Two talented young golfers turned in the best rounds of the day and three Findlay golfers found themselves in second place Monday after the first round of the Findlay Area Golf Association's National Junior Golf Tournament at Red Hawk Run Golf Course.
Brandon Hoelzer, who will be a sophomore at Fremont Ross, fired a 74, and Joshua Brooks, a 13-year-old from Ashland, had a 75 for the two best scores of Monday's first round. They stood 1-2 in the boys 13-15 competition.
Findlay's Michael Popovec is second in the boys 16-18 division and Stephanie St.-Jean (16-18) and Ali Mallett (13-15) are second in their brackets of the girls tournament.
Popovec carded a 77 and is tied with Brian VanDeMotter of Rocky River. They are one stroke back of Ashland's Stephen Sinchok.
St.-Jean fired a 79 Monday, and is five shots back of Lima's Ellen Huffman. Mallett (112) is second to Elmore's Mikayla Baer (102).
In the boys 16-18 division, Findlay's D. Addison Sterling is tied for fifth (79), Curtis Eckert is seventh (81), Patrick Coward 13th (83) and Sam Malloy 14th (84).
Eli Stacy is sixth (80) and Findlay's Nick Curto and Andrew Kotey and Jenera's Dexter Wilson are tied for ninth (92) in the boys 13-15 bracket.
Findlay's Kaitlyn VanGunten is fourth (83) and Lauren Mains fifth (105) in the girls 16-18 competition,
The tournament continues today, with the final round being played Wednesday.
Boys 16 to 18
Stephen Sinchok, Ashland 76
Brian VanDeMotter, Rocky River 77
Michael Popovec, Findlay 77
Cleo Trumbull, Waterville 78
Nicholas Adkins, Ashland 79
Nathan Cropp, Lexington 79
D. Addison Sterling, Findlay 79
Louis Elbert, Grafton 80
Curtis Eckert, Findlay 81
Jonathan Price, Dublin 81
Kyle Cottrill, Canal 82
Andrew Northeim, Amherst 82
Patrick Coward, Findlay 83
Sam Malloy, Findlay 84
Michael Opsitnick, Avon 84
Zac Hart, Holland 85
Ryan Courtright, Upper Sandusky 85
Keith Brooks, Ashland 85
Ty Tweed, Findlay 85
Grant Bollin, Holland 85
Caleb Axe, Toledo 85
Ryan Hassmann, Mansfield 86
John Gasper, Maumee 86
C.J. Rogers, Findlay 87
Michael Anderson, Findlay 87
Joshua Driscoll, Clyde 87
Jake Houston, Lexington 87
Jack Kastor, N. Canton 88
Scooby Phillips, Tiffin 91
Joshua Bishop, Van Buren 91
Michael Caris, Findlay 92
Kenta Okada, Findlay 94
Boys 13-15
Brandon Hoelzer, Fremont 74
Joshua Brooks, Ashland 75
Ryan Troyer, Dover 76
Luckie Kaufman, Birmingham, Ala. 77
Connor Dudley, Fremont 79
Eli Stacy, Findlay 80
Clay Schwartz, Fremont 83
Billy Blausey, Elmore 86
Nick Curto, Findlay 92
Andrew Kotey, Findlay 92
Dexter Wilson, Jenera 92
Van Mallett, Findlay 112
Christopher Swanson, St. Mary's 129
Girls 13-15
Mikayla Baer, Elmore 102
Ali Mallett, Findlay 112
Girls 16-18
Ellen Huffman, Lima 74
Stephanie St. Jean, Findlay 79
Ashley Swartz, Lima 82
Kaitlyn VanGunten, Findlay 83
Lauren Mains, Findlay 105
Marissa Souter, Norwalk 106
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