Joe Wilson IV has been no stranger to making the Division I golf state tournament and in his final round, the Lakota East senior brought home a state championship.
Wilson shot a 69 at the OSU Scarlet Course on Friday, which proved to be the lowest round by any golfer over the Friday and Saturday tournament. Wilson shot a 74 on Saturday, clinching a co-medalist spot with Cleveland St. Ignatius golfer Topher Reed.
Wilson is the second-consecutive local to medal at the Division I state tournament, following Jordan Gilkison from Springboro. Wilson finished in a tie for 18th last season in 2020 but was a top-five finisher as a sophomore in 2019.
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Elder golfer Victor Caliguri shot a 144, leaving him in third place just a single stroke behind Wilson and Reed.
In the team races, Wilson and Ty Sylla, who finished tied for 18th with Moeller's Hayden Frederick, led Lakota East to a fifth-place finish. The Thunderhawks had a team score of 618, leading No. 6 Mason by nine strokes and No.7 Elder by 24 strokes.
Cleveland St. Ignatius won the state title with a 591, the lowest team score an Ohio High School Athletic Association state tourney team has placed at OSU Scarlet.
Mason's Nate Vonderhaar was the highest local place after Caliguri with a 152, which tied him for 15th place. Teammate Timmy Hollenbeck's 155 was good for a tie in the 24th spot.
The Division I girls hit the links at the OSU Gray Course and, again, it was Mason that paced Cincinnati teams on the team leaderboard.
The Comets ran second behind champions New Albany, coming home as runners-up for the second-consecutive year. Mason shot 298 and led the pack after the first day. Despite shooting and even better 295 the second day, New Albany shot 284 on Saturday to storm ahead of the Comets.
The victory was the fourth consecutive title for New Albany.
Four of the five Mason golfers finished as top 18 golfers in the state. Demi Xie shot a 146 over two days, securing a tie for 7th place. Nicole Mater was two strokes back from Xie and finished tied for 11th place with three golfers that included Wilmington's Lilly Middleton.
Nicole Xie finished tied for 15th and Ally Madden was tied for 18th place on the final scoreboard. Tied with Nicole after shooting 149 was St. Ursula junior Zoe Luebbers.
Luebbers was the high finisher for St. Ursula. The Bulldogs finished in seventh place.
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