Boys' golf: Three-player playoff to decide state title

Kevin Dougherty of Vista Murrieta, Cole Seeger of Westlake and Michael Weaver of Clovis West each shot a two-under 70 today at the Poppy Hills Golf Club in Pebble Beach to force a three-player playoff for the individual state title.

Carlsbad La Costa Canyon won the team title with a five-player score of 381, followed by Carmichael Jesuit (386), Westlake (388), Cardinal Newman (389), Great Oak (390) and Carmel (396).

Among the other local competitors, Chaminade's Nick Thomas, Riverside Poly's Bryan Bergna, Villa Park's Alex Bungert and Westlake's Jake Katz each shot a two-over 74 to tie for sixth place; Great Oak's Kevin Ruby shot a 75; Great Oak's Doug Head and Tommy Lozon each shot a 77; Westlake's Kevin Santos shot an 81; Westlake's Justin Edwards and Great Oak's Jared Hentilla each shot an 82; Great Oak's Matthew Jun shot an 85; and Westlake's Chris Doyle shot a 90.

--Ben Bolch

Comments

[James Blackwood]

The Times made a commitment sometime back to cover high school sports online because it no longer did much of it in the sports section of the paper. Well, it is quite obvious that its coverage is declining just as the paper itself is devolving towards being a tabloid. There was no mention of the L.A. City golf championships held a few weeks back when Venice High set a team scoring record on the first day of the team competition and won the competition by 18 points over the second place team. Quite a story and such a shame no coverage!