Minster golfers headed to state

BOWLING GREEN — The Minster boys golf team has made it to the final stage.

The Wildcats finished second at the Division III Northwest district tournament on Thursday at Stonge Ridge Golf Club.

The top four teams and four individuals not on qualifying teams advanced to the state tournament. That will be held Oct. 15-16 at the Ohio State University Scarlet course.

Ottoville took first in the team standings with 317, followed by Minster at 322. Also qualifying for state were Ottawa Hills (329) and Kalida (331).

The individual qualifiers were Zach Miller of Allen East, who had the low round of the tournament with 68 (35-33); Clark Grayson of Danbury (70); Jack Gerker of St. John’s (72) and Luke Rosebrook of Archbold (73).

Minster was led by freshman Louis Magoto, who fired a 77 (38-39), and tied for 11th overall. Nathan Beair had 79 (40-39) and Mitchell Bornhorst carded 80 (41-39), and Ray Purdy with 86 (4145). All three are juniors.

Rounding out play for Minster was sophomore Jack Meyer with a score of 91 (49-42).

In the Southwest District tournament at Beavercreek on Thursday, Botkins’ top four had a team score of 308 to claim one of two qualifying spots. The other went to Seven Hills from Cincinnati with 323.

Like Minster, the Trojans were led by a freshman as Ross Dietz shot 72 (35-37). J.J. Meyer had 73 (38-35), Jack Dietz had 81 (4338) and Jameson Meyer finished with 82 (4240). Isaac Cisco rounded out the group with 83 (43-40).

Fort Loramie finished fifth with a team score of 347. Aiden Wehrman had 80, followed by Adam Ballas (81), Noah Mannier (85) and Austin Pleiman (101). Also in action was