In October the Ohio High School Athletic Association held the high school state golf championships. Boys Division III competed at the NorthStar Golf Course in Albany. Both the Girls Division I & II tournaments were held on OSU’s Gray course, while the Boys Divisions I & II were held on the Scarlet Course.
Girls Division II
In the OHSAA Girls Division II finals, 12 teams and 71 girls competed on the Gray Course at the Ohio State University Golf Course for the state title. Ella Wong from
Hawken High School, in Cleveland, carded two rounds of 76-76 to win take the individual trophy by one shot over Riley McKenzie from Crooksville. Garaway’s Sammi Miller was solo third, while Bridget Mulcahey, from Lima and Claire Recker from Van Buren tied for fourth to round out the top five.
Four members of Columbus Academy, Angela Hu (6), Grace Luo (8), Eva Baker (14) and Eliza Freytag (18) finished inside the top 20 to win the Team Title by 23 strokes over Garaway High School.
Girls Division I
Dublin Jerome placed two players, Audrey Ryu (2) and Ellie Ryu (8) inside the top eight in the Girls Division I segment of the OHSAA Girls State Championship, but were only able to finish second to Centerville High School.
New Albany finished third, Medina Highland was fourth and Rocky River’s Magnificat rounded out the top five.
Morgan Rogers from Centerville led the Lady Elks with a tie for eighth. Her teammates, Brigid Nickell and Leann Harker both tied for 12th, while Sanjana Reddy finished tied for 22 to give them the state title by one shot over Dublin Jerome.
Kylee Heidemann, from Mercy McAuley won the Individual title with scores of 72-69, on OSU’s Gray Course, to best Audrey Ryu by two shots.
Boys Division III
In the Boys Division III competition, held at NorthStar Golf Club, Cincinnati’s Seven Hills High School bested second place Newark Catholic by five shots to win the OHSAA State Championship.
Delphos St. John’s, Fort Frye and Minister rounded out the top five spots in the team competition.
Youngstown Cardinal Mooney’s Rocco Turner fired two rounds of 74-71 to take the OHSAA Individual title by four shots over Josh Winhusen, from Middletown Christian.
Carlie Mullen, from Seven Hills, finished solo third. Mark Pillar, from Independence, Brogan Sullivan from Newark Catholic and Cameron Phillips, from Valley High School finished in a tie for fourth.
Boys Division II
Dayton’s Alter High School fired a team total of 618 to best Columbus Academy by 16 shots to claim the OHSAA Boys Division II Team Championship.
Alter was led by David Gochenouer and T.J. Kreusch who finished one-two in individual scoring. Grant Taber was sixth, while Grady Taber and Finn Grawe both tied for 23rd to round out the team scoring for Alter.
Carrollton finished third, Chagrin Falls fourth and Wyoming High School was fifth.
Gochenouer posted scores of 72-76 to best his teammate, Kreusch by two shots on the difficult OSU Scarlet Course.
Columbus Academy Stephen Ma was solo third, Finley Bartlett from Wyoming was fourth and Jaxson Rinkes from Carrollton rounded out the top five.
Boys Division I 
In the Division I Boys State Championship, Cleveland’s St. Ignatius High School won its second consecutive OHSAA title by defeating Mason High School by three shots. Held on OSU’s Scarlet Course the Wildcat’s were led by Nick Piesen, who also won the Division I Individual State Championship by shooting 74-74.
Two shots back his teammate, Bradley Chill finished tied for runner-up with three other players, Nathan Vonderhaar and A.J. Wilhelm, both from Mason and Columbus DeSales’ Vaughn Harber.
