By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The 2nd Portage Sports Open Golf Scramble was hosted at Sunny Hill Golf Course on Sunday.

• The day was filled with fun competition that also included 17 high school student-athletes assisting teams around the course, using skills from their specific sports as part of the All-Sports Competition part of the golf open.
  

  Southeast High School golfers (left to right) Aubree Varga, Jessi Mix and Sammy Morgan were all on hole 16 on Sunday, driving foursomes down to the fairway for clean approach shots.

• A special thank you to all of the teams!
• A special thank you to all of the student-athletes, including Streetsboro football’s Cohen Klimak, Aurora football’s Ryan Dwyer, Southeast football’s Drake Longgood and Lucas Hixson, Aurora ice hockey’s Kellen Walter and Logan Hutchens, Southeast soccer’s Sarah Craver and Destiny Longgood, Rootstown soccer’s Zach Pastor, Southeast golf’s James Morgan, Cole Bruno, Sammy Morgan, Aubree Varga and Jessi Mix, Mogadore golf’s Tyler Pendergast, Field volleyball’s Madyson Stelzer and Paisley Nader.
• A special thank you to all of the supportive local sponsors, which included, Sarchione Chevrolet Garrettsville, Meyers Fence Company, H&M Black Nitride, All Pro Sports and Creations, Amy Adelman’s Retirement Services, Steve Colecchi, Rootstown End Zone Club, Foundation 59, Blasiole’s Pizza, the McKenzie family in loving memory of Rick Schoepe, Big Red Foundation, Jack Kohl Realty, Crafted, Power Tool Repair, Vesta Design, Portage Community Bank, S.A. Comunale, Ben Curtis Foundation, Deez and Razorlined Barbershop, Rootstown Wrestling Club and Daystar Auto Group!
  

  Aurora’s Ryan Dwyer (left) and Streetsboro’s Cohen Klimak were two of the football players on Hole 9 on Sunday, helping golfers by throwing Nerf Vortex footballs to try for pin shots after foursomes teed off on the long Par 3.

• A special thank you to the admin team, including Susan Jenior, Mike Jenior, Tom Nader Sr., Kyle Nader, Kevin and Jamie Nichols.

The foursome representing the Mogadore Athletic Boosters, which featured Aaron Pendergast, Dillon Pendergast, Heather Gasaway and Cory Gasaway, won the championship. Congratulations on an incredible round!

To win the title, the Mogadore four shot an incredible 18-hole score of 48. To get to their incredible score, the group, along with all of the foursomes, received assistance from the student-athletes, whose shots were considered bonus shots and did not count toward the score of foursomes.

Golfers teed off, football players through Nerf vortex footballs for approach shots, soccer players juggled to reward foursomes to move up to the closer tee boxes, volleyball players passed or served approach shots.

It created the most unique golf scramble experience for everyone involved and led to an exciting day of competition, but not in place of enthusiasm.

Mogadore’s Tyler Pendergast was on Hole 12 at Sunny Hill, teeing off for golfers and driving them well into the fairway on a consistent basis.

The final team scores included:

Team Mogadore…..48
Team Eames…..55
Team Nicholas…..56
Team Seeley…..56
Team Blake…..57
Team Calhoun…..57
Team Damato…..57
Team Miletti…..57
Team Eckenwiler…..58
Team Franks…..58
Team Johnson…..58
Team Meyers…..58
Team Silveus…..62
Team Evanovich…..63
Team Fesemyer…..65
Team Norman…..65
Team Manion…..66
Team Moore…..67
Team Conroy…..67
Team Murphy 1…..68
Team Murphy 2…..68
Team H&M Black Nitride…..69
Team Pryor…..78
Team Lohr…..79

Visit the Portage Sports Facebook page for photo galleries from the exciting day.