Goodyear golfers have a good day at ASU Karsten Golf Course
Goodyear’s Aaron Ramos started out hot at ASU Karsten Golf Course with birdies on the first two holes of the tournament on his way to a one-stroke, first-round lead at 3-under-par 68. He added a second round 69 to finish on top of the leaderboard in the Boys Championship Division at 5-under-par 137 – one stroke ahead of Caden Christopherson of Chandler (69-69—138) and Reece Nilsen of Tucson (69-69—138) who finished T2.
Madeleine Laux, also of Goodyear, finished at 4-over-par 146 (72-74) to win the Girls Championship Division by six strokes. Katie Wilson of Scottsdale and Lauren Garcia of Gilbert finished tied for second place at 10-over-par (77-75—152).
- Boys Championship: left to right – Caden Christopherson, Reece Nilsen and Aaron Ramos
- Girls Championship: left to right – Madeleine Laux, Katie Wilson, Lauren Garcia, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
The Boys 15-18 Division ended deadlocked for first place at 7-over par. Kobe Valociek (77-72—149) of Peoria eventually prevailed in a playoff over Peyton Richardson (76-73—149) of Cave Creek. Anawin Pikulthong of Gilbert won the Boys 13-14 Division at 4-over par (73-73—146). Barrett Bowers of Scottsdale won in a playoff in the Boys 11-12 Division at 5-over par (36-37—73). And Alec Hilgers of Litchfield Park took the Boys 10 and Under Division with a score of 4-over par (36-36—72).
- Girls 11-12: left to right – Brooke McGlasson, Annie Dawson, Zoe Newell, Paige Hammarstrom, Isabell Yang, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Girls 13-14: left to right – Marley Moncada, Sydney Bryan, Madeline Adam, Mattison Frick, Gracie McGovern, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Girls 10 & Under: left to right – Lucy Newell, Aubrey Hilgers, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Boys 10 & Under: left to right – Alec Hilgers, Gavin Ly, Brennan Korn, Derrick Pedrosa, Nero Nuez, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Boys 15-18: left to right – Zack Ramseyer, Noah Nuez, Peyton Richardson, Kobe Valociek, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Boys 11-12: left to right – Barrett Bowers, Brady McDonough, Nicklas Nuez, James Rogers, Evan Bryan, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Girls 15-18: left to right – Brooke Beyer, Mika Miyata, Maisy Allen, Madeline Brown, Kaitlynn Criswell, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
- Boys 13-14: left to right – Anawin Pikulthong, Trevor Lewis, Rylan Johnson, Joseph Lloyd, Derek Crawford – ASU Karsten General Manager
Brooke Beyer of Mesa won in the Girls 15-18 Division at 5-over par (77-70—147). Gracie McGovern of Scottsdale won the Girls 13-14 Division at 12-over par (80-74—154). Zoe Newell of Oro Valley won the Girls 11-12 Division at 9-over par (37-40—77), and Lucy Newell of Oro Valley won in the Girls 10 and Under Division at 13-over par (40-41—81).