Local Golf Round Up; Bandon boys win golf tournament

Bandon’s boys golf team won a tournament at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort last Thursday.

The Tigers shot 314 to take the title in the event, which had several schools and was contested on the Old Macdonald course.

Brookings-Harbors Lucas Vanderlip won medalist honors with a 73. That was two strokes better than Bandon’s Peyton Simonds. Bandon’s Carter Brown was fourth with a 77 and Coquille’s Braedon Millhouser tied for sixth with a 78. Bandon’s Sevren Quinn was eighth (79) and Brookings-Harbor’s Logan Myers and Bandon’s Sean Ells were among several players tied for ninth (83).

The teams are tuning up for their upcoming district tournaments, which will be played early next month.

Thurston was second in the team race with a 341, followed by St. Mary’s (361), Cascade Christian (366) and Oregon Episcopal (410).

BAR RUN TOURNAMENT: North Bend was third and Marshfield fourth in a 10-team tournament at Bar Run Golf Course in Roseburg last week.

Cascade, which is in the same special district with the Bulldogs and Pirates, won the event with a score of 335. Class 6A Sheldon shot 356, North Bend 356 and Marshfield 366.

Cascade’s Kyler Hemelstrand took medalist honors with a 74. North Bend’s Owen Bascom was second (76).

Reedsport’s Noah Sullens was in a tie for sixth with an 84.

Marshfield was led by Kody Chandler, who was eighth (86). North Bend’s Chance Kerr and Marshfield’s Eli Luckman tied for 12th (91). North Bend’s Behr Gordon and Marshfield’s Enoch Niblett tied for 17th (93) and North Bend’s Dashul Gordon and Marshfield’s Mason Aurdahl were among a group tied for 20th (96).