Niceville, South Walton girls and Rocky Bayou boys win district golf titles

District golf tournaments took place across the area Monday, Oct. 26, with three local programs claiming district championships and three local golfers earning individual titles.

The Class 3A tournaments were held at Stonebrook and Pace. The 2A boys played at Fort Walton Beach Golf Club, the 2A girls played at Bay Point in Panama City, and the 1A tournaments were held at Eagle Springs in DeFuniak Springs. Here are the results.

Class 3A, District 1 girls

1. Niceville (348)
2. Pace (372)
3. Navarre (399)
4. Mosley (403)
5. Chiles (421)
6. Crestview (428)
7. Milton (475)
8. Tate
9. Leon
10. Lincoln

The Lady Eagles are district champions. Niceville claimed the title behind three top-10 finishes, led by Tenley Sharron, who shared individual district champion honors with Chiles’ Liza Baker Wright after both finished at 81. Ariel Kim was the individual runner-up at 82, and Sierra Neitzke tied for fifth at 86 alongside Tate’s Alessa Lloyd. Jane Sewell tied for 11th at 99 with Leon’s Aubyn Galloway, and Sailor Kirkland finished 14th at 106.

Crestview finished sixth, with its best performance coming from Emma Marx, who earned a top-10 finish in eighth at 95. Maddie Poland tied for 12th at 102 alongside Pace’s Gabriella Enumerables, and Lillian Schriber finished in a three-way tie for 18th at 113 with Navarre’s Sami Stewart and Leon’s Charlotte Norris.

Class 3A, District 1 boys

1. Tate (309)
2. Leon (311)
3. Chiles (315)
4. Mosley (323)
5. Niceville (327)
6. Pace (331)
7. Lincoln (334)
8. Navarre (368)
9. Crestview (375)
10. Milton

Niceville finished fifth. Its best individual finishes came from Kale Jeffery and Maximus Cooper, who were part of a four-way tie for eighth at 78 with Chiles’ Asher Hall and Mosley’s Max Rish. Jackson Zielinski tied for 13th at 83 with Leon’s Aubrey Turner, Nash Fosdyck finished in a three-way tie for 18th at 88 alongside Lincoln’s Kale Hurd and Pace’s Trace Perkins, and Warner Ledbetter finished 22nd at 96.

Crestview finished ninth. The Bulldogs’ best finish came from Aiden Hehl, who tied for 17th at 87 with Lincoln’s Sutton Suber and Chiles’ Mason Githens. Blake Dolce tied for 19th at 89 alongside Mosley’s James Anderson, Easton Simmons finished 23rd at 97, Timothy Post finished 27th at 102 and Creedence Brace finished 30th at 106.

Class 2A, District 1 girls

1. South Walton (310)
2. Gulf Breeze (367)
3. Pensacola (399)
4. Fort Walton Beach (405)
5. Choctaw (432)
6. West Florida Tech (442)
7. North Bay Haven (470)
8. Escambia (473)
9. Arnold (484)
10. Walton (504)
11. Bay
12. Booker T. Washington

The Lady Seahawks breezed their way to a district championship, with all five South Walton golfers finishing in the top 10. Starting it off was Neely Kight. The Miami commit won the individual district championship at 71, while Lily Martin and Rayna Perkins tied for runner-up with Gulf Breeze’s Michelle Burt at 76. Sophia Franchi finished fifth at 87, and Jordan Houston finished ninth at 98.

Fort Walton Beach finished fourth. Ann Wright was the Lady Vikings’ top finisher, coming in seventh at 94. Lucy Bonfanti and Mia Carollo tied for 13th at 103, and Pacie Joy Scannell finished a spot behind, tied for 14th at 105 with Gulf Breeze’s Ellie Westbrook and Escambia’s Meghan Cole. Cathryn Bridgeford tied for 16th at 108 alongside West Florida Tech’s Liza Baston.

Choctaw finished fifth. Leading the way for the Lady Indians was Hayden Michael, who finished 12th at 101. Alexis Kelley tied for 15th at 106 with Walton’s Adelyn Chambers, and Amaya Obenchain tied for 19th at 112 alongside Walton’s Lacey Alford and West Florida Tech’s Lucia Mariano. Aneli Perez came in a spot behind in 20th at 113, and Ava Williams finished 23rd at 125.

Walton finished 10th. The Lady Braves’ top finisher was Adelyn Chambers with her tie for 15th, followed by Alford in a tie for 19th. Jillian Chambers tied for 33rd at 142 with Pensacola’s Ayla Aultman, Isabella Woodham finished a spot behind in 34th at 144, and Katie Susenbach finished 36th at 154.

Class 2A, District 1 boys

1. Gulf Breeze (296)
2. Fort Walton Beach (321)
3. South Walton (324)
4. North Bay Haven (331)
5. Bay (341)
6. Choctaw (342)
7. Pensacola (342)
8. Walton (343)
9. Arnold (348)
10. West Florida Tech (350)
11. Booker T. Washington (381)
12. Escambia (470)

The Vikings finished as the district runner-up behind Gulf Breeze, which claimed each of the top three individual spots. Fort Walton Beach’s runner-up finish was highlighted by the Job brothers, Caden and Connor. Caden finished fourth at 77, the best finish by a non-Dolphin golfer. Connor finished in a three-way tie for sixth alongside North Bay Haven’s Jackson Tiano and Walton’s Timmy Busby. McCarver Dahlman finished seventh at 80, and Trey MacDonald tied for 12th at 85 with Choctaw’s Aidan Conner and Gulf Breeze’s Rylan Richardson. Richard Sculley tied for 22nd at 97 with Choctaw’s Saywer Nation.

South Walton finished third, with its best finisher being Jonah Karakorn, who placed fifth at 78, sandwiched between the Job brothers. Bo Baxter tied for eighth at 81 alongside North Bay Haven’s Tyler Baber and Jack Oen and Arnold’s Maddox Whited. Owen Keuny tied for ninth at 82 with Choctaw’s Mason Hampton, Bay’s Luke Jagiello, Pensacola’s Stone Schwiegert and West Florida Tech’s Bennett Webb. Robert Mercado tied for 10th at 83 alongside Pensacola’s Clayton White and Booker T. Washington’s Henry Minard, and Michael Phillips tied for 14th at 87 with West Florida Tech’s Barrett Harvey and Arnold’s Owen Grimsley.

Choctaw tied for sixth with Pensacola. The Indians’ best finisher was Hampton with his tie for ninth. Brayden Jeter tied for 11th at 84 alongside Bay’s Max McCord and Walton’s Aiden Anderson. In addition to Conner and Nation finishing 12th and 22nd, respectively, Wyatt Schweizer tied for 17th at 91 with Pensacola’s Brady Jones and West Florida Tech’s Brett Robbins.

Walton finished seventh. The Braves’ best finisher was Busby with his tie for sixth, followed by Anderson in a tie for 11th. Carter Douglass, Gavin Sconiers and Parker Hinote all tied for 16th at 90 alongside Arnold’s Carson Cates and Zeke Smith, West Florida Tech’s Nixon Peach and North Bay Haven’s Timber Gant.

Class 1A, District 1 girls

1. Pensacola Catholic (391)
2. Freeport (397)
3. Rocky Bayou (402)
4. Seacoast (442)
5. Baker (447)
6. Northview (449)
7. Paxton (476)
8. Jay
9. Central

The Lady Bulldogs finished as the district runner-up behind Pensacola Catholic, with Haley Chapman leading the way. Chapman was the individual runner-up at 86, six strokes behind district champion Amelia McIntosh of Pensacola Catholic. Isabella Dickens and Kinely Topp tied for fourth at 92 alongside Pensacola Catholic’s Alexis McIntosh. Cayla Grove finished 21st at 127, with Faith Brendlinger right behind her at 133.

Rocky Bayou finished third, with Avery Olson the Lady Knights’ top performer, finishing third at 91. Copelyn Kinsey finished sixth at 101, and Kelly Van Gennep tied for eighth at 104 with Baker’s Morgan Robinson. Juliette Schopmeyer tied for 11th at 106 alongside Seacoast’s Annabelle Berry and Pensacola Catholic’s Emerson Elebash, and Ellie Olson finished 16th at 116.

Seacoast finished fourth, with its top performer being Callaway Rose Silva, who tied for ninth at 105 with Northview’s Annberly Dunn. Along with Berry’s tie for 11th, Hadley Stafford finished 14th at 113, Madison Montgomery tied for 15th at 114 with Northview’s Bailey Burkette, and Charlize Williams tied for 18th at 118 with Paxton’s Amellia Danner.

Baker finished fifth, with Ava Prytula its best performer in seventh at 103. Along with Robinson in eighth, Emily Whiddon finished 17th at 117, and Renee Gilliand tied for 20th at 123 with Pensacola Catholic’s Claypso Payne.

Paxton finished seventh, with its best performer being Kaylee Yeakos, who tied for 12th at 109 with Northview’s Kaylee Long. Addy Clark finished one spot behind in 13th at 112, Danner tied for 18th, Scotlyn Jones finished 23rd at 137 and Audrey Echele was one spot behind in 24th at 138.

Class 1A, District 1 boys

1. Rocky Bayou (326)
2. Freeport (333)
3. Destin (333)
4. Central (335)
5. Seacoast (366)
6. Jay (371)
7. Northview (374)
8. Baker (379)
9. Paxton (404)
10. Pensacola Catholic

The Knights won the district championship, with Aiden Yang being the main reason why. Yang won the individual district title at 70, a full six strokes ahead of runner-up Miles Smith of Northview. Silas Justice tied for seventh at 81 with Central’s Kasen Ellison, Eli Haley finished in a three-way tie for 13th at 87 with Freeport’s Cade Tremmel and Central’s Blaydin Flynn, Joel Gonzalez tied for 14th at 88 alongside Freeport’s Logan Gist, Destin’s Hamilton Martin and Baker’s Landen Marshall, and Alex Strunk tied for 15th at 90 with Seacoast’s Jaxon Roeder.

Freeport and Destin tied for the runner-up spot. The Bulldogs’ best finisher was Brady Barr, who tied for fourth with Pensacola Catholic’s Conrad Ballenger. Holden Green tied for sixth at 80 alongside Destin’s Cash Welch and Jay’s Nolan Lowery. Along with Tremmel in 13th and Gist in 14th, Karston Spain finished 19th at 96.

Welch led the Sharks with his tie for sixth. Hatton Hock finished eighth at 82, James Campbell tied for 10th at 85 with Central’s Chandler Baxley and Malakai Barrow, and teammate Ebner Ingram finished one spot behind Campbell in 11th at 86. Martin added a tie for 14th.

Seacoast finished fourth. Its best finisher was Frank Brown, who placed fifth at 79. Along with Roeder’s tie for 15th, Hamilton Murphy finished 17th at 93, Sean Crowe finished 24th at 104 and Jacob Pounds finished 26th at 108.

Baker finished seventh. The Gators’ best finisher was Champ Stokes, who tied for ninth at 83 with Pensacola Catholic’s Clark Brandt. Along with Landen Marshall’s tie for 14th, Clayton Whigham tied for 18th at 95 with Jay’s Mason Duncan, and Marshall Adams and Sterling Hawley finished back-to-back in 29th at 113 and 30th at 114, respectively.

Paxton finished eighth. Its best finisher was Kason Nelson, who tied for 16th at 92 with Northview’s Greyson Maughon. Zeke Landreneau and Colt Bailey finished back-to-back in 22nd at 101 and 23rd at 102, respectively, Asher Jones tied for 27th at 109 with Northview’s Keaton Odom, and Braylon Bradley finished a spot behind in 28th at 111.