Staff report
VERSAILLES — Zach Sherman and Connor Monnin both shot 79 to lead the Russia Raiders to a three-stroke win over Versailles in the annual Versailles Boys Golf Invitational, held Saturday at Stillwater Valley Golf Course in Versailles.
Russia and Versailles call the course home, and when the final standings were tabulated, they were 1-2. Russia finished with a 326 and Versailles was second with 329, two strokes ahead of Miami East. Anna was fourth with a 338.
Sherman and Monnin tied with two golfers from Versailles for runner-up honors. Nicholas Litten-Stonebraker and Jacob Watren also shot 79 for the Tigers. Miami East’s Kley Karadak was the medalist with an 84.
Also for Russia, Jack Dapore and Jonah Counts both shot 84. For Versailles, Kyle Cotner had an 85 and Griffen Riegle 86.
Lehman was led by Tyler Scott with an 83, and Anna got an 81 from Zach Watren, which tied him for the sixth-best score in the tournament.
Versailles Invitational
Saturday at Stillwater
Team standings – 1. Russia 326, 2. Versailles 329, 3. Miami East 331, 4. Anna 338, 5. Parkway 353, 6. Lehman 357, 7. Tri-Village 364, 8. Franklin Monroe 369, 9. Coldwater 370, 10. St. Henry 375, 11. Marion Local 377, 12. Covington 386, 13. National Trail 390, 14. Minster 397, 15. West Milton 407, 16. Miami East 2 441, 17. Russia 2 451, 18. New Bremen 474.
County, area individuals
Anna – Zack Watren 81, Ryan Smelewski 85, Mason Platfoot 86, Robby Boyd 86.
Lehman – Tyler Scott 83, Tyler Lachey 87, Ryan Schmidt 93, Cole Gilardi 94.
Marion Local – Derek Platfoot 91, Mitch Rethman 94, Collin Fleck 95, Jordan Heitkamp 97.
Minster – Jordon Brackman 96, Adam Knapke 98, Ben Stubbs 99, Brett Hoelscher 101.
New Bremen – Cole Hemmelgarn 110, Derek Bergman 114, Tyler Lichliter 121, Hunter Drewes 129.
Russia – Zach Sherman 79, Connor Monnin 79, Jack Dapore 84, Jonah Counts 84.
Russia 2 – Jordan Ball 101, Will Sherman 107, Daniel Kerns 120, Tyler Scott 123.
Versailles – Nicholas Stonebraker-Litten 79, Jacob Watren 79, Kyle Cotner 85, Griffen Riegle 86.
Versailles 2 – Alex Ahrens 109, Alex Keiser 116, Austin Pleiman 124.
