Ritter, Thompson top First National Bank Tour Tournament of Champions winners
Times-Reporter Staff Report
The champions have been crowned.
Connor Ritter and Susan Thompson were the winners of the boys and girls 16-18-year-old divisions as the First National Bank Junior Golf Tour Tournament of Champions took place at a hot and humid Union Country Club in Dover on Monday.
Ritter won the boys 16-18 title with a 36-hole total of 150 as the Sandy Valley golfer shot a 76 in his first round and followed that up with a 74 in his second 18 holes.
Carter Mishler finished second with a 158 (79-79) and Zehnder Gibson placed third with a 164 (85-79), while Blake Hood finished fourth with a 165 (82-83), A.J. Wilkin was fifth with a 168 (82-86) and Drew Johnson rounded out the six-golfer field in sixth place with a 171 (85-86).
Thompson, a Tusky Valley golfer, claimed the girls 16-18 title with an 87.
Thompson topped her Tusky Valley teammate Keegan Selinsky, who shot an 89, TV grad Abbey Dillon ended up third with a 91, while Allie Jurkovic (4th, 83), Sydney Clements (5th, 94) and Grace Milam (6th, 95) completed the six-player field.
Garaway's Trace Gibson won the boys 13-15 division with a 88.
Colton Moore topped Jack Porter in a playoff for second place. Each shot an 89 in regulation. Connor Gardner (4th, 90), Connor Larmier (5th, 97) and Jacob Hanner (6th, 107) rounded out the field.
Dover's Riley Schie captured the girls 13-15 title with a playoff win over Piper Olson.
Each shot a 45 in regulation, but Schie came out on top in a one-hole playoff.
She is the daughter of The First National Bank Junior Golf Tour Tournament Director Natalie Schie, who was a standout golfer at New Philadelphia and Ohio State University.
Ashlee Garner (3rd, 49), Sammi Miller (4th, 50), Paige Nicely (5th, 52) and Madison Bittaker (6th, 59) completed the six-player field.
River View's Gavin Gress won the boys 12 and under championship with a nine-hole score of 37.
Noah Driver was second with a 40, while C.J. Dolan and Colton Gress tied for third with 44s. Cooper Briggs was fifth with a 52 and Owen Cummings qualified for the championship field, but did not play.
St. Clairsville's Olivia Baker won the girls 12 and under title with a 58.
Kaylee Russell (2nd, 68), Sara Weaver (3rd, 70), Jacey Hess (71) and Kylie Miller (5th, 73) rounded out the field.
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