Luke Gossett from Circle Christian claimed Low Medalist honors and an Individual State Championship to highlight an impressive two days for local entries at the FHSAA Class 1A State Golf Championships at Mission Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills on Tuesday and Wednesday (November 12 and 13).
Gossett, a junior, had a two day total of 139, which was two strokes clear of the field and led the Centurions to a tie for third place, 11-strokes behind champion Oxbridge Academy. The Lake Mary Prep boys finished 12th in the 16-team field.
The Class 1A Girls state meet was dominated by Central Florida schools as they claimed the top seven places, led by champion Montverde Academy.
Circle Christian, led by an overall fifth place finish by junior Isabella Dovhey, finished second, 10-strokes behind Montverde, and 4-strokes ahead of Lake Mary Prep, which was third led by fourth place overall finisher Charlize Peterson, a junior.
The FHSAA Class 3A State Golf Championships, featuring the Lake Mary High Boys, the 3-time defending Champion Lake Mary High girls and Lake Brantley girls individual qualifier Bretton Mackiewicz, will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday _ November 19-and-20 _ at Mission Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills.
Go to _ www.fhsaa.com/sports/golf _ for more information.
Here are the Class 1A State Tournament results:
BOYS
Team
1. Oxbridge Academy, 288-299 _ 587; 2. Benjamin, 304-292 _ 596; 3. (tie) Circle Christian, 297-301 _ 598 and The First Academy-Orlando, 294-304 _ 598; 5. Windermere Prep, 292-308 _ 600; 6. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 286-319 _ 605; 7. Berkeley Prep, 300-307 _ 607; 8. Morningside (Port St. Lucie), 302-306 _ 608; 9. Lake Highland Prep, 304-305 _ 609; 10. Bolles, 308-306 _ 614; 11. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 310-313 _ 623; 12. Lake Mary Prep, 304-323 _ 627; 13. Bishop Verot, 311-320 _ 631; 14. Florida Christian (Miami), 303-331 _ 634; 15. Pensacola Catholic, 323-318 _ 641; 16. Clearwater Central Catholic, 343-357 _ 700.
Individuals (Top 10, plus other locals)
1. Luke Gossett (Circle Christian), junior, 68-71 _ 139; 2. (tie) Joey Iaciofano (Oxbridge Academy), sophomore, 69-72 _ 141 and Luke Balaskiewicz (Bolles), senior, 72-69 _ 141; 4. Spencer Ives (Community School), junior, 71-71 _ 142; 5. (tie) Jeremy Hsu (Morningside-Port St. Lucie), sophomore, 71-72 _ 143 and Alexander Weinberg (Pine Crest-Fort Lauderdale), senior, 67-76 _ 143; 7. (tie) Ronav Benak (Berkeley Prep), senior, 72-72 _ 144; Eddie Gu (Saint Stephens Episcopal School), sophomore, 73-71 _ 144 and Christian Koehn (Lake Highland Prep), freshman, 72-72 _ 144; 10. Mingbo Jiang (First Academy-Orlando), junior, 70-75 _ 145. 24. Karl Stenson (Circle Christian), freshman, 72-78 _ 150; 29. Jeff Tian (Lake Mary Prep), senior, 72-79 _ 151; 42. Wensheng Liu (Lake Mary Prep), junior, 73-81 _ 154; 43. Orlando Torres (Circle Christian), sophomore, 79-76 _ 155; 43. Dallas Torres (Circle Christian), senior, 78-77 _ 155; 55. Qi (Steven) Liu (Lake Mary Prep), senior, 79-78 _ 157; 73. Ryker Huther (Circle Christian), freshman, 85-77 _ 162; 80. Rio Buakhum (Lake Mary Prep), 6th-grader, 80-85 _ 165; 85. Pietro Milano (Lake Mary Prep), sophomore, 85-87 _ 172.
GIRLS
Team
1. Montverde Academy, 277-290 _ 567; 2. Circle Christian, 283-294 _ 577; 3. Lake Mary Prep, 294-287 _ 581; 4. FAU, 286-297 _ 583; 5. Brevard HEAT, 287-297 _ 584; 6. Windermere Prep, 302-286 _ 588; 7. First Academy-Orlando, 294-305 _ 599; 8. Community School, 306-305 _ 611; 9. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 303-313 _ 616; 10. Benjamin, 313-312 _ 625; 11. Carrollwood, 312-318 _ 630; 12. Oxbridge Academy (West Palm Beach), 315-316 _ 631; 13. Bolles, 309-324 _ 633; 14. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 319-326 _ 645; 15. Carrollton, 330-324 _ 654; 16. Episcopal, 334-340 _ 674.
Individuals (Top 10, plus other locals)
1. Zilin (Grace) Xu (Montverde Academy), freshman, 62-69 _ 131; 2. Remi Bacardi (Palmer Trinity), senior, 63-72 _ 135; 3. Katelyn Huber (P. K. Yonge-Gainesville), senior, 67-69 _ 136; 4. Charlize Peterson (Lake Mary Prep), junior, 69-68 _ 137; 5. Isabella Dovhey (Circle Christian), junior, 66-72 _ 138; 6. (tie) Olivia Hasselbach (Carrollwood), senior, 68-71 _ 139 and Sahana Chokshi (Episcopal), sophomore, 70-69 _ 139; 8. (tie) Eva Lye (First Baptist-Naples), senior, 68-73 _ 141 and Yvette O’Brien (Grandview Prep), senior, 69-72 _ 141; 10. (tie) Alexandra Phung (FAU), freshman, 68-74 _ 142; McKenna Murphy (Lake Mary Prep), senior, 74-68 _ 142; Angelina Pacheco (Circle Christian), sophomore, 67-75 _ 142 and Ava Zhang (Windermere Prep), freshman, 73-69 _ 142. 21. Ana Boone (Circle Christian), junior, 75-71 _ 146; 24. Tatiana Ang (Lake Mary Prep), junior, 76-71 _ 147; 34. Ava M. Saavedra-Fundora (Circle Christian), junior, 75-76 _ 151; 49. Allyson Benson (Lake Mary Prep), sophomore, 75-80 _ 155; 66. Alexis Burbank (Circle Christian), sophomore, 75-83 _ 158; 85. Mia Bernier (Lake Mary Prep), senior, 79-92 _ 171.
