By Susan Jenior

Staff Writer

These are huge weeks for high-school golfers as teams and individuals seek to advance to OHSAA District tournaments, which would introduce the opportunity to continue at the OHSAA state championships.

The Southeast Pirates, Dominic Marcini of Streetsboro and Carter Haddox of Garfield all have the first opportunity to punch their ticket to the OHSAA’s Division II State Tournament at Firestone Country Club.

All other local teams are competing in the first step, sectionals, this week as Mogadore’s advancement to the Division III District must wait a week to play at Tannenhauf Golf Course in Alliance.

Good luck to all Portage County golfers.

Your successes this season have been amazing as well as fun to watch.

Here is hoping that success continues in the OHSAA tournaments.

HOBAN INVITE AT FIRESTONE

Hoban invited 18 of the best teams in the state to compete on the Fazio Golf Course at Firestone Country Club for one off the final open tournaments of the season.

The Aurora Greenmen competed in the event that was won by St. Ignatius.

Aurora fired a team total of 316 — good to land in the top-10 teams.

Nick Pollak, a sophomore for Aurora tied for second place firing an even-par 70 behind Connor Phipps of St. Ignatius finishing with a 3-under-par 67.

HOBAN INVITATIONAL SCOREBOARD

(At Fazio Course, Firestone Golf Club, Akron – Par 70)

TEAM STANDINGS: St. Ignatius 284, St. Xavier 291, St. Charles 292, Archbishop Moeller 297, Upper Arlington 299, Archbishop Hoban 304, University School 305, Massillon Jackson 306, Dublin Coffman 307, Aurora 316, Archbishop Hoban (2) 318, St. Edward 319, Lake 319, Brunswick 320, Dover 321, Hudson 321, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy 337.

MEDALIST: Connor Phipps, St. Ignatius 67; Jax Denton, St. Xavier 70; Carter Pinney, University School 70; Nick Pollak, Aurora 70; Ray Koeberle, Hoban 71.

AURORA (316): Nick Pollak 70, Brady Allenick 75, Dylan Lancaster 88, Jackson Sarver 82, Joel Fletcher 91.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TOURNAMENT CALENDAR

MONDAY

OHSAA BOYS D1 NE SECTIONAL AT WINDMILL LAKES: Kent Roosevelt and Aurora

OHSAA GIRLS D2 NE DISTRICT AT PUNDERSON: Southeast, Rootstown, Garfield, Windham Individual Lillian Pesa-Garrett

TUESDAY

OHSAA BOYS D2 NE DISTRICT AT WINDMILL LAKES: Southeast; Individuals _ Dominic Mancini, Streetsboro; Carter Haddox, Garfield.

OHSAA GIRLS D1 NE SECTIONAL AT OLD AVALON: Aurora.

WEDNESDAY

OHSAA GIRLS D1 NE SECTIONAL AT FOX DEN GOLF COURSE: Kent Roosevelt

OHSAA BOYS D3 NE SECTIONAL AT PLEASANT VALLEY GOLF COURSE: Rootstown

OCT. 5

OHSAA BOYS D3 NE DISTRICT AT TANNENHAUF GOLF COURSE: Mogadore. (Possible additional teams/individuals when D3 Sectionals are completed.)