Two of the top High School golf programs in Central Florida historically have once again emerged as potential teams to beat in the FHSAA State Golf Championships as the boys and girls programs as Circle Christian School and Lake Mary High School both won their respective District titles this week and also had the Low Medalist.
The Lake Mary boys, which had four of the top five individual scorers, led by a 72 from Low Medalist Vishruth Badiga, won the Class 3A-District 4 title by 21 strokes over Oviedo _ 295-to-316 _ at The Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes. Individually, Lake Brantley’s Lorenzo Zuniga and Lake Howell’s Jaxson Corneau also qualified for Regionals.
On the girls side, 3-time defending State Champion Lake Mary had four players finish in the top six, individually, led by a 71 from Co-Low Medalist Ryleigh Knaub, won by a whopping 53 strokes over runners-up Lake Brantley, 304-to-357, at DeBary Golf and Country Club. Individually, Co-Kow-Medalist Hannah Booth from Oviedo and Macie Madden from Lake Howell also qualified for Regionals.
In Class 1A-District 7, the Circle Christian boys, led by a 68 from Co-Low-Medalist Luke Gossett, edged Lake Highland Prep _ 295-to-298 _ at Providence Golf Club in Davenport. Individually, Co-Low-Medalist Jeremy Castellanos from The First Academy-Orlando and Harrison Zhang from Trinity Prep also qualified for Regionals.
In girls play, Circle Christian, led by a 69 from Co-Low-Medalist Isabella Dovhey, nipped The First Academy-Orlando by five strokes _ 290-to-295 _ at Forest Lake Golf Club of Ocoee with the Lake Mary Prep duo of Tatiana Ang and Charlize Peterson qualifying as individuals.
An additional four teams and four individuals from teams that do not qualify for regionals will be added to Regional Tournaments.
The Boys Regionals will be played on Monday, with Lake Mary and Oviedo headed to the Class 3A-Region 1 Tournament at The Golf Course at Cypress Head (Black Tees) in Port Orange and Circle Christian traveling to Spring Hill for the Class 1A-Region 2 Tournament at Seven Springs Golf & CC - Championship Course (Blue Tees).
The girls will take to the course on Tuesday, with Lake Mary and Lake Brantley heading to Gainesville for the Class 3A-Region 1 Tournament at Hawkstone Golf & CC (White Female Tees) and Circle Christian also headed to Spring Hill for the Class 1A-Region 2 meet at Seven Springs Golf & CC - Championship Course (Gold Tees).
Here are the results:
Boys
Class 3A-District 4
At Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes
Team scores:
1. Lake Mary, 295; 2. Oviedo, 316; 3. Apopka, 318; 4. East River, 321; 5 (tie). Lake Brantley and Timber Creek, 323; 7. Hagerty, 332; 8. Seminole, 337; 9. Lake Howell, 349; 10. Winter Springs, 352; 11. Lyman, 382.
Top 10 individuals:
1. Vishruth Badiga, Lake Mary, 72; 2 (tie). Phoenix Wilson and Riley Sillaway, Lake Mary, 74; 4 (tie). Logan Foxx, Lake Mary, and Lorenzo Zuniga, Lake Brantley, 75; 6 (tie). Holt Rue, Oviedo, Jaxon Corneau, Lake Howell, and Dylan Dougherty, Timber Creek, 76; 9 (tie). Nicco Lore, East River, and Kaleb Leudenburg, Lake Brantley, 77.
Class 1A-District 7
At Providence Golf Club
Team scores:
1. Circle Christian, 295; 2. Lake Highland Prep, 298; 3. The First Academy-Orlando, 302; 4 (tie). Lake Mary Prep and Trinity Prep, 307; 6. The Geneva School, 332; 7. Father Lopez, 339; 8. The Master’s Academy, 345; 9. Orangewood Christian, 356; 10. Trinity Christian Academy, +125.
Top 10 individual scores:
1 (tie). Luke Gossett, Circle Christian, and Jeremy Castellanos, The First Academy-Orlando, 68; 3. Jack Minutoli, Lake Highland Prep, 70; 4 (tie). Karl Stenson, Circle Christian, and Harrison Zhang, Trinity Prep, 72; 6 (tie). Wensheng Liu, Lake Mary Prep, Casper Chopra, Lake Highland Prep, and Jack Rossheim, Father Lopez, 73; 9. David Steingberg, Trinity Prep, 74; 10. Christian Koehn, Lake Highland Prep, 75.
Girls
Class 3A-District 4
At DeBary Golf and Country Club
Team scores:
1. Lake Mary, 304; 2. Lake Brantley, 357; 3. Hagerty, 361; 4. Oviedo, 393; 5. Lake Howell, 403; 6. Timber Creek, 433; 7. Seminole, 441; 8. Apopka, 457; 9. East River, 545.
Top 10 individual Scores:
1(tie). Ryleigh Knaub, Lake Mary, and Hannah Booth, Oviedo, 71; 3 (tie). Mara King, Lake Mary, and Bretton Mackiewicz, Lake Brantley, 76; 5. Meyher Khokhar, Lake Mary, 78; 6 (tie). Elli Chon, Lake Mary, and Macie Madden, Lake Howell, 79; 8. Helen Hernandez, Lake Brantley, 80; 9. Cameron Lee, Lake Howell, 87; 10. Emma Roberts, Hagerty, 88.
Class 1A-District 7
At Forest Lake Golf Club of Ocoee
Team scores:
1. Circle Christian, 290; 2. The First Academy-Orlando, 295; 3. Lake Mary Prep, 297; 4. Trinity Prep, 354; 5. Father Lopez, 376; 6. Lake Highland Prep, 401. The Masters Academy, +22 (1 golfer) and Crooms Academy, +23 (1 golfer).
Top 10 individuals:
1 (tie). Isabella Dovhey, Circle Christian, and Katie Yang, The First Academy-Orlando, 69; 3. Tatiana Ang, Lake Mary Prep, 70; 4 (tie). Ana Boone and Angelina Pacheco, Circle Christian, 71; 6 (tie). Charlize Peterson, Lake Mary Prep, and Mi Li, The First Academy-Orlando, 72; 8. McKenna Murphy, Lake Mary Prep, 73; 9. Angela Wang, The First Academy-Orlando, 76; 10. Konor Nichols, Lake Highland Prep, 77; 11. Chloe Kang, Trinity Prep, 78.
