Golf: Here's who qualified for State Boys and Girls championships via the North sectionals
JEFFERSON – Madison qualified for next week’s State Boys Golf Championship by the slimmest of margins.
Madison won a three-way match of cards with Montville and Bernards because the fifth player, whose score rarely counts in New Jersey golf, counted as the tiebreaker at Monday’s North 1 and 2, Group 2 sectional tournament. The Dodgers had the best fifth scorer at Berkshire Valley Golf Course.
“We’ve had a lot of depth all year,” said Madison coach Matt Millichap, whose team advances to Monday’s NJSIAA Championship at Raritan Valley GC in Bridgewater. “Even our sixth player was right there with the fifth player, and a lot of balance there.”
While Mendham won the overall title with a shoot-five, count-four of 312, Madison, Montville and Bernards tied for second at 317. The Dodgers fifth player carded 87 and that was one shot better than Montville and 12 better than Bernards.
Madison junior Alex Patel was North 1 medalist with 73. Senior teammate Nathan Tallinder shot 78, sophomore Blake Steele 81, senior Quinn Reagan 85, and the tiebreaker was won with sophomore Teo Bengsten’s 87.
Mendham won the overall title, as well as North 2, with four juniors carding 82 or better. Liam Brandt shot 75, Seth Harris 77, Anders Farley 78 and Ian Aitkenhead 82.
“It’s been a goal of the team to go to the TOC as a team for the past two years, so they’ve been working hard to meet that goal,” Minutemen coach Shira Brown said. “So it’s rewarding to see that hard work pay off today.”
North 1 and Group 2, Group 2
At Berkshire Valley GC, Jefferson
Par: 71
Team scores
Mendham 312-b
Madison 317
Montville 317-a
Bernards 317
Demarest 323
Cranford 328
West Morris 335
River Dell 336
Sparta 344
Old Tappan 345
Morris Tech 354
Governor Livingston 355
Vernon 356
Mahwah 367
West Essex 371
Voorhees 417
a-won North 1 title
b-won North 2 title
Individuals
North 1
1. Eli Kaufman, Montville 74
2. Jun Chun, Old Tappan 75
3. Vince Parlamis, Demarest 75
4. Alex Na, River Dell 77
5. Matt Trifari, Montville 79
6. Ben Aronson, Demarest 79
North 2
1. Alex Patel, Madison 73
2. Noah Ochab, Bernards 75
3. Liam Brandt, Mendham 75
4. Brandon Quach, Cranford 77
5. Lucas Domingues, West Morris 77
6. Seth Harris, Mendham 77
North 1 and 2, Group 1
Mountain Lakes rolled to Monday's North 1 and 2, Group 1 overall title with a 21-stroke win at Newton CC in Newton.
Mountain Lakes carded 310 and swept the top three individual spots in Group 2: senior Kyle Maute shot 3-over 73, junior Max Troisi 75, and junior Ryan Powers 78. Senior Charlie Hilton added 84.
Pequannock carded 331 and won North 1 and earned the second overall bid to the State Championship. Panthers sophomore Derek Czepiel was North 1 medalist with 73, while sophomore Sef Bajraktarevic had 85, senior Ethan Karaty 86 and sophomore Maxwell Diee 87.
North 1 and 2, Group 1
At Newton CC, Newton
Par: 70
Team scores
Mountain Lakes 310-d
Pequannock 331-c
Glen Ridge 335
Wallkill Valley 335
Newton 337
High Point 343
Ramsey 347
Glen Rock 351
Indian Hills 356
Verona 358
Cedar Grove 363
Cresskill 373
Hasbrouck Heights 373
Dumont 387
Belvidere 432
Hopatcong 433
c-Pequannock won North 1 title
d-Mountain Lakes won North 2 title
Individuals
North 1
1. Derek Czepiel, Pequannock 73
2. Brendan Burkhardt, Glen Rock 75
3. Dante Torres, Wallkill Valley 80
4. Kevin Stencel, Wallkill Valley 80
5. Cooper Armstrong, Newton 82
6. John Elko, High Point 83
North 2
1. Kyle Maute, Mountain Lakes 73
2. Max Troisi, Mountain Lakes 75
3. Ryan Powers, Mountain Lakes 78
4. Emily Renoff, Glen Ridge 80
5. Nicholas Iannacone, Cedar Grove 82
6. Luke Renoff, Glen Rock 83'
Girls North
Reigning State Girls champion Holy Angels repeated as titlist at Monday’s North Girls sectional at Great Gorge in Vernon, shooting 314 to win by 29 strokes.
Holy Angels junior Inha Jun was medalist with 2-over-par 72. Angels freshman Eleanor Lim was fifth with 79, sophomore Olivia Lee shot 81 and junior Angelina Kim, two-time reigning Bergen County champion, had 82.
Bergen County schools swept the top three qualifying bids to the State Championship May 14 at Raritan Valley GC in Bridgewater. Bergen Tech was runner with 343, led by sophomore Oliva Pak’s 78. Immaculate Heart was third with 355, and senior Marisa Flores was individual runner-up with 74.
Girls North
at Great Gorge CC, Vernon
Par: 70
Team scores
Holy Angels 314
Bergen Tech 343
Immaculate Heart 355
Ramapo 369
Ridgewood 371
Demarest 402
Northern Highlands 413
Indian Hills 423
Chatham 439
Morris Knolls 447
Pascack Hills 453
Morristown-Beard 482
Individuals
Inha Jun, Holy Angels 72
Marisa Flores, Immaculate Heart 74
Skylar Lee, Ramapo 77
Olivia Pak, Bergen Tech 78
Eleanor Lim, Holy Angels 79
Olivia Lee, Holy Angels 81
Aubrey Lee, Bergen Tech 81
Angelina Kim, Holy Angels 82
Sharanya Agarwal, Holy Angels 83
Bella Crespo, Bergen Tech 84
Reese Fishman, Ramapo 85
Ava Heins, North Highlands 87
Note: There are 4 Boys North sectionals Tuesday, so check back for updated results.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Golf: Here's who qualified for State Championship via North sectionals
