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District Golf Roundup: Berkeley Prep Sweeps

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Tribune staff report

Published: October 13, 2008

ODESSA - It was a clean sweep Monday for Berkeley Prep at the Eagles, as the Bucs' boys and girls golf teams each won Class 1A-District 14 titles.

Twin sisters Kim and Kyleen Carpenter shot 78 and 81, respectively, on the par 72 Lakes Course to finish first and second overall in leading the girls to a team-total 347, which was 48 strokes better than runner-up Academy of the Holy Names.

The Bucs boys placed three in the top six – Blake Morris (72; second), R.J. Campbell (78; fifth) and Ren Scott (79; sixth) – and edged runner-up Jesuit by 17 strokes with a team-total 309.

"It is nice, very nice," Bucs coach Tom Shea said of the district sweep. "The boys have worked really hard. Blake's a hell of a player, but the supporting cast has been really good.

"I was looking for something a little lower [for the girls], but we'll take it. Basically, we've got to get a little lower if we want to give Northside Christian a run at regionals."

Jesuit's Jack Twomey claimed individual medalist honors for the boys with a 1-under 71, a rollercoaster round that included two eagles, three birdies, two bogeys and two double bogeys.
"I've had some pretty crazy rounds before, but that was pretty much the craziest because it was all over the place," Twomey said.

Tampa Prep took third in both the boys and girls competitions. Taylor Richardson's 90 led the girls, while Jonathan Wyble shot a 77 to lead the boys.

Tampa Catholic's Trent Stoker (76) and Tommy Spitale (89) each advanced to next week's region tournament as individuals, as did Oldsmar Christian's Jacob Peters (90).

On the girls side, CDS Prep's Lauren Coe (99), Tampa Catholic's Lorin Shulstad (107) and Cambridge Christian's Rachel Bode (111) advanced as individuals to next week's region tournament.

Class 1A-14 Girls Individual Scores
1. Kim Carpenter, Berkeley Prep 78. 2. Kyleen Carpenter, Berkeley Prep 81. 3. Taylor Richardson, Tampa Prep 90. 4. Lindsey Weiss, Berkeley Prep 91. 5. Annie Milewski, Academy of the Holy Names 92. 6. Mary Baskette, Tampa Prep 94. 7. Desiree Meyncke, Berkeley Prep 97. 8. Lauren Coe, CDS Prep, Mariah Diaz, Academy of the Holy Names, Emmy Martin, Academy of the Holy Names 99. 11. Marie Christopher, Academy of the Holy Names 105. 12. Jessica Hahn, Berkeley Prep 106. 13. Lorin Shulstad, Tampa Catholic 107. 14. Christina Gerecke, Academy of the Holy Names 110. 15. Rachel Bode, Cambridge Christian 111.

Class 1A-14 Girls Team Scores
1. Berkeley Prep 349. 2. Academy of the Holy Names 395. 3. Tampa Prep 439. 4. Spoto 602.

Class 1A-14 Boys Individual Scores
1. Jack Twomey, Jesuit 71. 2. Blake Morris, Berkeley Prep 72. 3. Trent Stoker, Tampa Catholic 76. 4. Jonathan Wyble, Tampa Prep 77. 5. R.J. Campbell, Berkeley Prep 78. 6. Ren Scott, Berkeley Prep 79. 7. Austin Suarez, Berkeley Prep 80. 8. Trent Silver, Jesuit 81. 9. Anthony Maccaglia, Jesuit 82. 10. Kiran Lingham, Berkeley Prep 83. 11. Corbin Hayes, Tampa Prep 88. 12. Tommy Spitale, Tampa Catholic, Charlie Bauman, Tampa Prep, Alex Cardoso, Tampa Prep 89. 15. Jacob Peters, Oldsmar Christian 90. 16. Derek Fields, Jesuit 92. 17. Max Miller, Tampa Catholic 93. 18. Ryan Hoverman, CDS Prep, Nathan Rivera, Oldsmar Christian, Patrick Reed, Tampa Catholic, Nick Sarich, Tampa Catholic 94. 22. Jacob Philbeck, Oldsmar Christian 97. 23. Christianni Valiente, Cambridge Christian 98. 24. Anthony Saint, Robinson 99. 25. Kyle Serniak, Spoto 100.

Class 1A-14 Boys Team Scores
1. Berkeley Prep 309. 2. Jesuit 326. 3. Tampa Prep 343. 4. Tampa Catholic 352. 5. Oldsmar Christian 383. 6. CDS Prep 413. 7. Cambridge Christian 422. 8. Robinson 439. 9. Spoto 440

2A-10 BOYS

ODESSA Sometimes it's better to be the first group on a golf course during a tournament. Sometimes, it's not.

For Plant's Doug Letson, being first was just fine with him as he fired a 1-over-par 72 Monday at Silver Dollar Golf Club to lead the Panthers to their fourth consecutive district team championship.

Plant finished with 315, followed by Chamberlain and Gaither with 335. All three teams advance to next Monday's region tournament at Wentworth Golf Club.

The Plant senior, starting on the Silver Dollar Bobcat course, went out in 1-under-par 35 but as the wind picked up, the bogies started to mount for Letson.

"The win started as I made the turn and I had a couple bogies," said Letson, who tied for medalist in last year's region and finished tied for 12th at the state tournament. "But I finished strong."

Letson bogied Nos. 12, 13, 14 and 16 but finished par, birdie to post the 72, two strokes better than Chamberlain's Gary Buffington.

Although Plant coach Dan Vona was happy to win the tournament, he wasn't exactly pleased with his team's performance.

"I expect a little better from these guys," Vona said. "The layout was a little tricky today. No. 1 was really tricky."

Hole No. 1 was a 475-yard par 5 that wraps around the driving range. While Letson and Alonso's Kody Tibbetts – playing in the same group – were the only two players to birdie the hole, others had trouble. The hole played to a 7.13 stroke average and there were nine scores posted above 8 strokes, including three 11s and a 12.

Chamberlain's Gary Buffington was second with a 74 and Gaither's Joshua Black was third with a 76. The three players advancing to the region as individuals were Ryan Stone of Alonso (79), Tibbetts (80) and Sickles' Anthony Kuhn (85).

Class 2A-10 Boys Individual Scores
1. Doug Letson, Plant 72. 2. Gary Buffington, Chamberlain 74. 3. Joshua Black, Gaither 76. 4. Ryan Stone, Alonso 79 and Charles Silverfield, Plant 79. 6. Kody Tibbetts, Alonso 80. 7. George Hodges, Plant 81. 8. Chad Olson, Gaither 83 and Jonathon Franklin, Plant 83. 10. Anthony Kuhn, Sickles 85 and Gregory Tabor, Gaither 85. 12. Trevor Joseph, Hillsborough 86 and Jordan Richter, Sickles 86. 14. Skyler Estes, Chamberlain 87and Truman Williams Hillsborough 87. 16. Brett Blair, Chamberlain 88. 17. Alexander Boyd, Hillsborough 89. 18. Brendon Pulido, Jefferson 90. 19. Nicholas Freeman, Alonso 91, Axel Andruo, Gaither 91,Miles Cameron, Hillsborough 91 and Matthew Tinkey, Sickles 91.

Class 2A 10 Boys Team Scores
1. Plant 315. 2. Chamberlain and Gaither 335. 4. Alonso 346. 5. Sickles 355. 6. Hillsborough 365. 7. Jefferson 439. 8. Blake 472.

2A-12 BOYS

DUNEDIN On a windy day at his home course, Dunedin senior Justin Foster was off to a horrible start – 5-over through his first six holes.

Falcons coach Rich Edmonds suddenly got nervous that his two-time defending Pinellas County champions would falter in the Class 2A, District 12 tournament. But Foster shot 5-under in his last 12 holes, including an eagle at the 502-yard par-5 15th, to lead Dunedin (302 strokes) to the district title and take individual medalist honors at the venerable Dunedin Country Club.

"I'm just relieved to get out of here with a win," said Edmonds, who was already thinking about the daunting task of facing Plant in next week's regional at Wentworth Golf Club.

East Lake (319) and Mitchell (321) also advanced to Region 4 play. Ridgewood's Jordan Padova (76) and Jeff Koos (78) qualified as individuals, as did Matt Cote from Palm Harbor University (75). But Kote's teammate and defending district medalist, Zach Sobel, shot 80 and was the most notable player that failed to advance.

The Mustangs were led by a 74 from third-place individual finisher Kenny Cavender and a 79 from Isaac Schaefer. But for the second week in a row, they relied on a clutch score from their No. 5 player, Sterling Bash. His 85, posted more than an hour after Ridgewood finished, knocked the Rams out of a key spot in a tournament for the second week in a row.

"He's my secret weapon," said Mustangs coach Rick Hyatt. "He's been doing it for the whole last half of the season,"

Dunedin's Travis Huston, son of PGA Tour pro John Huston, was second overall with a 73. Padova had an eagle at the 335-yard, par-4 12th hole, hitting a lob wedge from 75 yards directly into the hole on the fly. Koos, who had a triple bogey on his second hole, bounced back with three birdies on his front nine.

Class 2A-12 Boys Individual Scores

1. Foster, Dunedin 72. 2. Huston, Dunedin 73. 3. Cavender, Mitchell 74. 4. Cote, Palm Harbor U. 75. 5(t). J. Padova, Ridgewood 76, Bernard Dunedin 76. 7. Hand East Lake 77. 8. Koos Ridgewood 78. 9(t).Schaefer Mitchell, Payton Clearwater 79. 11(t). Dingus East Lake, Z. Sobel Palm Harbor U., O'Reilly East Lake 80. 14. Jensen Dunedin 81; 15(t). Guggi, Countryside, Clark East Lake, Veghte, Clearwater 82. 18(t). Kopsell Ridgewood, Heinz, Mitchell, Camisaca, Palm Harbor U. 83. 21. Simpson, Clearwater 84. 22(t). Bash, Mitchell, Zimmet, Palm Harbor U. 85. 24(t). A. Padova, Ridgewood, Norris, Dunedin 86.

Class 2A-12 Team Scores
1. Dunedin 302. 2. East Lake 319. 3. Mitchell 321. 4(t). Ridgewood 323; Palm Harbor University 323. 6. Clearwater 333. 7. Countryside 362. 8. Tarpon Springs 378. 9. River Ridge 379. 10. Gulf 418. 11. Hudson 448.

2A-10 GIRLS

LUTZ Sickles sophomore Alex Milan won the 2A-10 district title for the second straight year shooting a three-under 69 at Heritage Harbor. Milan shot two under on the front nine including an eagle on eight and a birdie on the ninth hole.

Milan said windy conditions were a factor early in the day at Sickles home course, but she said she was confident and made the right adjustments.

"It was really windy so a couple of holes played a little different then they had," Milan said. "I was able to relax and get into a rhythm because I knew what I wanted to do at every hole."

Milan said her comfort level raised as she went on slowly separating herself from the top group.

"The girls I was playing with were within two strokes for a long time so I definitely had to play hard today."

According to Milan, she was confident she was in control after a birdie on the par-five 15th hole.

"I decided to hit driver even though I was debating it," Milan said. "I hit over these houses to get a better angle at the hole and hit the green in two. And that really made me turn the corner."

Gaither's Alex Bonham finished second in individuals with a 77 and Plant's Gen King finished third with a 78.

King helped lead Plant to its 10th straight district title along with Kelsey Eisch, Laura Hendee, Ashwini Bhide and Kaitlin McPeak as the team shot a score of 350. Although, only the top four scores counted for the total, all five members of the team finished in the top 13 individual scores. Sickles took the runner-up district team spot with a team score of 359.

Class 2A-10 Girls Individual Scores
1. Alex Milan, Sickles 69. 2. Alex Bonham, Gaither 77. 3. Gen King, Plant 78. 4. Kelsey Eisch, Plant 81. 5. Laura Hendee, Plant 87. 6. Morgan Litchfield, Gaither 90. 7. (Tie) Sara Blair, Sickles 93. 7. (Tie) Katie Bame, Sickles 93. 9. Allison McKay, Gaither 103. 10. Sarah McMahon, Gaither 103. 11. (Tie) Ashwini Bhide, Plant 104. 11. (Tie) Courtney Novak, Sickles 104. 13. (Tie) Kaitlin McPeak, Plant 108. 13. (Tie) Shannon Osbourne, Sickles 108. 15. (Tie) G. Mangru, Alonso 109. 15. (Tie) Courtney Owens, Gaither 109. 15. (Tie) Kimberly Zsuffa, Alonso 109. 18. Rachel Babb, Chamberlain 115. 19. Casey Otten, Chamberlain 116. 20. H. Hong, Hillsborough 117. 21. K. Killoren, Jefferson 125. 22. C. Saar, Alonso 131. 23. Amanda Gunter, Chamberlain 133. 24. K. Yant, Alonso 134. 25. Allison Somchith, Chamberlain 136.

Class 2A-10 Girls Teams scores
1. Plant 350. 2. Sickles 359. 3. Gaither 367. 4. Alonso 483. 5. Chamberlain 500. 6. Hillsborough 563. 7. Jefferson 594.

2A-11 GIRLS

TAMPA The wind whipped up, but several players still shot low in the Class 2A, District 11 match at Heritage Isles Golf and Country Club -- the lowest score going to Durant freshman Madison Opfer with a 2-under-par 70.

For Durant, Opfer was one of four Cougars to play tough, including Erica Wardzinski (73), Amy West (76) and Kerrie Reinhardt (83), who combined for a team total of 302, 21 shots ahead of second-place Wharton (323).

"I'd have to say I'm very encouraged with the way everybody played today, and it makes me really confident (for next Monday's regional match, also held at Heritage Isles)," West said. "I actually didn't play great today (four penalty shots), which is another reason I'm excited to get back at it (next Monday)."

The top three teams from each district qualify for regionals, meaning Durant and Wharton, which split in head-to-head matches during the regular season and were 11-1 before Monday, will get another chance to face off.

Things could be a lot tighter next time around, especially if Wharton's No. 1 player, Shena Yang, plays like she is capable. On Monday, Yang, who came in with the district's lowest nine-hole scoring average at 36.9, struggled with a 7-over 79.

Only the top three teams qualify for regionals and that final third spot was claimed by Plant City, which shot 383, five strokes ahead of Newsome (383) and 20 in front of fifth-place Freedom (403).

On the individual side, King's Kelsey Gibson placed second with a 1-under 71, followed by Newsome's Jessica Alexander at even-par 72. Gibson, Alexander and Bloomingdale's Tori Saputo (82) will get to play in next week's regional because they were the top-three individual finishers not playing for one of the top three team qualifiers.

Class 2A-11 Girls Individual Scores
1. Madison Opfer, Wharton 70; 2. Kelsey Gibson, King 71. 3. Jessica Alexander, Newsome 72. 4. Erica Wardzinski, Durant 73. 5. Amy West, Durant 76. 6. Shena Yang, Wharton, Nina Hwang, Wharton 79. 8. Katherine Demick, Wharton, Tori Saputo, Bloomingdale 82. 10. Katherine Reinhardt, Durant, Brittany Bradshaw, Wharton 83.

Class 2A-11 Team Scores
1. Durant 302. 2. Wharton 323. 3. Plant City 383. 4. Newsome 388. 5. Freedom 403. 6. Bloomingdale 408.

2A-6 BOYS

BELLEVIEW Land O' Lakes High's Josh Barnett shot a 79 to qualify for the Class 2A regional next Monday in Middleburg.

Land O' Lakes High and Wesley Chapel High both competed in the Class 2A-District 6 Boys Golf Tournament but neither team finished among the top three teams.

Spring Hill Springstead won the team competition with 318 points. Lecanto was second with 331 points. Brooksville Central was third with 338 points. Those three teams will advance to the regional Monday in Middleburg.

Wesley Chapel was fourth with 340 points. Land O' Lakes was fifth with 341 points.
Springstead's Kevin Hubbard was medalist with a 73.

Barnett was one of three individuals not on the top three teams to advance. Lake Weir High's Jay King with 75 and Tyler White of Belleview with an 81 also qualified for the tournament.

Class 2A-6 Boys Individual Scores

1. Jay King, Lake Weir 75. 2. Josh Barnett, Land O' Lakes 79. 3. Tyler White, Belleview 81. 4. Mark Giardino, Lecanto 77. 5. Shane Murray, Springstead 79. 6. Josh Barnett, Land O' Lakes 79. 7. Tyler White, Belleview 81. 8. Jacob Fleck, Wesley Chapel 82. 8. Brandon Mumaw, Wesley Chapel 82. 8. Ryan Johnson, Central 82.

Class 2A-6 Boys Team Scores
1. Spring Hill Springstead 318. 2. Lecanto 331. 3. Brooksville Central 338. 4. Wesley Chapel 340. 5. Land O' Lakes 341. 6. Ocala Forest 342. 6. Ocala Vanguard 355. 6. Belleview 364. 7. Lake Weir 372. 8. Leesburg 474.

Adam Adkins, Rick Harmon, Bart O'Connell, Scott Purks, Jarrett Guthrie and Larry Bugg

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