Pirate linksters win tournament
By Cort Reynolds
The Bluffton boys golf team won the rain-interrupted, 12-team Woodmore Invitational Wednesday.
Bluffton captured the team crown at the par-71 Green Hills Golf Course with a score of 342. The Pirates finished 10 strokes ahead of second-place Old Fort.
St. Marys took third with 356 strokes. Casey Crooks of St. Marys was tournament champion with an 18-hole score of 77.
Pirate Kenny Lovett totaled an 80 to pace the Bluffton linksters and finish fourth in the 68-player field. He carded three birdies and six par holes.
Jaden Coonfare shot 83 to come in seventh. Teammate Micah Minnig came in 10th with a score of 84.
Jacob Boisvert finished 27th with a round of 95.
Wes Brauen registered a 104 to finish 48th. Eli Wenger finished 58th with a 112 score to round out the Pirate golfers.
Woodmore Invite Team Scores:
1 Bluffton 342 strokes
2 Old Fort 352
3 St. Marys 356
4 Otsego 364
5 Lake 366
6 Tiffin Calvert 369
7 Woodmore 370
8 Eastwood 370
9 Toledo Christian 376
10 Van Buren 396
11 Gibsonburg 408
12 Rossford DNF
The Pirates host league foes Ada, Crestview and Columbus Grove Thursday morning at the Bluffton Golf Course.
They then play at the Liberty-Benton Invitational Friday morning at Sycamore Springs Golf Course in Findlay.