Mattison Frick Wins Event for Third-Straight Year
Laveen resident Noah Nuez notched his second JGAA win of the year in the Boys Championship Division by firing a 9-under-par 201 (64-69-68) at Encanto G.C. at the Antigua Milt Coggins AZ Junior Stroke Play, a 54-hole event held June 4-6. In February, Nuez also won the Phoenix Metro Jr. So far this season, he has posted two wins, a 2nd, a 3rd, a T4 and T5 in nine events played.
Nuez held off Damon Vilkauskas (69-64-68) in a sudden-death playoff with a birdie on the first playoff hole after the two players were tied after the conclusion of the third round. Tucker Clark (67-72-65) finished third, three shots off the lead at 6-under-par 204.
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- (left to right) Noah Nuez, Damon Vikauskas
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- (left to right) Mattison Frick, Ivy Song, Malia Uyeshiro
In the Girls Championship Division, Mattison Frick of Peoria found herself in the winner’s circle at Encanto once again after pulling away from the field with a 5-under-par 65 in her second round sandwiched between a 2-over 72 in the first round and a 5-over 75 in her final round to win by 12 strokes over Ivy Song (75-71-78 – 224) of Surprise who finished second, and 14 strokes ahead of Carolyn Fuller (80-76-70 – 226) of Phoenix who finished in third. This is Frick’s third-straight victory at the Antigua Milt Coggins, wining the Girls 13-14 Division in 2017 and 2018.
In addition to the Championship Divisions, Vincent Cervantes of Chandler won the Boys 15-18 Division at 3-over par (71-72-70 – 213); Adam Miller of Phoenix won the Boys 13-14 Division at 7-under par (70-70-69 – 209); Dylan Boenning of Scottsdale edged out Own Bolles of Florence by one stroke to win the Boys 11-12 Division at 8-over par (37-42-37 – 116); and John Meza of Dewey (57-53-57 – 167) won the Boys 10 and Under Division at 59-over par.
On the Girls side, Taylor Naumann of Gilbert won the Girls 15-18 Division at 19-over par (80-78-71 – 229); Raegan Capizzi (82-86-73 – 241) of Scottsdale held of Annie Dawson on the
fourth playoff hole to capture the Girls 13-14 Division at 25-over par; Natalia Lamadrid of Phoenix took the Girls 11-12 Division (42-40-37 – 119); and Ashley Shaw of Litchfield Park won the 10 and Under Division (39-37-34 – 110, +2).
