednesday of the regular season.
At Arrowhead, C-NS Blue took down first-place West Genesee Gold 203-210 while, at Foxfire, Liverpool got its best win of the season, taking out Fayetetville-Manlius Green 192-197.
To key the Northstars’ effort against WG Gold, Drew Kippen and David Schmidt went 1-2, Kippen shooting 37 and Schmidt adding a 38.
Kaeden Hacker’s 40 tied the Wildcats’ Parker Berg for third place, and after 41s from Jason Clifton and Jon Shoults, Andrew Matyasik shot a 43 and Ethan Hanson clinched it with a 45.
As that went on, Liverpool avenged a defeat to F-M Green two weeks earlier at Green Lakes starting with Owen Michaud shooting a 35 to claim individual honors over Henry Will’s 36.
Owen Michaud’s 38 put him alone in third place, whlie Dom Osbeck and Jake Berthoff each shot 39 to equal Ryder Baldwin. Though Hugh Roddy had a 40 for the Hornets, Alex Kirkby’s 41 clinched the victory when Duncan McDaniel and Dylan Friedman could only match those totals.
Two days later, C-NS Blue won again, beating F-M’s younger White team 182-212 at Woodcrest. Kippen tore his way to a season-low 33, while Luke Deinhart put up a 36. Schmidt and Quinn Empey both posted 37 and Matyaskik posted 39.
Liverpool met up with C-NS Green last Monday afternoon at Greens at Beaumont, with the Warriors able to prevail 205-226 over the Northstars, led by Owen Michaud, who went under par shooting a 35. Steve Puccia chimed in with a 39, while Nick Scholz had a 41 and Calen Brown a 42 as Dylan Ling picked up a 48.
Jadien Gunnp pace C-NS Green, his 40 behind only Michaud and Gunnip. Brody Snyder shot a 45, matched by Joe LaFrance, with Andrew Dolson and Brian Saloski each posting 48.
In Wednesday’s 205-221 defeat to F-M White, Blake Wise had the low individual round of 39 for C-NS Green, but five Hornets shot between 40 and 42 in front of LaFrance’s 43 as Gunnip and Evan Jones both had 46 and Cooper Pallotta added a 47.
