Otter Valley, Politano win golf state titles — again

The Otter Valley golf team came away with both the Division II individual and team hardware on Thursday in the high school championship tournament held at the Burlington Country Club.

Senior Lucas Politano earned medalist honors for the 3rd straight season, and joined his teammates in winning the D-II team title for OV.

I must begin this column with a correction, a mea culpa. In my last column, about golfer Keegan Bradley who was born in Woodstock and spent his early years there, I declared that he was the “most prominent and accomplishment sports figure from Vermont on … (read more)

The Otter Valley boys’ golf team on its home course on Tuesday qualified to defend its Division II golf title next week.

The Otter Valley boys’ golf team won the Southern Vermont League Small School Championship on Tuesday at Woodstock Country Club.

Who is the most prominent and accomplished athlete or sports figure from Vermont on the national or international stage? I have my own candidate.

In Ralph Myhre Golf Course news from last week, member Susan Rand shot the best low net score in the First Flight on Sept. 11 at a VSWGA State Day at Essex Country Club.

All four local high school golf teams were in action yesterday, and in three competitions they netted a medalist, a co-medalist, and a team tie for first place.

The 2024 Ralph Myhre Match Play Championships have concluded with winners in three flights over the course of several rounds: the Championship, Reilly, and Schoenfeld flights.

All four local high school golf teams were in action yesterday, and in three competitions they netted a medalist, a co-medalist, and a team tie for first place.

In regular Thursday Men’s League play at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course on Aug. 29, the team of Jim Stahl, David Zarowin and Ken Roth prevailed.

Youth was served at the 2024 Ralph Myhre Club Championship, as Otter Valley Union High School senior Lucas Politano emerged as the winner of the men’s Championship Flight in a tournament contested on Aug. 24 and 25. 

Several Ralph Myhre Golf Course members posted solid results on Aug. 13 at a VSWGA State Day at the Proctor-Pittsford Country Club.

In regular Thursday Men’s League play at the Ralph Myhre Golf Course on Aug. 8, the team of Jim Stahl, John Myhre, Douglas Biklen and Uwe Luksch prevailed with a net total of 119, with the quartet of Mike Adams, Tom Lachenman, Neil Mackey and Marsdin Van … (read more)

Playing on his home turf on Aug. 1 and 2, Ralph Myhre Golf Course member Brady Fallon finished third in the 15-18 age bracket in the Vermont Junior Tour Stroke Play Championship with a two-round score of 156.