MASSENA — Many golfers in this year’s Section X Golf Championship hosted by Massena at the River Run Golf Course in Louisville, on Thursday, struggled with big numbers on the front nine during a steady rain.

Potsdam’s young leaders of sophomore Iam VanWagner, freshman Michael Saber and eighth grader Cooper Lovely avoided the pitfalls, leading the Stoners to the team championship.

VanWagner emerged as the first-day leader in the chase for medalist honors at 39-37-76, Saber came in at 39-42-81 and Lovely carded a 41-38-79 to anchor a 414-422 margin over 2024 champion Tupper Lake. Seniors Liam Langstaff (46-41-87) and Joel Allen (46-45-91) rounded the Sandstoners’ total while Wyatt Trudeau (44-36-80) and Ashton Clark (32-38-80) led Tupper Lake.

NAC Season Champion Massena placed third at 428, followed by Canton at 450, Malone at 461 and OFA 78. Bryce Flynn (44-38-82) led Massena, Dan O’Neil (41-39-80) led Canton, Liam Davis (48-46-84) paced Malone and Ethan Bouchard (49-40-89) led OFA.

Twenty seven golfers earned the right to compete for the Individual championship and the nine spots on the Section 10 team for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championship next Sunday and Monday.

Heading into the second day’s action, VanWagner held a 76-78 lead over Clifton-Fine’s Matt Daniels and three over Potsdam teammate Cooper Lovely at 79. Dan O’Neill and Raine Rumble, with 80, rounded out the top five.

Daniels, a senior, turned in a round of 38-37- 75 on Saturday to edge Gouverneur’s senior NAC MVP Raine Rumble, who turned the day’s best round 39-41-74, for individual honors at 153-154. Daniels played the second round without a double-bogey and birdied the fourth, 14th and 16 holes and Rumble overcame a triple bogey seven on the 11th hole to post the day’s best score.

VanWagner posted a 39-37 79 with seven pars on Saturday’s back nine to place third at 155. The nine-man NYS Tournament team was rounded out by Tupper Lake’s Wyatt Trudeau (80-80-160), Canton’s Dan O’Niel (80-83-163), Potsdam’s Michael Saber (81-82-163), Massena’s Bryce Flynn (82-82-164), Tupper Lake’s Ashton Clark (80-85-165) and Massena’s Chris Boyea (82-83-165)

Other second day qualifiers were: Cooper Lovely 79-86-165 who missed the final state tournament berth by the tie-breaker,Jackson Zebedee of Canton at 84-83-167, Malone’s Rylan Patneaude at 85-89-174, Carson Roberts of Massena at 85-95-180, Gavin Mitchell of Tupper Lake at 85-86-171, Ayden Clark of Massena at 86-95-181, Liam Langstaff of Potsdam at 87-85-172, Aiden Churco of Tupper Lake at 87-79-166, Jacob Baillargeon of Massena at 89-92-181, Sam Henning of Massena at 89, Ethan Bouchard of OFA at 89-85-174, Bauer Callahan of Tupper Lake 90-84-174, Tanner Andrews of Malone at 91-91-82, Cullen Taraska of Massena at 91-86-177, Michael Myers of OFA at 91-84-175, Joel Allen of Potsdam at 91-98-189 and Canyon Laughing of Salmon River at 92-103-195.

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Bears’ Creurer leads 5 Girls

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Canton’s Eliza Creurer played in the Team Championship on Friday and shot an 84 on Saturday to lead the Girls State Qualifer on Saturday. Madelyn Southwick of Clifton-Fine finished at 99 followed by Erin Langtry of Norwood-Norfolk at 109, Grace Prarie of Malone at 115 and Alexa Lindsey of Tupper Lake.

Boys results

Team Totals: Potsdam 414 (Ian VanWagner 39-37-76, Michael Saber 39-42-81, Cooper Lovely 41-38-79, Liam Langstaff 46-41-87, J. Allen 46-45-91); Tupper Lake 422 (Wyatt Trudeau 44-36-80, Ashton Clark 42-38-80, Phil; Lindsay 46-48-94, Bauer Callahan 47-43-90, Aiden Churco 49-38-87); Massena 428 (Bryce Flynn 44-38-82. Sam Henning 45-44-89, Ayden Clark 46-40-86, Cullen Taraska 49-42-81, Chris Boyea 47-36-82, Josh Ballareon 46). Canton 450 (Jackson Zebedee 42-42-84, Daniel Richardson 51-45-96, Daniel O’Neil 41-39-80, Will McDonough 50-50-100, Cole Lawrence. Lawrence 48-46-94 , Malone 461 (Liam Davis 48-46-94. Ryan Patende 47-38-45, Tim Andrews 47-44- 91, Kolt Warner 48-45-93, J Scharf 53-45-98), OFA 478 (Ethan Bouchard 49-40-89, Michael Myers 49-42-91, Rocco Testani 46-47-93, Blake Morrill 51-56-107, Gavin Moran 51-47-98), Salmon River 482 (Casey Jacobs 49-46-95, Dylan Johnson 49-41-93, Connor Laughing 50-42-92. Tehotenion Herne 59-49-108, Tyler Wiley 59-49-108, T. Wylie 49-45-94), Madrid-Waddington 530 (Murphy Burke 47-46-93, Parker Bogart 52-53-105, Grant Hayes 61-47-108, Austin Sullivan 58-56-114, Hayden Murphy 54-56-110) , Gouverneur 541 (Raine Rumble 39-41-80, Jon Minckler 47-49-96, Gavin Davis 53-48-101, Gavin Tulley 62-56-118).