Golf

BROOKVILLE'S MERCATORIS WINS D9 BOYS' GOLF TITLE; EIGHT QUALIFY FOR REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

BROOKVILLE – Brookville’s C.G. Mercatoris cruised to the District 9 Boys’ Individual Golf Championship with a two-day total of 140 which was 10 strokes ahead of the second-place finisher.

Redbank Valley’s Chase Zamperini took second with a 150, while Ridgway’s Aaron Stenta was third at 154.

Mercatoris shot a 71 during Saturday’s second round at Pinecrest Country Club. He shot a 69 in last Monday’s first round while helping the Raiders to the team championship that day.

The real drama on the day came for the eighth and final Regional Qualifier spot.

DuBois Central Catholic’s Zac Burley edged out Brookville’s Alex Nichamin and Bradford’s Drew Kapp in playoff after the three had tied with a two-day total of 159.

Additional Regional Qualifiers included DCC’s Drew Nedzinski, Elk County Catholic’s Kevin Smith, Ridgway’s Bill Egger and Port Allegany’s Chris Sabolcik as well as the top three finishers.

DISTRICT 9 BOYS’ GOLF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

RK	Name	School	Day 1	Day 2	Total
1	C.G. Mercatoris	Brookville	69	71	140	District Champion
2	Chase Zamperini	Redbank Valley	75	75	150	Regional Qualifier
3	Aaron Stenta	Ridgway	78	76	154	Regional Qualifier
4	Drew Nedzinski	DuBois Catholic	77	78	155	Regional Qualifier
5	Kevin Smith	Elk Catholic	76	80	156	Regional Qualifier
6	Bill Egger	Ridgway	80	77	157	Regional Qualifier
7	Chris Sabolcik	Port Allegany	78	80	158	Regional Qualifier
8*	Zac Burley*	DuBois Catholic	79	80	159	Regional Qualifier
8*	Alex Nichamin*	Brookville	77	82	159
8*	Drew Kapp*	Bradford	80	79	159
11	Max Fairman	Punxsutawney	77	84	161
11	Jake Bowser	Redbank Valley	80	81	161
13	Tyler Labesky	Kane	80	82	162
14	Kevin Doverspike	Redbank Valley	78	87	165
14	Braden Harmon	Cranberry	80	85	165
16	Devin Christie	Moniteau	79	87	166
16	Steven Fike	Punxsutawney	79	87	166
16	Doug Barber	Venango Catholic	80	86	166
19	Drew Kelly	Bradford	80	95	175

*Zac Burley won in a playoff for the final regional qualifying position.