ESTEVAN - The junior golf season in Estevan started with a bang on May 6 and 7 with a visit by the Maple Leaf Junior Tour.
The RE/Max Blue Chip Realty Classic brought dozens of golfers to the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course.
In bantam boys, Jayden Chernoff of Estevan was second, finishing with a two-round total of 158 (80-78), six strokes behind Saskatoon’s Aricin Franklin, who had a 152 (77-75).
Two Estevan golfers were tied for fifth at 184. Kieran Farden’s scores were 94-90, while Cruz Symons shot an 88 and a 96.
In juvenile boys, Brady Guenther of Saskatoon was first with a 159 (83-76), one stroke better than Sucker River’s Dade Bernatchez’s 160 (82-78). The top five golfers were separated by five strokes.
Kaden Hanson was the top local finisher in 13th with a 194 (96-98). Kruz Shauf played just one round, shooting a 118.
Junior boys saw Drayjon Sparvier (79-71) of the Ochapowace First Nation and Davin Karst of Assiniboia (72-78) finish tied for first at 150, but Sparvier won a tie-breaker.
Estevan’s Ryan Chernoff finish sixth with a two-round score of 159 (79-80). Carlyle’s Porter Barnett was 12th with a 181 (95-86).
In peewee boys, Austin Nesbitt of Pilot Butte was the winner, thanks to a two-round total of 152 79-73), 18 strokes better than Tylan Wallin of Humboldt, who had a 170 (90-80).
In the girls’ event, Ella Kozak of Yorkton was the overall winner, as she fired a 149 (78-71) over two rounds to finish with a two-round total of 149. She trailed Hallie Crozier of Regina by two strokes after the first round, but wound up winning by eight strikes after Crozier shot an 81 in the second round to finish with a 157.
Kozak also won the 15-19 girls’ event.
Tayla Perry of Regina won the U15 girls division with a 173 (91-82) to edge Grace Odnokon, who had a 176 (92-84).
The event kicked off the Saskatchewan leg for the tour.
Windy conditions, gusting hard at times, made for a difficult start on competitors.
The MJT mini tour was held at Woodlawn on May 6, with golfers playing one 18-hole round. Keaton Kreklewich of Melville was the overall boys’ winner, shooting an 18-hole total of 72. He also took the boys’ 11 and 12 competition.
Brooks Cote of Estevan was second in boys’ 11 and 12 with an 83.
Ethan Sitarz of Winnipeg won the boys’ nine and 10 event with an 84, seven strokes ahead of Melville’s Caleb O’Brien.
Darrell Yuzicappi of the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation won the boys’ 8U division with a 95. Maxwell Sieffert of Chruchbridge was second with a 126.
Angelina Sitarz of Winnipeg won the girls’ 11 and 12 event with a 92.
