The regular season has ended, but Cincinnati golfers are still hitting the links for postseason tournaments and some have already punched tickets to state tournaments.
As sectional and district tournaments progress, here are the golfers that still have a chance to earn some hardware.
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Division II golfers finished districts on Oct. 5 and Oct. 6 while Division III will go on Oct. 7. Division I golf is a week behind and won't have state competitors finalized until the Division I girls golf on Oct. 12 and the boys go on Oct. 14.
Division II boys
Madeira's Brandon Conner, a fifth-place finisher in last year's state tournament, shot a 68 on Tuesday at Glenview Golf Course to clinch the district title. Conner's 68 was a two-stroke advantage over Wyoming's Finley Bartlett; both advanced to state with their teams.
Madeira and Wyoming finished second and third, respectively, in the standings behind Alter. Alter's team score was a 291, besting Madeira's 308 and Wyoming's 314.
The top three individual finishers not on a qualifying team also earned a trip to state. Luke Metzger of Fenwick and Noah Lindsey from Waynesville both shot 72 to qualify. Another Fenwick golfer, Colin Schadek, reached state with a 73, beating Indian Hill's Peter Sheakley in a tiebreaker.
The Division II boys will golf for state at NorthStar Golf Course on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16.
Division II girls
Unlike with Division II boys, the chance to qualify for state was on a stricter road: only the top two teams and top two individuals not on a qualifying team advanced.
At PipeStone Golf Course on Wednesday, Chaminade Julienne's Grace Strickland (74) finished first overall and Benjamin Logan's Sydney Wesson (76) finished in second to grab the individual spots.
On the team side was where the locals made their marks.
Fenwick finished in first as a team with a 350. Jocelyn Wright led the Falcons with an 81 and Sophie Rush had an 88. Fort Loramie finished 11 strokes behind Fenwick with a 361 to be runner-up.
Fenwick finished in seventh place in 2020's state tournament. Wright shot a two-day total of 179 for 36th place, making her the highest returner for the Falcons.
The Division II girls tournament will be at the OSU Gray Course on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16.
Division III boys
Division III districts will play on Thursday at Beavercreek Golf Club.
In the Walden Ponds sectional on Sept. 28, Seven Hills won with a 311 total while Middletown Christian was behind with a 321.
The top six individuals in that sectional were from Seven Hills, including No. 1 overall Collin Chen, or Middletown Christian.
Cincinnati Country Day and Southeastern also qualified for the district meet as teams.
Jackson Raby from Cincinnati Christian shot an 82 to finish in seventh overall, but as the top individual qualifier. Other individuals were Abbey Brown from Cincinnati Christian, Liam Van Rosenberg from Purcell Marian and Austin Hutson from Felicity-Franklin.
Division I boys
Division I wrapped up sectionals on Oct. 4 at Yankee Trace and on Oct. 6 at Mason Golf Center and Miami Whitewater.
At Yankee Trace, Centerville finished on top with Springboro, Miamisburg and Butler finishing with district-qualifying scores.
Blake Jameson from Monroe and Ben Myers from Middletown were two of the individual qualifiers.
Mason was the top team at the Mason sectional, shooting 274 to take first. Lakota East finished in second with Turpin and Moeller finishing third and fourth.
Joe Wilson from Lakota East and A.J. Wilhelm from Mason each shot 67 for top spots.
Adam Horn from Milford shot a 73 to advance as an individual and Joe Jankowski from Loveland and Little Miami's Jake Wittenauer advanced as well.
Sycamore's Jack Dejonckheere found himself in a four-way tie for the final qualifying spot. Dejonckheere birdied the playoff hole, eliminating teammate John Muhleman, Lakota West's Michael Fickle and Loveland's Anthony Moran.
St. Xavier won the final sectional that also saw Elder, led by individual winner Cayse Morgan's 71, La Salle and Harrison advance to districts.
Will Steihoff and Ryan Williamson from Oak Hills, Ty Huber from Talawanda and Danny Austing from Taylor qualified for districts.
Division I girls
Division I girls had sectionals at Hamilton Elks on Oct. 4 and Walden Ponds the next day.
In Hamilton, Sycamore's 335 made the Aviators sectional champions. Lakota West finished three strokes back while Ursuline Academy and Mount Notre Dame rounded out the four teams to make districts.
Lilly Middleton from Wilmington shot a 78 to qualify and finish third overall. Middletown trailed onlyt Sycamore's Deeya Prakash and Ursuline Academy's Faith Brumfield who each shot a 75.
After Middleton, Milford had a pair of qualifiers in Jessica Shay and Abi Loux. Loux tied with Anna Sievers from Turpin who was the fourth individual qualifier.
Mason had the top two finishers at Walden Ponds, cruising to a team title with a 294 which was 23 strokes better than runner-up St. Ursula's 317. Lakota East (340) and Kings (348) will also golf at districts.
The final golfers to advance to the district meet was Kylee Heidemann from Mercy McAuley, Debra Brogan from Oak Hills, Taylor Dunkle from Springboro and Riley Johnson from Lebanon. Heidemann and Brogan each shot 74 to tie for fourth place overall.
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